One Million books in a cornfield!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDAtNgjTRgM

This video is awesome. These folks literally have, somewhere in the neighborhood of, a million books and counting. I am in The Yellow Book and The Yellow Pages online, they are on CBS and they don't even advertise! You have to check out the link. If I were more savvy in the ways of computers, of course, I would link you up right here. But today, Saturday, August 23, you will have to cut and paste. Maybe someday. I remember years ago someone gave me Jack Keroac's list of 20 things to do to be a great writer. I remember two of them : only get drunk at home and always boldly emblazen the date on the page on which you are writing. I believe it is supposed to make you more aware of the day you are in and probably aid in being more present in that day. Always a good thing. Is it tacky to end every blog entry by encouraging folks to come by the store? It is my first blog, of which I am very proud to have, but I am somewhat unclear on good blog manners. How 'bout this: Ya'll come check out the store, if you haven't, and I'll quit ending every entry asking you to come check out the store. Fair enough?

"Reader, look, Not on his picture, but on his book."

"Reader, look, not on his picture, but on his book."
Ben Johnson : lines on Shakespeare's portrait

Apparently, I love books on quotations. I can't seem to put down my current source of good quotes, The Dictionary of Quotations by Bergen Evens. But then I found a Mirriam-Webster Dictionary and am loving it, too. So, that is one book, or I should say, yet another, that you have missed out on owning as I have absorbed into my own collection. It happens. Ya'll really need to come by and check out the store! I am open six days a week which offers ample time to fit me into your schedule. Mornings are quite slow right now, so that might be a good time to browse around. I open at eleven, but let's not hold me to that too tightly, eh? Unless you bring coffee, it might behoove you to make it five or ten after. "Behoove", a very 'Square Pegs' word, eh? Take good care, all!

We Are Open For Business!!

The English Major Bookstore at 1700 Madison Ave. is finally open!! It took so long, so much time, work, money, etc., but we did it! We have over 11,000 books that are fiction and non-fiction, hardback and paperback and run the gamut of topics, from history and religion to gardening and art. We are open Tuesdays through Saturdays, eleven till six and Sundays, noon till five. We also buy and trade in addition to selling, so come check out the newest used bookstore around in the heart of Midtown, of course!!