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A friend of mine, during the move from his old place to the new, threw out books.
This is, in and of itself, unforgivable.
To add insult to injury, he made sure he had rehomed his magic the gathering cards.
Talk about ******** up priorities.

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Nope, not too many books. Too little room and too few bookshelves, but not too many books. ^^

Given the fact that Buckland is published- I think one can have too many books.

I do not understand the in-laws. Their idea of a party is gathering in a circle for two hours, then all up and leaving at the same time. How boring.

Or perhaps I'm just spoiled by my family's crazy all-night parties. Meh.

Thank you!



Thanks! I change it all the time and every once in a while it ends up balanced and aesthetically pleasing. XD



Well... whether those individuals had autism (Asperger's is most commonly speculated) is very disputed. I personally am not fond of the attempt to diagnose dead people after the fact, because there are such very specific criteria for every disorder, and I think it ties in to the whole self-diagnosis thing. No doubt they had many personality quirks, but people without diagnosable disorders also have quirks (think of how being smart can isolate people anyway), and many, many psychological disorders *also* cause the same sorts of behaviors (for example, what we know of Newton also fits anxiety disorders almost to a T, as well -- we just can't know). You also have to take into consideration the culture of their times as well, which are very different from ours.

However, I've heard very compelling evidence (based on actual work he'd done) that Einstein had dyscalculia, a math learning disorder. Ironic, huh? I just don't think we can say with any certainty. However, I don't think, personally, that he fits Asperger's very well.

A bit of a tangent, I'm a little miffed, personally, at the current trend to shunt everyone quirky into "Asperger's" or "autistic" -- especially by laypersons and self-diagnosers. I think it belittles the experience of people who really do fit on the spectrum.



Impossible.

We have a room in our house that we've had professionally shelved as a library. It's... full. Well, we have a little bit of space because Terence just went through and gave all his old programming/computer books to Goodwill. But it's a pitiful amount of space. *lol*

I can't wait until we move into a mansion or castle....



Holy carp. I am obsessive about books. Dog-earing and spine creases and laying books open on their face and so on can bring me to tears. My family refused to borrow books from me for a long time because I was so obsessive about it. I'm a little better about it now, but I still can't stand to see a book treated without respect. I don't care how crappy a book it is.

Throwing away a book is beyond scandalous to me. If I really can't stand a book (or have multiple copies of one), it is given away or sold back to Powell's (one of the most holy places on earth... xd ). If I think it isn't safe back in the hands of the public then it stays on my shelves.