Category — Microblog Mondays

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So a fun thought from Diary of a Bookseller. The bookseller has something he calls the Random Book Club. Every month, he packages up a random book and mails it to the subscriber. So it’s like Stitchfix, only books, and it doesn’t sound like you get any say in the book you receive. And there’s no exchanging it for another book. So totally not my thing, BUT this idea later in the book is my thing.

On page 70, he writes, “I am considering organising a Random Book Club event in London – probably a talk by an author, but the audience won’t know who the author will be until the talk starts.” So you’d show up for an author talk, not knowing the person who is speaking until you’re already seated.

It appeals because it’s a fun surprise without the big time commitment. I would never want to lock up hours on a book that I had no interest reading, but I’d be totally down for listening to a random author I may not know for an hour. Or maybe I need a Random Short Story Club…

Would you go to an event like this?

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Have you played with Merriam-Webster’s Time Traveler? It’s a feature on the site that tells you which words were first used in print during any year.

For example, in 1974, the words “direct deposit,” “guilt-trip,” “Higgs boson,” “smoking gun,” and “transgender” were all used in print for the first time.

Also “agony aunt,” which means that Downton Abbey wouldn’t have been calling their agony aunt an “agony aunt” back then. Hmmm… Though Merriam-Webster explains: “The date most often does not mark the very first time that the word was used in English. Many words were in spoken use for decades or even longer before they passed into the written language. The date is for the earliest written or printed use that the editors have been able to discover.”

What are five words from the year you were born?

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Josh and I celebrated our 18th anniversary this weekend. 18 holds special significance in gematria because the way you write the number 18 is the same way you write the word “life” (because our letters all have a numerical value)… sort of. I mean the letters are in an opposite order, but STILL. Everyone associates 18 with “life,” hence why you get things from people who are Jewish in denominations of 18. Seriously, every Jewish adult can multiply anything by 18 in their head. It’s like a special skill you build once you reach an age when you start writing checks.

So we spent the weekend at the beach, reading and walking and eating ice cream and testing out our interest in birdwatching. You know, just living life.

I always thought that when we hit our 18th anniversary, we would do something huge like a hot air balloon ride around the world (because I’m mega-realistic). But it turns out that it’s better to just live life. Plus I’m scared of hot air balloons.

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There is a reason why I usually don’t give myself downtime. It is so much harder to get back into work after spending most of the weekend lying around in my pyjamas, reading books and watching television. And eating crap. And sleeping whenever I felt like it.

It’s like I have a relaxation hangover after imbibing too much relaxation. Whereas on a normal weekend, I imbibe a moderate amount of relaxation, so the afterward isn’t quite so drastic.

While the weekend was lovely, I’m finding it very difficult to be back in regular clothes today.

How was your weekend?

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I switched a few years ago to a uniform. In the summer, I wear a black or grey t-shirt and cargo pants. In the winter, I wear a black long sleeve t-shirt and jeans.

I switch it up by adding a scarf every day. Most of the scarves are solid, so it’s just choosing which colour fits my mood. Or they’re varying lengths, so I can decided between a thin blue scarf or a plush blue scarf.

It means I never have to think about what I’m going to wear. When I pack, I just grab enough shirts and jeans for the trip and a handful of scarves. I love not having to think anymore. Or worry that a certain top won’t be clean or pants won’t fit. Is it a little boring? Yes. But the scarves are all kinds of awesome.

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