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[thormagni]

You're hilarious. I remember watching a Seinfeld episode where he made fun of guys who keep their books forever with virtually no intention of reading them again. I had to laugh at myself because I am one of those guys. I don't know what it is. It is the one thing I still treasure and horde. Even the damned Tarzan books I know I will never even look at, I can't throw them away or even trade them off.

I'm the same way. Somehow looking at all these shelves of books I can't imagine ever reading again is comforting. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling Of course, there are a lot of books I own which I haven't even read yet. So I don't know what it says about me that I still have all of them sitting around too.

 

[Grimhelm]

Come to think of it, you almost never borrowed books from me. I always borrowed them from you. The only book I actually remember you borrowing from me was the Star Trek III novelization - and you returned that 20 years ago.

I guess I never did. I do blame you, however, for weighting down my life with 23 freaking Tarzan books that I will never read. It was your love of the books that inspired me to buy them all. The damned thing about it is that I have moved twenty times in the last 15 years and I still keep packing the stupid things up and hauling them with me wherever I go. Someone could do me a favor by just stealing them. My door is open and unlocked. Really. Anybody?

(As for North, I do the same thing. I always feel this immense urge to pull in and say hello to Mr. Lindsey...)

 

[Grimhelm]

I'm the same way. Somehow looking at all these shelves of books I can't imagine ever reading again is comforting. It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling Of course, there are a lot of books I own which I haven't even read yet. So I don't know what it says about me that I still have all of them sitting around too.

I still buy books faster than I read them. I think it is a disease. That, or I am just incredibly lazy.

 

[InzeladunMaster]

You're hilarious. I remember watching a Seinfeld episode where he made fun of guys who keep their books forever with virtually no intention of reading them again. I had to laugh at myself because I am one of those guys. I don't know what it is. It is the one thing I still treasure and horde. Even the damned Tarzan books I know I will never even look at, I can't throw them away or even trade them off.

As you know, I am the same way. Although I dream of retiring and rereading everything I own, I doubt it will actually happen - there are too many new things to read and discover. I have three shelves of Star Trek books I will probably never reread.

I like my books, though. I still harbor hopes that my children will read them, even if I don't. So far, though, they are rather luke-warm toward the idea of reading for fun.

I definitely treasure and horde them as well. I even buy new editions of old favorites (I would hate to admit how many versions of Frankenstein and Dracula I own, not to mention my Robert E. Howard collection. Shoot, I even have three different copies of "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"!

 

[InzeladunMaster]

I still buy books faster than I read them. I think it is a disease. That, or I am just incredibly lazy.

Sounds like several of us have the same disease.

I get the same warm and fuzzy feeling from them. If I am upset, I will actually walk around the room and let my fingers lightly move along the spines.

I also still buy them faster than I can read them. I bought over twenty classic sci-fi books not long ago and have only gotten around to reading three or four of them.

 

[InzeladunMaster]

On the Weird Wild West game, it might be worth looking at Deadlands D20. I have, I think, most of the Deadlands D20 books in actual paper. it is, by definition, a weird Wild West game.

That would be fun.

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[thormagni]

(As for North, I do the same thing. I always feel this immense urge to pull in and say hello to Mr. Lindsey...)

Obviously, I didn't go to North. But I occasionally drop a line to my senior journalism teacher, just to let her know where I am and what I am doing. Until the other day, I had never told my wife that I did that once every few years. She avers that it is complete narcissism on my part to assume that a teacher I had 20+ years ago still remembers me or cares what I am doing in my life. And on a certain level, she's right. It's not like I'm working for the New York Times or editor at the Chicago Tribune or something.

But Mrs. Karen Jones inspired my love of journalism and it has been paying my bills for 11 years now. If she hadn't been teaching that class just then, and I hadn't had a free spot on my class schedule, who knows where my life would be right now?

 

[chachi]

Hi guys, it's good to see that everyone is still alive. I've missed playing of late, and I'm glad to see the interest in restarting a game. Vince, I do plan on regularly playing. But my attendance record stinks and I don't think that I can guarantee that I'll be there with much more regularity than I ever have. I'm leaving myself out of the poll, though I think that it's admirable to offer to run whatever the group wants. I'll leave the deciding to the core guys and play as much as I can.

 

[thormagni]

I get the same warm and fuzzy feeling from them. If I am upset, I will actually walk around the room and let my fingers lightly move along the spines.

Putting my books in place, helps me to settle my mind, I think. Makes me feel like there is SOMETHING in my life with some semblance of order to it. The house may be a mess, but I can put my finger on any gaming book I own in 15 seconds or so.

Now I just need to buy enough shelving to get all 10 crates of non-rpg books out of the garage and onto shelves.

And luckily for me, my son is turning out to be quite the reader. He is reading my comics and fantasy novels all the time.

 

[thormagni]

Which reminds me Vince, in my last weekend burst of house arranging, I came across the Planescape stuff you loaned me a while back. I forgot I even had them.

I never realized I was such a mooch, but I found an awful lot of games, movies, books and what have you that I need to return to people.