Random thoughts while scanning the last seven boxes of photocopies

• Surely I had a reason for photocopying this article from the Gentleman's Magazine.  Now, if only I had a time machine that would tell me what it was.
• Good heavens! It's been an hour since I started converting Paul de Rapin to searchable PDF, and he's not done yet. 
• I own a scholarly edition of John Millar's English Government.  Why didn't I throw this out several months ago?!
• If this ScanSnap eats one. more. page, I will shriek so loudly that the very ends of the earth will tremble and fall.
• *loud shriek*
• *no trembling or falling*
• Why on earth do I have two copies of this article?
• You know, the U of C library photocopiers from the mid-1990s were just not very good.
• Did I ever cite this article by Caroline Norton?
• Something tells me that the world will not come to an end if I discard this poem by Ernest Jones.
• Staples, beware my wrath! I shall call down the might of Nature upon you, so that you rust and crumble away with a single breath! *struggle* *twist* TO THE LAST I GRAPPLE WITH THEE! *pages tear* FROM HELL'S HEART I STAB AT THEE! *gets spiked by staple*  Ow!
• I concede that quoting Moby Dick might be overkill at this juncture.
• Also, staples probably don't compare to white whales. 

Comments

[Nicole]

Oh man, I have so been there and done that...

[Javis Lounsbury]

LOL at that! But seriously, it's difficult to let go of our beloved photocopies. You just get the feeling that you're gonna need some info someday, and a photocopy holds the key! You have to try other means of keeping your data, though. Seven boxes sure sound like a lot of time.