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heresluck is here! Yay!
2. Ergo, there was bookstore trolling yesterday. "How wrong is it," I said, "that I am COMPLETELY PSYCHED to find this book about the Hitler Youth?"heresluck and mirrorthaw thought about it for a moment. "Wrong," they agreed.
3. Aside from many books on the Nazis and the Holocaust (which are closely related and intertwined subjects, but not synonymous), I found another book on witch hunts in New England in 1692--this one about the trials in Stamford, Connecticut which were notable primarily for the fact that they did not succumb to Salem's hysteria.
Also, a plea to bookstores: I beg you, do not shelve your books on witch hunts and witch trials, whether European or American, with your books on Wicca. The two phenomena under discussion are not the same, and I think it's kind of insulting to both sides to conflate them. Also, of course, it causes confusion and irritation for someone who wishes to research the much more sparsely written about kind and gets stuck combing the section largely, but not exclusively, devoted to the other.
4. There's one day left on the Worldbuilders auction for the four ms Booth stories. The bidding is already up to nineteen pounds (thirty dollars American), which is already more than the cost of a flock of Heifer ducklings. And that's awesome.
5. This afternoon, the Paper-Eating Yalapappus goes back to the kitty ophthalmologist to check the progress of his corneal ulcers. Think good thoughts for him, as he is going to have a rotten afternoon.
heresluck is here! Yay!2. Ergo, there was bookstore trolling yesterday. "How wrong is it," I said, "that I am COMPLETELY PSYCHED to find this book about the Hitler Youth?"
heresluck and mirrorthaw thought about it for a moment. "Wrong," they agreed.3. Aside from many books on the Nazis and the Holocaust (which are closely related and intertwined subjects, but not synonymous), I found another book on witch hunts in New England in 1692--this one about the trials in Stamford, Connecticut which were notable primarily for the fact that they did not succumb to Salem's hysteria.
Also, a plea to bookstores: I beg you, do not shelve your books on witch hunts and witch trials, whether European or American, with your books on Wicca. The two phenomena under discussion are not the same, and I think it's kind of insulting to both sides to conflate them. Also, of course, it causes confusion and irritation for someone who wishes to research the much more sparsely written about kind and gets stuck combing the section largely, but not exclusively, devoted to the other.
4. There's one day left on the Worldbuilders auction for the four ms Booth stories. The bidding is already up to nineteen pounds (thirty dollars American), which is already more than the cost of a flock of Heifer ducklings. And that's awesome.
5. This afternoon, the Paper-Eating Yalapappus goes back to the kitty ophthalmologist to check the progress of his corneal ulcers. Think good thoughts for him, as he is going to have a rotten afternoon.
