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inulroGreetings.
So, I started to read Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason by Jessica Warner on the bus this morning.
There's a part in the "Preface and Acknowledgements" that I need to share. The author has just bestowed effusive praise upon all the people and facilities that have helped her out with her research in writing this book. And then:
The only staff at the BL I've ever dealt with were the cloakroom staff, when Amelia & I went to the Silk Road exhibit in the summer, who very helpfully told us we could stash our stuff in the lockers for free instead of paying for the coat check.
If I hadn't dropped out of my PhD when I did, I'd have had to spend a good few weeks (minimum) in the BL preparing an 18th century novel for a modern edition. Which is usually one of the things I regret not having done, but maybe I dodged a bullet after all.
There was more neat stuff that I wanted to share today, but guess what, I'm going to go lie down instead.
So, I started to read Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason by Jessica Warner on the bus this morning.
There's a part in the "Preface and Acknowledgements" that I need to share. The author has just bestowed effusive praise upon all the people and facilities that have helped her out with her research in writing this book. And then:
"Such happiness, however, was not destined to last, for my next stop was the new British Library. There I encountered a staff that was impervious to exploitation in any form; indeed, such was their fondness for reading The New York Review of Booksthat many could scarce find the time or energy to help readers humbler than themselves".
The only staff at the BL I've ever dealt with were the cloakroom staff, when Amelia & I went to the Silk Road exhibit in the summer, who very helpfully told us we could stash our stuff in the lockers for free instead of paying for the coat check.
If I hadn't dropped out of my PhD when I did, I'd have had to spend a good few weeks (minimum) in the BL preparing an 18th century novel for a modern edition. Which is usually one of the things I regret not having done, but maybe I dodged a bullet after all.
There was more neat stuff that I wanted to share today, but guess what, I'm going to go lie down instead.
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Date: 2004-10-15 05:51 pm (UTC)The rule of thumb in classics seems to be, the more profuse the thanks, the more obstructionist the recipient has been. This is a nasty side effect of having to rely on the same people decade in and decade out.
A related gripe...the U.S. *National* *Archives* aren't catalogued. I suspect that this is a side effect of our failure to have a good solid recession/depression under a Democratic President in a long time.
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Date: 2004-10-18 12:40 am (UTC)I am Melanie by the way, the token pregnant person at Hester's tea party yesterday!
Cathars
Date: 2004-10-19 01:01 pm (UTC)If you're into Holy Blood & the Holy Grail type bollocks, we also visited Rennes-le-Chateau when we were in the neighbourhood.
Re: Cathars
Date: 2004-10-19 01:20 pm (UTC)