Journal created:
on 27 August 2005 (#8132204)
Updated:
on 26 July 2017
Name:
tedeisenstein
Website:
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure. (Saadi (c. 1184-1291))
Whimsy matters. (Aimee Mullins)
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My bookstore: Potboiler Press, for those re-creating the physical culture of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, mostly. Plus used books (typography, printing, cookbooks, and various oddments).
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(From a comment of mine to a posting in the dot.gimp.snark community here, in mid-July 2010:)
Screw pride. Take comfort and convenience over pride and pain any day. The only one who'll notice is you; the only one who'll care is you.
Quick: when was the last time you noticed someone in obvious pain because he didn't use a wheelchair, and said to yourself, "why, I'm so proud of him!"?
Right. Thought so. Use the wheelchair.
Whimsy matters. (Aimee Mullins)
+++++
My bookstore: Potboiler Press, for those re-creating the physical culture of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, mostly. Plus used books (typography, printing, cookbooks, and various oddments).
+++++
(From a comment of mine to a posting in the dot.gimp.snark community here, in mid-July 2010:)
Screw pride. Take comfort and convenience over pride and pain any day. The only one who'll notice is you; the only one who'll care is you.
Quick: when was the last time you noticed someone in obvious pain because he didn't use a wheelchair, and said to yourself, "why, I'm so proud of him!"?
Right. Thought so. Use the wheelchair.
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