tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2371584963617838496..comments2024-03-28T01:35:19.028-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Welcome to my office, belatedlyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91435742265221219462021-02-02T02:40:03.354-06:002021-02-02T02:40:03.354-06:00Loved your twelve-minute tour. I wanted it to be l...Loved your twelve-minute tour. I wanted it to be longer. You have some cool stuff. And all those books, of course. Your office looks like my whole house. We are both avid readers and book collectors, but I am also a terrible hoarder and pack rat. So, after almost thirty years in this house, the books have taken over.<br /><br />Unfortunately, we live in a two-bedroom pre-WWII bungalow of less than a thousand square feet. Twelve bookcases, including the floor-to-ceiling ones and the built-ins. All crammed with books, many more of them acquired by me than by my wife<br /><br />. I really need to start purging, but I never do it. When I die, some of them may literally go out the window and into a dumpster or a dump truck. Maybe most of them. Maybe all of them. My wife is a neatnik. I'm not.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29233744233613014152021-01-31T20:18:16.845-06:002021-01-31T20:18:16.845-06:00It occurs to me that we are very underappreciative...It occurs to me that we are very underappreciative of the value of taking 12 minutes or so out of our day to memorialize our everyday life... as we live it... right now. It can be boring to watch it five minutes later, but five years later, twenty-five years later, it can be mesmerizing, and unlike our ancestors, we now have the ability to make high-quality recordings on the spur of the moment. <br /><br />Twenty years ago now, I balanced a massive VHS camcorder on my shoulder to follow my young son around as he gave the viewers (whoever they may be in the future) a guided tour of our new house. I haven't viewed it myself recently -- I'm not sure I want to as I get all kinds of roads-not-followed regrets when watching home movies -- but I know its future historical value, and have painstakingly transferred all our recordings to digital media over the years.<br /><br />Back in the late 1990s sometime, I was in California to visit a family friend who had been an assistant to Dr. Jonas Salk in his final years, and got a private tour of the Salk Institute, including a visit to the late Dr. Salk's office. They had left it virtually undisturbed since his passing, and while the papers and books scattered about were not all that interesting, closing the office door behind us revealed Dr. Salk's lab coat, still hanging on the back of the door. It gave me chills.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875378656423252469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26961044406786979352021-01-31T15:47:21.935-06:002021-01-31T15:47:21.935-06:00dropped by your room.
louise gluck. yes. you'r...dropped by your room.<br />louise gluck. yes. you're right that anger is the wrong word, perhaps the oed can track down the right one. i only know this-she makes you pay attentionpgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804745965409667786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90177427726126338342021-01-31T15:45:00.249-06:002021-01-31T15:45:00.249-06:00Most enjoyable leisurely tour of your office. Paci...Most enjoyable leisurely tour of your office. Pacing was perfect to take it all in. You're a natural docent. Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568908951400103413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2120336769352909612021-01-31T13:01:04.336-06:002021-01-31T13:01:04.336-06:00That's really cool. Thanks for showing us you...That's really cool. Thanks for showing us your "Man-Cave". You might have more books than some bookstores. Very cool. And I did notice an old catcher's Mitt. Looks like a great place to hang out.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51691238972673849852021-01-31T08:08:19.460-06:002021-01-31T08:08:19.460-06:00I hope your use of past tense 'years were'...I hope your use of past tense 'years were' is correct. I hope. dodahmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956857111371773320noreply@blogger.com