Sideways Books
Sometimes at the library (still an old fogey am I, eh wot? hangin' out at dem der stacks and stacks of boooooks) I like to wander among the shelves. Is that bibliophilia or simply biblioweirdia? I don't know, but as it goes I like to check out what I call
Sideways Books.
These are the books that other people have taken from their normal places on the shelves and instead of returning them to their rightful place within the world created by Mr. Dewey, they choose simply to lay them down, on their sides, in pitiful disgrace.
Actually, I shouldn't be so difficult on the people who lay the books sideways, for, even though they are showing great laziness by not returning them from whence they were drawn, at the very least these people are not RE-shelving these tomes in entirely the WRONG space.
Thank the Lord for small favours.
However, back to the original point at thrust: Sometimes these "sideways books" can be treasures that you would never have thought to seek on your own. They are like little troves that little gnomes leave in your path, little nuggets - jewels, if you will.
Plus, I always root for the underdog - I like to check out the books because I feel that they are, in a way, somewhat sad. They had had a flickerment of hope at one point ("Oh boy! Somebody's going to check me out! ME!") and then the crashing disappointment of being laid, side-down on the cold metal shelving unit: far away from it's friends. I can hear it yelling, "HEY R792.831 W892 1999!!! I'm over here buddy, can you hear MEEEEE!!!????)
Now how's that for a little bit of anthropomorphism, eh? Or rather, would it be more correct to say, Biblioanthropomorphism? I like that term. Jot it down; it'll show up on the test later.
But, back AGAIN to the main point: these books can occasionally hold great treasures for us. And in all perfect honesty, I mean to post this on Bookcases. So let me try to send it there now.
OK, swell - I can't even cut'n'paste to the other blog. Crud - could somebody please send me an instruction manual on blogging? Like "Blogging for Dummies"?
Criminy I can just imagine all you 18-20 yr olds out there laughing at this old fogey. Lemme just post this on this blog and if you want to read about some of the sideways books that I find I'll review them on my Bookcases blog.
Just don't laugh TOO hard, OK? Thanks.
VG
Sideways Books.
These are the books that other people have taken from their normal places on the shelves and instead of returning them to their rightful place within the world created by Mr. Dewey, they choose simply to lay them down, on their sides, in pitiful disgrace.
Actually, I shouldn't be so difficult on the people who lay the books sideways, for, even though they are showing great laziness by not returning them from whence they were drawn, at the very least these people are not RE-shelving these tomes in entirely the WRONG space.
Thank the Lord for small favours.
However, back to the original point at thrust: Sometimes these "sideways books" can be treasures that you would never have thought to seek on your own. They are like little troves that little gnomes leave in your path, little nuggets - jewels, if you will.
Plus, I always root for the underdog - I like to check out the books because I feel that they are, in a way, somewhat sad. They had had a flickerment of hope at one point ("Oh boy! Somebody's going to check me out! ME!") and then the crashing disappointment of being laid, side-down on the cold metal shelving unit: far away from it's friends. I can hear it yelling, "HEY R792.831 W892 1999!!! I'm over here buddy, can you hear MEEEEE!!!????)
Now how's that for a little bit of anthropomorphism, eh? Or rather, would it be more correct to say, Biblioanthropomorphism? I like that term. Jot it down; it'll show up on the test later.
But, back AGAIN to the main point: these books can occasionally hold great treasures for us. And in all perfect honesty, I mean to post this on Bookcases. So let me try to send it there now.
OK, swell - I can't even cut'n'paste to the other blog. Crud - could somebody please send me an instruction manual on blogging? Like "Blogging for Dummies"?
Criminy I can just imagine all you 18-20 yr olds out there laughing at this old fogey. Lemme just post this on this blog and if you want to read about some of the sideways books that I find I'll review them on my Bookcases blog.
Just don't laugh TOO hard, OK? Thanks.
VG
posted by Verble Gherulous at 10/03/2005 07:03:00 am
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