Comments for altTedium http://alt-tedium.com It's the same boring blog everyone writes, but this one's mine. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:47:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on All clear for westward travel by Jim http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/528#comment-864 Jim Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:21:36 +0000 http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/528#comment-864 That is a fine photograph. That is a fine photograph.

]]> Comment on The past didn’t go anywhere by Rose http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/523#comment-863 Rose Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:23:29 +0000 http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/523#comment-863 I completely agree about the pleasure of just *seeing* the books. I read some "de-cluttering" article in a magazine recently that said you should get rid of any book you've had for more than a year without reading. That just seemed ludicrous to me. What, do they get stale, or go out of fashion at that point? I completely agree about the pleasure of just *seeing* the books. I read some “de-cluttering” article in a magazine recently that said you should get rid of any book you’ve had for more than a year without reading. That just seemed ludicrous to me. What, do they get stale, or go out of fashion at that point?

]]> Comment on The past didn’t go anywhere by jklsemi http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/523#comment-862 jklsemi Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:23:12 +0000 http://alt-tedium.com/index.php/archives/523#comment-862 No kidding. Some of the non-critical-theory books, of course, *are* newer, so there's that; I'm gratified to report that my quitting grad school didn't throw a wrench into the world's creative processes. I kept thinking as we were packing to move that I should get rid of the philosophy and critical theory -- I mean, I really don't expect to *read* Poststructuralist Joyce ever again, do I? -- but I just couldn't quite bring myself to do it. I like seeing those books, even if I don't want to open them, just to help me remember something about myself. No kidding. Some of the non-critical-theory books, of course, *are* newer, so there’s that; I’m gratified to report that my quitting grad school didn’t throw a wrench into the world’s creative processes.

I kept thinking as we were packing to move that I should get rid of the philosophy and critical theory — I mean, I really don’t expect to *read* Poststructuralist Joyce ever again, do I? — but I just couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. I like seeing those books, even if I don’t want to open them, just to help me remember something about myself.

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