I like real books

A can of air freshener labeled “Smell of Books: New Book Smell”I like them on my wall
I like them in my hand
(I like them in the bathroom)
I like them on my H: drive
I like them in the car
I like them in a queue
I like them on my laptop
I like them on a shelf
I like them on my keychain
I like them in a library
I like them in English
I like them in bed
I like them on my netbook
I’d like them on a slate, but they’re too heavy.

What is a “real” book, anyway?
“Real” book. As if reading words and being entertained and/or instructed isn’t the point of the damn thing.

6 thoughts on “I like real books

  • November 30, 2010 at 6:38 pm
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    You know they love you back and wonder where they can get the scent Moriah in a spray can.

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  • November 30, 2010 at 6:44 pm
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    Scent Moriah is actually Amarige de Givenchy… 😉

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  • December 1, 2010 at 2:54 pm
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    We’re simply in a paradigm change time and have to live through it (at least in the technological world). I wonder what the papyrus or wax tablet people said about paper, or the handwritten book people said about the printing press ^^.

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  • December 1, 2010 at 3:02 pm
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    You are so right, Estara. I was just highly irritated at only the 1,482th time I’d heard that.

    This week.

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  • December 2, 2010 at 2:17 pm
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    For a similar purpose I have designed and bought a stamp that goes into every student’s exercise book who falls under that irritating re-occurring excuse for not having his stuff prepared for school.

    Make a stamp for that (or alternatively a .gif, etc.) and paste it into every comment thread where you get the irritation served.

    This tactic has helped keep me sane and non-murderous.

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  • December 3, 2010 at 4:17 pm
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    Excellent idea! Thanks!!!

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