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

[Joe Allonby]

Doing the same. With Infinite Jest, you could just click on the number
of the footnote and it would take you right there. Wallace's footnotes
were the funniest part of the book for me.


On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
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