NP LEVO Bookholder or other book holders...& Co. and etc. & a poem by Larkin

[Paul Mackin]

On 4/17/2011 7:59 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
> As big readers of big books, we all know that books can be a pain in
> the neck. Heck, just the other day, I fell asleep reading a big book
> about blined poets and it fell on my face and smashed my thick specs
> into my nose bridge causing a deep laceration and a scream. So, we
> have several tools to help our poor eyes and the like and we are
> considering some kind of book stand thingy. Any ideas on this? Is LEVO
> kool? Are there better tools we can make or get?

Heartily recommend a Kindle. Light enough as never to inflict damage and 
no page turning ever again.  Also you can make the print as big as you 
want.  A useful feature for aging eyes like I'm sure many of us have.

Oh, one problem I better mention.  Am reading the new Wallace on one and 
references to footnotes have begun to appear.  A little inconvenient to 
go to these or find out if they even exist.

P
>    When getting my nose in a book
> Cured most things short of school,
> It was worth ruining my eyes
> To know I could still keep cool,
> And deal out the old right hook
> To dirty dogs twice my size.
>
> Later, with inch-thick specs,
> Evil was just my lark:
> Me and my coat and fangs
> Had ripping times in the dark.
> The women I clubbed with sex!
> I broke them up like meringues.
>
> Don't read much now: the dude
> Who lets the girl down before
> The hero arrives, the chap
> Who's yellow and keeps the store
> Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
> Books are a load of crap.
>