- 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.
Oh man, I have so been there and done that...
Posted by: Nicole | May 01, 2011 at 08:01 PM
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.
Posted by: Javis Lounsbury | May 16, 2011 at 02:04 PM