also, re-reading Bartleby (the original anti-makin’ copies guy) reminded me that 1) he has office mates named Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut (tag yourself) and 2) “I would prefer not to” is only his first catch phrase, once he wore that out he pivoted to "I am not particular.” which is also delicious.
had mini-split air conditioning installed in our place last month, where i work from home, at great expense and wall-destruction, and now that it’s summer in the west bay I’m sitting in the cat bird seat
I think merchant associations should have a seat at the table sike!
first day of public school for junior (t. k. at Flynn) and well, well, well, if it isn’t my old nemesis, the prison-wall face with ever-changing hands which slow down the more you glance at them. slower and slower, slower and slower. but to look away is impossible
the real best part though? I bought both 1 and 2 used as paperbacks and they are both about 1000 pages and about 70-90 stories but Black Water 2 was printed on much lighter paper than Black Water, which made holding the damned thing open to read much less uncomfortable.
16: “Black Water 2, More Tales of the Fantastic” loved it, full of surprises and delights from authors I’ve never heard of and authors most have — Arthur Conan Doyle, F Scott Fitzgerald, E B White, Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margret Atwood, George Bernard Shaw , Arthur C Lark) — and stories too , like Melville’s Bartleby.
"The Complete Gentleman” turned me onto Amos Tutuola, who I’m now reading in full.
And a story from Isabell Allende?! Nice.
previously: https://mastodon.social/@gravely/110403938932091902
