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In seven days, the Mathematician's birthday will be upon us.
This is post number 932. The next comment will be number 3,197.
On this day in 1989, I was in the hospital in preterm labor. I was 27 weeks pregnant at the time. The Girl's estimated weight was 1 pound 3 ounces. Luckily she stayed put for a while longer.
I have 2,185 books cataloged (so far); compare this to the fact that I have 1,604 individuals in my family genealogy file. In that file the earliest documented ancestor was Gilles du Puy, born 1370 in Peyrins, Drôme, France. Of my female ancestors, the one who lived the longest (that I know of) is Maritje Cuddebeck, born 2 Aug 1696 in Kingston (formerly Wildwijk & Esopus), Ulster County, New York. She died in Sandyton, Sussex County, New Jersey, aged 99 years. My uncle Lou was born a hundred years ago next month, but he's long gone.
There are 6,032 paragraphs in Queen of Swords (or, if you prefer, 210,000 words). There are 3,923 paragraphs in Tied to the Tracks (106,900 words).
And now, back to work.
February 1, 2006 10:25 PM
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All this book cataloging is making me feel much better about myself- I've got books in stacks, under the bed, hidden in the closet, in storage, and oh yeah, a few on the book shelf. I would love to catalogue them someday when I have a space large enough for them all, but I must admit I am a little scared to know my number. I've got 40 books alone that I haven't read, so I'd be nervous to know how many total.
My family (not big readers) don't understand why I hang onto books after I read them. I know I am the type that hates to throw anything away, but books especially, even ones that I don't like, because sometimes I remember a scene or a sentence from a book but the details are a little hazy, so I have to go look it up otherwise it will stay in my head, like a song you only know one line to.
Posted by: sara g at February 2, 2006 06:32 PM