Comments on: Words Out of Context http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/words-out-of-context/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Book Calendar http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/words-out-of-context/comment-page-1/#comment-145932 Book Calendar Fri, 23 May 2008 20:43:18 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1835#comment-145932 What a classic New York story. I rather like the idea of using pages of a book as wallpaper. For a while, I lived in Brooklyn on Eastern Parkway across from the main library in a tiny studio apartment. I worked in the history division. It looked out on an alleyway. I went to an ironworker and had them install massive iron grates over the windows, probably illegal. It was like living in a monks cell. The ceilings were probably higher than the room was wide. I don't remember being broken into that much. But, I do remember people trying to sell me all kinds of things, everything from an electric fat reducing machine to old books. It would be neat to read the floor. I think I might take a look at your book, Reading the OED. What a classic New York story. I rather like the idea of using pages of a book as wallpaper. For a while, I lived in Brooklyn on Eastern Parkway across from the main library in a tiny studio apartment. I worked in the history division. It looked out on an alleyway.

I went to an ironworker and had them install massive iron grates over the windows, probably illegal. It was like living in a monks cell. The ceilings were probably higher than the room was wide.

I don’t remember being broken into that much. But, I do remember people trying to sell me all kinds of things, everything from an electric fat reducing machine to old books.

It would be neat to read the floor. I think I might take a look at your book, Reading the OED.

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