... and notes from here and there...
Last night I went to bed early, promising the girls a long run this morning, getting up early to beat the heat (45F is hot for us... don't laugh!). This morning woke up to rain and of course mud! So we slogged through the mud...
Several other bits of silicon2tanana reportage that I had neglected to mention... Summertime is construction time, and the highway becomes one lane as they work on the other one. The wait can be as long as 20 minutes, if the highway is a low-priority one. We live off the highway that goes to Anchorage, so the city takes good care of us and the wait is only about five minutes. In the Winter, our highway is plowed almost immediately after any snow. I've been reluctant to switch my commute to take the other route along the river, because the campus exit from the highway brings me right by the reindeer, and I need to check every day if there are more behbehs!
I also need to post some photos I took a few weeks ago, of the river shortly after breakup, which is fast once it starts! It was a warm day, and I was in a T-shirt and shorts, standing by the river enjoying the intense sun on my skin. Imagine my surprise to see chunks of ice on the sand! Such cognitive dissonance.
And finally... did you know that an out of print book that had a list price of $145 can be sold for between $1800 and $4000? Oh yes, it can. If you were the publisher, wouldn't you just re-issue the darned thing? Geeze. As for me, I'll snap up the library's copy as soon as it is returned and save my two thousand dollars for something else, thanks!
2 comments:
what out of print book you were talking about? Are there many book stores in town? Yes, just be safe when you choose route, safety comes first.
It's a text on ice physics. There is one local bookstore that sells new and used books, and there is a Barnes and Noble. But I was looking online. Conventional book stores are seldom the places to find obscure books, nor the places to get the best prices!
Post a Comment