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    Friday, September 3rd, 2004
    8:04 pm
    Who would have guessed?
    Based on the lj interests lists of those who share my more unusual interests, the interests suggestion meme thinks I might be interested in
    1. publishing score: 17
    2. research score: 15
    3. bookbinding score: 15
    4. library science score: 15
    5. archiving score: 14
    6. archives score: 14
    7. references score: 13
    8. researching score: 13
    9. bookplates score: 13
    10. preservation score: 13
    11. restoration score: 12
    12. ephemera score: 12
    13. reference score: 12
    14. information score: 12
    15. cataloging score: 12
    16. dust jackets score: 12
    17. publications score: 12
    18. binding score: 12
    19. conservation score: 12
    20. printing score: 11

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    Current Mood: amused
    Thursday, February 19th, 2004
    6:54 pm
    After my phone/voice entry a while ago, [info]paularubia mentioned my Michigan accent and of course I responded, "What accent?"

    Well, I guess I do have a Michigan accent...

    ...and now, you too can talk like a Michigander

    Current Mood: amused
    Saturday, February 7th, 2004
    1:06 pm
    DUSTY PAGES
    [info]dusty_pages was started on January 31st by [info]fabcure and has turned into the vibrant type of community that I had hoped [info]bibliographic would. I highly recommend it for those with an interest in books.

    Current Mood: happy
    Friday, February 6th, 2004
    1:55 pm
    If I haven't replied to someone's comments, it's because I haven't been getting many of the e-mails.
    I only seem to be getting half of them. I wonder if it's LJ or AOL (it's probably AOL). It's annoying because I don't want to go back and look at old comments to see if they've been replied to. I don't seem to be missing other AOL mail, but there was a problem with AOL in the past.

    Current Mood: annoyed
    Wednesday, February 4th, 2004
    8:09 pm
    "We're sorry for disturbing you. This message was intended for an answering machine". **click**

    Current Mood: disturbed
    Friday, January 16th, 2004
    3:07 pm
    States I have visited and lived in ...

    1) Alabama, 2) Alaska, 3) Arizona, 4) Arkansas, 5) California, 6) Colorado, 7) Connecticut, 8) Delaware, 9) Florida, 10) Georgia, 11) Hawaii, 12) Idaho, 13) Illinois, 14) Indiana, 15) Iowa, 16) Kansas, 17) Kentucky, 18) Louisiana, 19) Maine, 20) Maryland, 21) Massachusetts, 22) Michigan, 23) Minnesota, 24) Mississippi, 25) Missouri, 26) Montana, 27) Nebraska, 28) Nevada, 29) New Hampshire, 30) New Jersey, 31) New Mexico, 32) New York, 33) North Carolina, 34) North Dakota, 35) Ohio, 36) Oklahoma, 37) Oregon, 38) Pennsylvania, 39) Rhode Island, 40) South Carolina, 41) South Dakota, 42) Tennessee, 43) Texas, 44) Utah, 45) Vermont, 46) Virginia, 47) Washington, 48) West Virginia, 49) Wisconsin, 50) Wyoming, 51) Washington DC
    Wednesday, September 24th, 2003
    3:01 pm
    Found in one of two boxes just left for free. Hmmm...


    SALVATION ARMY

    ( ) You were not at home when the driver arrived at ____

    (X) The items you left for pick-up were not suitable for our use.

    Thank you for your support.

    [In handwriting:] Sorry we do not take books.

    It wasn't the greatest box of books. But there was some OK general stock and some bargain books and a number that I'll be throwing out.

    Current Mood: amused

    Saturday, August 30th, 2003
    5:56 pm
    Only 114 Shopping Days Until Christmas!


    Hey, I'm in retail.

    Current Mood: informative

    Tuesday, August 19th, 2003
    3:29 pm
    The ALL-CLEAR was sounded yesterday, so now we don't have to boil our books before selling them.
    We can finally drink tap water again (if so inclined).

    Last night, I saw my first film of the new Detroit Film Theater season:




    CINEMANIA
    (USA/Germany—2002—Angela Christlieb & Stephen Kijak)



    This unique, hilarious, yet decidedly unnerving new movie is a documentary portrait of five of the most compulsively eccentric moviegoers in New York City. Long past simply being “buffs,” these are real people who’ve abandoned any hope of real lives in order to attend at least four or five movies every day—usually at museum screenings or repertory cinemas—by working out complex daily schedules that invariably take precedence over family, food or jobs. Incredible. (80 min.)

    “Some movie buffs may think, as I did, ‘There but for the grace of God go I.’”
    —V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    August 18 - 7:30 p.m

    I really enjoyed it. Of course, I'm fascinated by portraits of obsession. The cinemaniacs reminded me of collectors, especially the woman, Roberta, who once attacked a ticket-taker at MOMA when she ripped one of her tickets in half (she has a collection of pristine tickets for every film she's seen since 1950 when she started seeing films every single day). She also tries to get 150 copies of any notes/brochures produced for the films. In some ways, it's disappointing that they show them as kooks and never once go into the fact that this woman has a collection of program notes going back years...many that only exist in her collection. I guess I wanted a bit more insight. Still, it's very entertaining.

    It brings to mind Nicholas Basbanes thesis that compulsive collectors have a problem that is a detriment to themselves (since they are never satisfied and always need one more item), but a benefit to society because many items would have been lost forever, if it wasn't for collectors.

    Harvey, one of the collector cinemaniacs, has sound track albums for hundreds of films, but doesn't have a record player.

    Current Mood: contemplative
    Monday, August 11th, 2003
    4:17 pm
    2:32 pm
    Closest 50 non-Friends for [info]bookfoole
    Just following [info]bit_o_jane's lead:

    1: [info]iseewhy, 2: [info]renfro, 3: [info]marstokyo, 4: [info]koffe, 5: [info]lj_maintenance, 6: [info]seamusd, 7: [info]bratshannon, 8: [info]aradtech, 9: [info]savonarola, 10: [info]dougie, 11: [info]sobriety, 12: [info]howling, 13: [info]revo, 14: [info]seadragon1066, 15: [info]platofish, 16: [info]mobley, 17: [info]michaelboy, 18: [info]lique, 19: [info]i, 20: [info]lianna, 21: [info]rubylou, 22: [info]unquietmind, 23: [info]bram, 24: [info]techstep, 25: [info]matilda, 26: [info]daniela, 27: [info]banshee, 28: [info]scaedu, 29: [info]sinnie, 30: [info]scottobear, 31: [info]laurelo, 32: [info]pen, 33: [info]nomi, 34: [info]ravengirl, 35: [info]doctorgogol, 36: [info]akhliber, 37: [info]tatoodevil, 38: [info]billijean, 39: [info]gnomeygirl, 40: [info]bizetsy, 41: [info]aphelion4, 42: [info]verdandi, 43: [info]lesliesailor, 44: [info]shishie, 45: [info]gopherbomb, 46: [info]liquidwomyn, 47: [info]bookriot, 48: [info]edvaytah, 49: [info]superfly_ww, 50: [info]artvamp

    I guess these are the people who are the freinds of the largest number of my friends. Some have been on my friends list in the past, but I've never looked at the journals of a surprising number of my closest non-friends.
    Saturday, August 2nd, 2003
    5:02 pm
    Oh, I almost forgot:
    Account type: Permanent Account, previously an Early Adopter
    Date created: 2000-08-02 19:42:47
    Date updated: 2003-07-30 17:08:03, 2 days ago
    Clients used: Web: 1.0, 1.1, 1.1s
    Win32-MFC: 1.4.6
    Journal entries: 1,259
    Comments: Posted: 3,943 - Received: 4,100

    Tomorrow is the anniversary of my first journal entry and today is the anniversary of the journal itself.

    I'm actually surprised I'm still here...and even more surprised at the number of people who I met in August and September of 2000 who still have a presence here.

    This is the earliest archived version of my user page (from December 01, 2001) --and a number of those that are not on my list now are still around (in one form or the other).

    I guess LJ must be one of the best examples of field-of-dreams marketing ("build it and they will come"). S., who works for me, just mentioned yesterday that she just started an account because everyone she knows has one (she's 20). It's strange, but I rarely see anyone leave here...though a lot do cut back (as I have done this year).

    I usually have more LJ reflections around my anniversary time, but it hasn't been a very reflective year.

    Current Mood: contemplative
    Wednesday, June 4th, 2003
    2:09 pm
    OMG!
    I was looking up a Bible and one of the similar copies online had this in the author field:

    God; Et. Al.

    Current Mood: amused
    Saturday, April 5th, 2003
    11:25 am
    ASTOUNDING! AMAZING! FANTASTIC! [part II]


    A visual update to yesterday's journal entry:








    [added 5-31-03: If you're reading this through that match service, this is the journal of "bookfoole" --you can contact me directly]

    Current Mood: amused

    Saturday, March 29th, 2003
    2:06 pm
    I just noticed [info]catelin deleted. I hope everything is OK.
    Monday, March 17th, 2003
    6:49 pm
    By the way,
    Happy St. Patrick's Day!!! : )

    Current Mood: thirsty
    6:28 pm
    Ignoring the UN to Punish Others for Ingoring the UN
    A few thoughts before the war:

    1. While I'm not pro-Iraq and once it starts I hope we win quickly with a minimum of U.S. casualties, I see this more as President Bush's War. I don't see the support for it. I also see this as hurting our relations with our traditional allies (Did you notice that we have the most problems with democracies that listen to their citizens?).

    2. [info]bandicoot posted this link regarding The Pentagon's New Map. It's interesting, but I find it hard to justify a war based on theory.

    3. Once we win --are we actually going to make Iraq a democracy? I doubt it. Instead, we'll set up a regime friendly to us...that will become repressive when faced with democratic opposition. Which leads to situations like Iran in the 1970's...because we're propping up our friendly government, the populous becomes more and more anti-American. Sure they'll initially like us for a change from Sadam Husein, but in the long run unless there is true democracy, we'll be blamed. And if there is true democracy, there's a good chance it will become a fundamentalist Islamic state.

    4. By invading without the approval of the U.N., we risk a rush to develop nuclear bombs in countries on the "Pentagon's Map", because actually having a nuclear device with effective delivery system is about the only way, a country can be sure the U.S. won't find reasons to invade.

    Oh well, what I think won't change anything. I'm just recording this for my journal.

    SOURCE: Some of the above was discussed on Fresh Air today (on NPR).

    Current Mood: annoyed
    Saturday, January 25th, 2003
    5:53 pm
    Since I Started This...
    I thought I should post this here:

    Most likely you are NOT dehydrated.

    OK, the link is now fixed.

    Current Mood: thirsty
    Tuesday, January 14th, 2003
    1:42 pm
    Film Foole
    It's been a DFT weekend. I ended up seeing Intacto Sunday evening and The Phantom of Liberty on Monday evening. Here are the DFT descriptions:

    INTACTO



    (Spain—2001—Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
    In the world of this dark and visually stunning fantasy, the possession of “good luck” is never a happy accident. Max Von Sydow stars as a mysterious and impossibly lucky man who has long believed that there is a secret to buying, selling and stealing the luck of others. But when the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash tracks down Von Sydow in order to challenge his status as the world’s “luckiest” man, this gripping new thriller explodes into a riveting and viscerally wrenching duel of wits. (108 min.)
    “ The best movie I saw at Cannes. The premise is fiendishly clever, the execution thrillingly imaginative.” —Mike D’Angelo, Time Out New York

    Overall, it was more style than substance --but sometimes that's enough. I really enjoyed this one.


    THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY



    (France—1974—Luis Buñuel)
    Available in a new, 35mm print for the first time in nearly 30 years, this immensely enjoyable surrealistic funhouse glides from one bizarre event to another with the sure logic of a dream. The great director’s second-to-last film contains a number of classic Buñuel moments, but none so memorable as the sequence in which a number of well-dressed guests who are gathered around a table manage—in only moments—to challenge our basic assumptions about “civilized” behavior. A playful and ruthlessly perceptive work from the cinema’s true master of surrealism. (104 min.)
    “ Brilliant, anarchic, hugely funny.” —Vincent Canby, The New York Times

    This one came across a bit dated --while still interesting and funny, I think it's lost most of it's original shock value and of course it has a dated look. Still, it's an interesting look into film history and well-crafted in a number of ways.
    Sunday, January 12th, 2003
    1:52 pm
    ALOHA
    I started to finish going through some of those old books I bought on the 2nd. I already have most of them on the shelf, but I had to wipe each page on some of them (dried mildew --the smell isn't exceptionally bad, but I should wipe them down). One of the books I didn't pay much attention to because it didn't have a title page and it's general condition appears to be an early Hawaiian imprint (NA HIMENI KAMALII). It seems to be a hymn book in the Hawaiian language from the early part of the the 18th century. I was able to find a copy of HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IMPRINTS, 1822-1899 - A Bibliography online for $15, so I ordered it in order to see if I can identify the book. I should have it in a week or two.

    "The incunabula for Hawaiian printing could be considered those materials produced in the period 1822-29 chiefly on the island of O’ahu." From the lack of early Hawaiian material on the net, I'm guessing that it will be worth at least $150 despite the lack of title page and it's general poor condition, but if it were a really early imprint, it might even be worth more.



    On the other hand, it could be a New York publication --a lot of missionary books were published in New York, Philadelphia, etc. Still, it's fun to handle something like this.

    Current Mood: nerdy
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