Book: Show us the latest book you bought, borrowed or received.
The Pocket Complexicon, by Lacey Volk. My super Etsy score of the week, just arrived today. Per the designer's description:
Tiny letterpress printed "fictionary". The Pocket Complexicon is a book of made-up words and their made-up meanings. Includes such favorites as clapathetic, gelatvian, lubricajun, and infestigate. 21 definitions total!
This is a fun little book of fake words, printed on a Vandercook press with handset lead type, and hand bound with photocopy transfer illustrations.Edition size of 12, but only one is remaining (this one - #3). 3" x 5.75", about 40 pages.
What was the worst job you ever had?
Submitted by salaryman.
gift wrap girl at a JCPenney in the mall, sacramento, christmas 1989. and having people telling me to tuck awful leopard-print thongs into pockets of bathrobes, and other fun surprises, before i wrapped things up.
i just got a slightly used macbook pro from craigslist. fortunately the person i bought it from is a regular at the store - a nice coincidence. i am migrating data from the 6 year old powerbook right now, and there seems to be internet though i have not configured anything yet. god bless wireless.
what should i do with my good old powerbook? i actually quite love the bronze keyboard, it has a nicer, less slick feel than this new one. also it is warmer. generally i don't have to worry about that but it's a cold day today and this aluminum or whatever is chilly! i can touch type so i think i need to knit a little keyboard cozy that i can stick my hands underneath while i use this thing.
i can't believe i spent all this money so i can load quickbooks 07. i hate the bookkeeping part of the biz about as much as shipping...and that's saying a lot.
hm, the data transfer is supposed to take an hour. poor mia dog, she needs to go on a walk. hope it is a bit faster than that.
crop images of dog and cat pillows. wait, didn't i quit web production around 2003 or so?
...also, the mittens are done. yay for lamb's pride bulky yarn in Chestnut.
mittens are better than gloves, except if you have to grab anything smaller than a ping-pong ball. gloves that are thin enough to fit under mittens, however, rule.
i'm knitting mittens. the colors are a soft brown with some yellow in it, and a neutral that i hesitate to call beige...oatmeal? the mitten looks like a toy acorn or mushroom.
why mitten? why not just mitt? we don't wear glovens do we? though i
have to admit i am fond of adding the -en onto words. the puppen is
dreaming.
i think i'd be writing more here if it worked in safari.i have to remember to fire up the firefox in order to post anything at all...
it is february and just not a very pretty month in new york. the face-burning cold has started, and people are not really shopping, and it's boring at times at the store. i am trying to knit mittens. and i need new reading material. suggestions?
i want to visit SF and meet mr lyle and see my godpuppies and eat some sushi zone and some tartine. but! i think we are going to italy instead next month, and that is really great.
also i want to buy a new machine for the store, but what kind?
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