becd.net » Books http://becd.net/wp Witty and clever stuff goes here. Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:21:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Pogle let me go to a used book sale at the public library. http://becd.net/wp/2008/04/23/pogle-let-me-go-to-a-used-book-sale-at-the-public-library/ http://becd.net/wp/2008/04/23/pogle-let-me-go-to-a-used-book-sale-at-the-public-library/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:20:20 +0000 Michele http://becd.net/wp/2008/04/23/pogle-let-me-go-to-a-used-book-sale-at-the-public-library/ Pogle let me go to a used book sale at the public library. is a post from: becd.net

]]> This was the craziest book sale I’ve ever been to. I had to wait outside for an hour to even get in! There were people in the line who had been there since 5AM when the sale didn’t even open until 9AM!

These are obviously my kind of people.

The haul:

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5 of those fill in gaps in our series collection, 1 is a hardcover upgrade of one of pog’s favorite books, and the rest were random “oo, this looks good” pickups. All purchased for $1.00 each and all hardcovers.

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My amazing score of the day was a  complete collection of the Junior Classics, in perfect condition and valued at $150, purchased for $10. Dude, that is what we call an investment. I’m not sure I’ll be willing to share these with our children. >.>

Not shown are the 20 or so modern Cricket magazines I picked up for $0.10 each, to add to my collection of original 1970s editions.

Total spent: about $25. Sweet.

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]]> A large storm system moved into our area tonight. About 11:45PM a huge crack of thunder shook the house. It was loud enough that it scared pog awake, and both Minion and Jack Jack–who had been fighting–shot straight into the ferret tower, to immediately pop their heads out of different holes to figure out what made the noise. Ysabell was unruffled. She reminds me of my favorite Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Series quote about the character Granny Weatherwax:

 She walked quickly through the darkness with the frank stride of someone who was at least certain that the forest, on this damp and windy night, contained strange and terrible things and she was it.

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