Book Titles You Might Not Find in Your Local Bookstore
My husband used to work in a book store. That's where I met him. All you single book loving ladies and men out there: I highly recommend getting to know your local book sellers. You might just get to KNOW them (wink wink, nudge nudge, snicker snicker). Practically the whole town had a crush on him. He was Cute Bookseller Boy. He likes to deny this, but I can remember a time when I had the requisite conversation with somebody about who we had crushes on, and when I mentioned him, they'd say, "Oh, I know EXACTLY who you're talking about."
But I DIGRESS.
He has many bookstore stories and it has given me a deep appreciation for the behind the scenes reality of running an independent book store. His stories include sordid information about how certain famous authors (I won't name names) require coffee mugs of alcohol, and creative uses people have for the only public bathroom in the area. My favorite stories are of the wrong names people give for books they are looking for. As much as I adore the original , there is a catchiness to The Killer Mockingbird. I don't know, but I might just have to get back into the music business with a band called The Killer Mockingbirds.
Every time I tell someone about Love in the Time of Cholesterol, I don't expect them to believe me . It just seems like a punchline. I always want to ask Graham "They were kidding right?" Recently, we were recounting this story and I was about to ask him if it really was true, when he told me about a man looking for the literary journal Mixed Weenies. After that, you just have to LAY DOWN and say, UNCLE. I give in! My disbelief is suspended and floating out the door.
But I DIGRESS.
He has many bookstore stories and it has given me a deep appreciation for the behind the scenes reality of running an independent book store. His stories include sordid information about how certain famous authors (I won't name names) require coffee mugs of alcohol, and creative uses people have for the only public bathroom in the area. My favorite stories are of the wrong names people give for books they are looking for. As much as I adore the original , there is a catchiness to The Killer Mockingbird. I don't know, but I might just have to get back into the music business with a band called The Killer Mockingbirds.
Every time I tell someone about Love in the Time of Cholesterol, I don't expect them to believe me . It just seems like a punchline. I always want to ask Graham "They were kidding right?" Recently, we were recounting this story and I was about to ask him if it really was true, when he told me about a man looking for the literary journal Mixed Weenies. After that, you just have to LAY DOWN and say, UNCLE. I give in! My disbelief is suspended and floating out the door.
posted by Summer Pierre at
1:21 PM
3 Comments:
Mixed Weenies!!! Brilliant.
My favorite dumb question from my bookstore days was, "Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs?"
"my disbelief is suspended and floating out the door!"
I love that image.
Erm... you're _out_ of the music business? How does one get out of the business of making music? Dude, I listen to your music at least once a week, when your songs come up on shuffle on my pod. You're making music in my world - for what that's worth.
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