book overload
I'm way too dum to understand those words
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beth b - Mar 03, 2008 9:40:12 am PST #2685 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Vortex - Mar 03, 2008 9:40:20 am PST #2686 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
As far as I'm concerned, once the boxes are unpacked, the pictures are on the walls and the internet is hooked up, it's a home.
and frankly, the pictures and most of the boxes are optional.
The people who've been to my house will attest to its book overload.
the glorious bookiness!
Trudy Booth - Mar 03, 2008 9:40:34 am PST #2687 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I just realized: there's a starbucks in the strip mall up the road that also has a Barnes&Noble. Which also has a starbucks inside (& right by the door.) They are the same sized. That's just bizarre.
There is a corner in NYC where you can sit at the window in one Starbucks and look at two others (one is a B&N).
Kathy A - Mar 03, 2008 9:44:04 am PST #2688 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Thanks!
I've been pretty good about keeping the number of new books down since I started at B&N last July, but this past Saturday, I faltered and brought home three books (Lost Christianities, Dearest Friend [collection of letters between John and Abigail Adams], and the newest from Kenneth C. Davis, who does all the "Don't Know Much About" books, which is a freebie Advance Reader and all about weird facts in history). When I moved and got rid of 1/3rd of my books, I also got rid of some bookshelves, and now fear having to get a new one pretty soon which I don't have room for!
Gadget_Girl - Mar 03, 2008 9:44:28 am PST #2689 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I don't think I have any particular female skills in making a house a home; my specialty is making a house a library.
Can I have this on a t-shirt or a coffee mug?
As far as I'm concerned, once the boxes are unpacked, the pictures are on the walls and the internet is hooked up, it's a home.
and frankly, the pictures and most of the boxes are optional.
I love this statement. It is too true on so many levels. Some leave a trail of clutter, others insults, and, a few, cash...I leave a trail of books and photographs.
msbelle - Mar 03, 2008 9:54:41 am PST #2690 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
shooting in FL: [link]
is it me, or there has been a bunch of shooting recently, or is the national news just reporting things more?
Emily - Mar 03, 2008 9:55:32 am PST #2691 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I can't think of anyone less qualified to make a house a home than moi. Perhaps I lack that gene. Maybe it's linked to the fainting gene.
Trudy Booth - Mar 03, 2008 9:58:50 am PST #2692 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So those little goats must be great at making a house a home.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 03, 2008 10:00:10 am PST #2693 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
There is a corner in NYC where you can sit at the window in one Starbucks and look at two others (one is a B&N).
That's like Dunkin Donuts in Boston. I pass 2 in the commuter rail station and 2 on the way to my office, which also has a Dunkies in the lobby. There's another one an admittadely large block away the other side of my office building.
Scrappy - Mar 03, 2008 10:00:36 am PST #2694 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I like making a house a home--but only if you define that as using power tools, arranging furniture and picking paint colors, and not as making beds, mopping floors, or cooking meals.