February 2012
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Had a guy walk in...
…..I have about six boxes of medical books from the ’60s. Who should I contact about doing something about them?
Me: Um, your garbage man?
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“I should have called him an honourable asshole.”
– Pat Martin
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January 2012
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Not quite sure what this dude was driving at,...
I’ll post it here. He may be somehow referring to this, but who knows.
“1/4 interesting repetitive irrelevant or distasteful degrading to other place names pessimistic you’re better than disrespecting less fortunate places, eh?
Let’s turn some of your opinions of Winnipeg upside Grass can be greener on the other side Always look on the bright side of life Report...
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“How did Bill Gates become the richest man in America? His wealth has nothing to...”
– Slavoj Žižek · The Revolt of the Salaried Bourgeoisie · LRB 11 January 2012 (via infoneer-pulse
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“I spent ninety percent of my money on wine, women and song and just wasted the...”
– Ronnie Hawkins
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Dismay is best served cold...
Kelly…
I brought you a box of fire fighter books including a number of hard-cover books in mind condition for which you gave me a grand total of $20 I have mentioned this to other people and they have told me that you totally ripped me off but that is water under the bridge…but since then I have grown more and more dismayed by you and the plight you have found yourself in…I...
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This woman has been emailing me...
…and got really upset when I told her I would love to answer her question, but I didn’t understand what it was:
“I am Looking for more information. I found quite a bit about Aqua Book’s Webside as I found or saw? Sorry, however, I thought I simple enough with why I was asking—?”
Sorry, I not simple enough, apparently.
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“You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in,...”
– Gil Scott-Heron
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McNally Jackson Bookmongers: McNally J's... →
mcnallyjackson:
Here are McNally J’s bestselling books of 2011. It’s a list! 31 books long. Arbitrarily. I had to go get my laundry.
Just Kids, Patti Smith (Now also the bestselling book in McNJ’s history.)
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
On Booze, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bossypants, Tina Fey
The…
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“Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”
– Henry Rollins
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“Hi. I wanted to drop off some music again for you to listen to and see if you wanted to book our band. I’m hoping you’re in a little bit better mood than you were last time.”
And that’s supposed to put me in a better mood? I had my fill of passive-aggressive punch at Christmas thanks.
I looked up the old dude from his day job website.
“I have been a...
December 2011
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“Abandon mediocrity all who enter here.”
– Kelly Hughes
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“It’s probably a fact”
– Kelly Hughes
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An update on the future of Aqua Books
(this originally went out via email a while ago)
Our situation is kind of complicated, and has been in flux since August. Pieces of the puzzle keep falling in (and out of) place. I’ve been waiting for things to settle down a bit. I don’t want to be pointlessly confusing. (Heck, I’m confused.)
So, here’s the latest I can tell you. The plan to save the building by going...
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I just got an email...
…from someone I don’t know.
The subject line was Info on Venue Rentals. The body of the email contained this:
Thks Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on the MTS High Speed Mobility Network
I replied with:
Hi, A subject line isn’t an email.
Thks Kelly Hughes
Soon we’ll lose all of our words, and be back to cave paintings. I guess the Internet is kind of one giant...
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“It comes shrink-wrapped in bulletproof plastic, like an Oscar Meyer wiener.”
– Henry Rollins, on modern music
November 2011
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