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Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:25 pm

Adventures in fringe academia: to fit the new Italian academic treatise on tentacle erotica on my shelf, I had to relocate the pamphlets on the history of torture and books bound in human skin to the shelf with my history of witchcraft materials.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:27 pm

... You have books bound in human skin? Awesome.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:35 pm

No, it's a pamphlet on books bound in human skin.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:36 pm

I've heard of something that sounds like the kind of thing AH would collect having a human-skin bound edition, but couldn't remember the exact book.

A quick google search brought me to this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropodermic_bibliopegy

Surviving historical examples of this technique include anatomy texts bound with the skin of dissected cadavers, volumes created as a bequest and bound with the skin of the testator (known as "autoanthropodermic bibliopegy"), and copies of judicial proceedings bound in the skin of the murderer convicted in those proceedings, such as in the case of John Horwood in 1821 and the Red Barn Murder in 1828.

Man. Bookbinding is hardcore.

Edit

Ancient History wrote:No, it's a pamphlet on books bound in human skin.

That's actually how I parsed the sentence, but I figured that there was a chance you actually did have a book bound in human skin. Small, given that such books are probably tens of thousands of dollars, at least, but a chance.

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:02 pm

Ancient History wrote:No, it's a pamphlet on books, bound in human skin.

You have a pamphlet bound in human skin?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:08 pm

<sigh>

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:17 pm

I'd be more surprised about the pamphlet being bound than what it was bound in...

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:28 am

So, today I start working morning stock crew at World Market. It's a seasonal gig, but I'm hoping I can do well enough to be kept on after Christmas.

On the other hand, the day after I interviewed for this position, I was called about interviewing for a cook gig at a senior care facility, and did that interview yesterday (about 24 hours early, as apparently they were expecting me today. I know they said Wednesday on the phone, though).

So I have a temp job, and possibly a longer term job that's actually in my field. That's exciting. And a bit terrifying.

And, I got a message back from a woman in my lab class yesterday (right after my interview, actually) responding to one I sent her. Last week after class I invited her to see a live performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween... in a very sheepish and lame ambivalent way. Then the tickets for that sold out before I could get a pair, but I found a screen and stage showing associated with a local horror film fest. So since I wanted to update her, I figured I'd person up (a little) and more clearly actually ask her out, rather than just invite her to a play (semantics).

So, apparently I also have a date for Halloween now.

I'd post a quote or a frame from Something Positive about cynicism when good things happen, but webcomics are a pain in the ass to search

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:10 pm

http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/the-s ... in-part-5/

MisterDee · Post by **MisterDee** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:17 am

Well, that's done. My novel manuscript is officially ready and formatted for querying.

I have stuff to do this weekend, but my goal is to have the first couple queries sent by Monday.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:46 pm

Ancient History wrote:http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/the-s ... in-part-5/

It's easy to forget just how openly racist people could be, relatively recently.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:50 pm

Have you been paying attention to the presidential primary? Some of the shit they were saying in 1935 could pass without a blink in 2015.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:12 pm

They try to pass a lot of it off as "anti-illegal immigration" as opposed to "anti-greaser". I mean, yes they're saying racist things openly, but they're trying to use dog whistle terms when possible.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 6:38 pm

And update on my little cousin who got shot in the head:

Yesterday was the big custody hearing. It went as well as it could have short of the boys' grandmother (the one who had been their legal guardian) getting arrested.

Full custody of the boys has been granted to the ones keeping them currently--The older one is with his uncle, the one who got shot is with his paternal grandparents--a registered nurse and an ER doctor, who live by a hospital. It seems unlikely there will be long-term complications, but IF THERE ARE they're much better equipped to deal with it than about anyone else would be.

His fourth birthday was the past weekend, and he spent a lot of time in his shell--turns out he's shy around large gatherings--and loosened up towards the end.

I went with my aunt to the custody hearing, turns out she got called in to answer a few questions. I spent my time out there with the boys, keeping them entertained. Because the court would have been closed today, there was a ton of cases yesterday, so we were there for like four hours.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:01 am

http://factsprovidence.wordpress.com/mo ... lovecraft/

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:12 am

Maxus wrote:And update on my little cousin...

Glad to hear that things have turned out well. Or as well as they could, at least.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:10 pm

Shrapnel wrote:
Maxus wrote:And update on my little cousin...
Glad to hear that things have turned out well. Or as well as they could, at least.

It really has been for the best, on the whole.

Occluded Sun · Post by **Occluded Sun** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:14 pm

I'm pleased to hear of the (relatively) happy ending. Here's hoping there are no sequelae.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:07 am

Occluded Sun wrote:I'm pleased to hear of the (relatively) happy ending. Here's hoping there are no sequelae.

Same here.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:11 am

Last week, I rescued two Webster's Unabridged Dictionaries from being thrown away at work. I mean the big ones you seen on podiums (the library there got the new edition, so i guess they didn't see the need to keep the bricks around).

The picture's crappy, but you get the idea:

The smaller one's from 1971 and the big one's from 1941. I'm going to keep the recent one and find a nice home for the old-timer.

Any suggestions there?

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:05 pm

Today's my birthday! I am now supposedly 24.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:14 pm

are condolences in order? O.o

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:33 pm

Not for this one! I got a PS4, so it's all good.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:48 pm

Happy birthday, dude. I own a PS4, too, so when I'm bothering with the subscription service again, I'll throw you a line and we can play MKX or GTA or Bloodborne.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:41 pm

Thanks.

So far all I've got is Dragon Quest Heroes and the new Battlefront (which I haven't tried out yet). I'm planning on getting Dragon Ball: Xenoverse, and so far that's it, but if there's other stuff out there, I'm open to suggestions.