Comments on: Bibliophibians! http://andstillipersist.com/2008/09/bibliophibians/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:12:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: bfwebster http://andstillipersist.com/2008/09/bibliophibians/comment-page-1/#comment-385 bfwebster Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:29:23 +0000 http://and-still-i-persist.com/?p=1042#comment-385 Actually, my goal (achieved for the first time in my adult [post-college] life a little over 2 years ago) has always been to actually have all my books <i>out in bookshelves</i>. I've always had boxes of books stashed or stored somewhere, but no longer. It took 17 bookshelves to do it, but they're all out there. Of course, now the owner of the house we're renting has put it up for sale. Sigh.... P.S. Glad to hear that you and Kenny haven't been kicked out of Venezuela so soon after arriving there. On the other hand, I assumed that the whole diplomatic flap may well have been triggered by one of your, ah, frank off-hand comments. :-) Actually, my goal (achieved for the first time in my adult [post-college] life a little over 2 years ago) has always been to actually have all my books out in bookshelves. I’ve always had boxes of books stashed or stored somewhere, but no longer. It took 17 bookshelves to do it, but they’re all out there.

Of course, now the owner of the house we’re renting has put it up for sale. Sigh….

P.S. Glad to hear that you and Kenny haven’t been kicked out of Venezuela so soon after arriving there. On the other hand, I assumed that the whole diplomatic flap may well have been triggered by one of your, ah, frank off-hand comments. :-)

]]> By: lccrisle http://andstillipersist.com/2008/09/bibliophibians/comment-page-1/#comment-386 lccrisle Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:18:54 +0000 http://and-still-i-persist.com/?p=1042#comment-386 So your goal then is to rival Thomas Jefferson with your book collection? Maybe you can donate them to, I don't know, somewhere, and they'll name a reading room after you too. The greatest tragedy of my life, yes, I did write tragedy, is not having all of our books with us all the time. That alone will make retirement from the foreign service a welcome event...in 18 years or so... So your goal then is to rival Thomas Jefferson with your book collection? Maybe you can donate them to, I don’t know, somewhere, and they’ll name a reading room after you too. The greatest tragedy of my life, yes, I did write tragedy, is not having all of our books with us all the time. That alone will make retirement from the foreign service a welcome event…in 18 years or so…

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