Nothing makes me Nicholson Baker like periodicals weeding
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nothing makes me Nicholson Baker like periodicals weeding
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
(Obviously these have not been weeded that’s why I can check them out but I bet we also used to have like Collier’s etc and I know I KNOW libraries can’t keep everything but nevertheless)
Doing a pop-in workshop always leaves me feeling like the Pulp song “Sorted for E’s and Wizz” (especially in the evening!) but look how cool these prints/totes are!
October 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Doing a pop-in workshop always leaves me feeling like the Pulp song “Sorted for E’s and Wizz” (especially in the evening!) but look how cool these prints/totes are!
Finalizing the object list for next year’s America250 exhibit and here’s my favorite:
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Finalizing the object list for next year’s America250 exhibit and here’s my favorite:
Just as well the cover illustrator was uncredited
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just as well the cover illustrator was uncredited
There are 1500+ objects in our artifact collection and I know almost nothing about any of them so I’m very excited to learn with the ten students doing a semester-long object study (and exhibit!)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
There are 1500+ objects in our artifact collection and I know almost nothing about any of them so I’m very excited to learn with the ten students doing a semester-long object study (and exhibit!)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
One student picked the cutest lil scale (it includes weights mapped to international currencies)
Today’s work bright spot:
September 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Today’s work bright spot:
TGIF from your friend PALLID QUAKER DRAB
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
TGIF from your friend PALLID QUAKER DRAB
Don’t tell Burton’s, but someone printed their ad plate upside down.
(Amesbury News, 1892-09-09, very crispy)
(Amesbury News, 1892-09-09, very crispy)
August 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Don’t tell Burton’s, but someone printed their ad plate upside down.
(Amesbury News, 1892-09-09, very crispy)
(Amesbury News, 1892-09-09, very crispy)
I’m sorry but I simply must have them all.
1911 edition of Whittier’s Snowbound (duh) published by the Hayes Lithographing Co. There’s a nice full page frontispiece and it’s bound in a cutie padded leather but I’m just here for the SHINY
1911 edition of Whittier’s Snowbound (duh) published by the Hayes Lithographing Co. There’s a nice full page frontispiece and it’s bound in a cutie padded leather but I’m just here for the SHINY
August 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’m sorry but I simply must have them all.
1911 edition of Whittier’s Snowbound (duh) published by the Hayes Lithographing Co. There’s a nice full page frontispiece and it’s bound in a cutie padded leather but I’m just here for the SHINY
1911 edition of Whittier’s Snowbound (duh) published by the Hayes Lithographing Co. There’s a nice full page frontispiece and it’s bound in a cutie padded leather but I’m just here for the SHINY
I spend fewer than three hours a week on Whittier (desk! shift! project!) but they are sometimes the funnest hours.
Here are five different editions of Snow-Bound (all from the year 1900) simply RIPE for the right class session on publishing and audience.
Here are five different editions of Snow-Bound (all from the year 1900) simply RIPE for the right class session on publishing and audience.
August 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I spend fewer than three hours a week on Whittier (desk! shift! project!) but they are sometimes the funnest hours.
Here are five different editions of Snow-Bound (all from the year 1900) simply RIPE for the right class session on publishing and audience.
Here are five different editions of Snow-Bound (all from the year 1900) simply RIPE for the right class session on publishing and audience.
“series bindings are the AI slop of their day”
- me reaching for a timely hook to hang this 1907 nonsensical cover of Whittier’s Snow-Bound
- me reaching for a timely hook to hang this 1907 nonsensical cover of Whittier’s Snow-Bound
July 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“series bindings are the AI slop of their day”
- me reaching for a timely hook to hang this 1907 nonsensical cover of Whittier’s Snow-Bound
- me reaching for a timely hook to hang this 1907 nonsensical cover of Whittier’s Snow-Bound
Without doubt, a record of enduring value
July 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Without doubt, a record of enduring value
Early Quaker meeting records tend to be pretty brief, but sometimes they go a little Love Island on you
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Early Quaker meeting records tend to be pretty brief, but sometimes they go a little Love Island on you
I made my first tunnel book yesterday, time to find an excuse to teach a session on tunnel books
July 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I made my first tunnel book yesterday, time to find an excuse to teach a session on tunnel books
My joker moment is how grocery stores ALMOST alphabetize the spices
July 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My joker moment is how grocery stores ALMOST alphabetize the spices
Continuing on a theme: I understand that “Taught by the Pen” is an exhibit about the calligraphic traditions but LET ME SEE THE BINDING YOU MONSTERS
June 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Continuing on a theme: I understand that “Taught by the Pen” is an exhibit about the calligraphic traditions but LET ME SEE THE BINDING YOU MONSTERS
Back on my bullshit*
*admiring exhibition mounts
*admiring exhibition mounts
June 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Back on my bullshit*
*admiring exhibition mounts
*admiring exhibition mounts
With apologies to the old man I made take this photo: it’s me and my guys!
June 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
With apologies to the old man I made take this photo: it’s me and my guys!
“How is the weeding going?”
Well, we had nine copies and I got us down to eight, so: “medium”
Well, we had nine copies and I got us down to eight, so: “medium”
June 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“How is the weeding going?”
Well, we had nine copies and I got us down to eight, so: “medium”
Well, we had nine copies and I got us down to eight, so: “medium”
I’m not sure why I’m not taking art classes all the time (…well, I can think of three small reasons) but I’m simply tickled by my silkscreen/linocut object TBD that I made last night. Not even sorry for the vanity share!
June 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I’m not sure why I’m not taking art classes all the time (…well, I can think of three small reasons) but I’m simply tickled by my silkscreen/linocut object TBD that I made last night. Not even sorry for the vanity share!
If this is too much, I don’t want to be enough.
It’s a Roxy rose, according to the Scott Arboretum who care for it to my great pleasure
It’s a Roxy rose, according to the Scott Arboretum who care for it to my great pleasure
June 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If this is too much, I don’t want to be enough.
It’s a Roxy rose, according to the Scott Arboretum who care for it to my great pleasure
It’s a Roxy rose, according to the Scott Arboretum who care for it to my great pleasure
Happy Pride Month from this random snapshot (NYC, 1980s) that just fell out of a backlog folder
June 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy Pride Month from this random snapshot (NYC, 1980s) that just fell out of a backlog folder
SMELL ME: My Life in Dog and Pony Shows
May 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
SMELL ME: My Life in Dog and Pony Shows
Got a stack of new/old proceedings. They’re dups, which means 🗑️ except for this little buddy apparently using up every fancy typeface in William Wooddy’s shop who I’m keeping for vibes.
May 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Got a stack of new/old proceedings. They’re dups, which means 🗑️ except for this little buddy apparently using up every fancy typeface in William Wooddy’s shop who I’m keeping for vibes.
The downside of a library e-book is the pernicious literalism of other readers.
This is the “PEOPLE USED TO WALK TALL IN THIS TOWN” of Creation Lake (iykyk and please invite me over to watch the terrigreat Walking Tall remake sometime)
This is the “PEOPLE USED TO WALK TALL IN THIS TOWN” of Creation Lake (iykyk and please invite me over to watch the terrigreat Walking Tall remake sometime)
May 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The downside of a library e-book is the pernicious literalism of other readers.
This is the “PEOPLE USED TO WALK TALL IN THIS TOWN” of Creation Lake (iykyk and please invite me over to watch the terrigreat Walking Tall remake sometime)
This is the “PEOPLE USED TO WALK TALL IN THIS TOWN” of Creation Lake (iykyk and please invite me over to watch the terrigreat Walking Tall remake sometime)