Monday, August 14, 2006
ER Still Life: Office(not-so)Max


Here is a view of one wall in my office. Note the space on some of the shelves. That's new. I hoed out hundreds of books today. If it wasn't about some aspect of nineteenth-century American history, or economic theory, or theology-religion, or political theory, out it went.

You can sort of tell there is a floor. And if you look hard you can see the couch. One of the boxes is headed for the garage. One stays. Two hold books I've yet to read.

This is in the hall outside my office. The books to the left are books I plan to read. The books to the right are books destined for the garage.

More books headed for the garage.

A rare, rare sight. These are grocery sack of books waiting at the front door to be taken somewhere, probably to the local college library for its annual book sale. This is a first: I am getting ride of books. Dr. ER is happy. :-) Work remains.
--ER
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Woot!!
Looks like I'll be pinned down at my house for a bit, so maybe I can make some similar progress.
See my blog for reports of storm damage from tonight.
Looks like I'll be pinned down at my house for a bit, so maybe I can make some similar progress.
See my blog for reports of storm damage from tonight.
Who you callin' "old," ya' whippersnapper!
Congrats on making a dent! My craft room has a similar look, especially since we did some garage cleaning on Saturday.
It'll be neat to see the progress. You are going to post pics of the progress, aren't you?? ;)
Congrats on making a dent! My craft room has a similar look, especially since we did some garage cleaning on Saturday.
It'll be neat to see the progress. You are going to post pics of the progress, aren't you?? ;)
FF. believe me, compared to the pre- this is the -post. I went in there once (shudder). There were three places to step and one place to sit.
What you see is a miracle of progress.
Given away books are you?????
I can have a "special envoy" of your local public library come by your house and pick them up for you. For real, dude.
What you see is a miracle of progress.
Given away books are you?????
I can have a "special envoy" of your local public library come by your house and pick them up for you. For real, dude.
I'm on a roll! Five grocery sacks of books to donate!
I have never gotten rid of a book I've read -- except for a statistics textbook I torched in a small ceremony involving fire and beer and its byproduct years ago when I finally passed that class.
What I'm culling mostly, though, is books I thought I'd want to read. Reality check: Can't read everything I want to read, so I'm using a spot triage kind of system as I go.
I have never gotten rid of a book I've read -- except for a statistics textbook I torched in a small ceremony involving fire and beer and its byproduct years ago when I finally passed that class.
What I'm culling mostly, though, is books I thought I'd want to read. Reality check: Can't read everything I want to read, so I'm using a spot triage kind of system as I go.
Yep, ya' gotta be ruthless, sometimes. Do it quickly, it'll hurt less--like pulling off a band-aid. ;)
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