Comments on: Book ‘Em, Ricko

By: Rick Horowitz

Rick Horowitz — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 08:06:52 +0000

You know, it's funny that you say that. I almost did, because I carry it around with me so much. But when I wrote the post, I was thinking of the five books that shaped me into who I am. Truth be told, I wasn't much aware of the Constitution as a child and even into my earlier adult years. It wasn't until the year or two prior to law school that I began to understand the importance of it. By then, it was already seriously endangered. Nevertheless, I probably should have given at least an honorable mention to such a wonderful piece of work!

By: abi

abi — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 03:51:38 +0000

OK, Rick, done it. Though I nearly didn't, since you didn't mention my Constitution in your list of favorites!

By: chepooka

chepooka — Mon, 30 May 2005 11:35:59 +0000

Book Meme

So Rick tagged me with this meme last week and I did not forget. I am back, rested, and ready to blog, baby! 1. Total Number of Books I’ve Owned - Can anybody answer this question with certainty? I mean, I can't even guess, really. Fo...

By: Rick Horowitz

Rick Horowitz — Sat, 28 May 2005 08:40:51 +0000

Our house used to be a four-bedroom house. We knocked down a wall to make it a three-bedroom house. (Plus a hole in the other bedroom to take out the window and replace it with french doors opening onto a 3-ton sandstone patio, but that has nothing to do with books.) That room became an office. The closets became bookshelves, plus there are three other bookcases in the room. There’s a large display case in the living room with some books in it. There are bookcases in another room. There are a few books in each bathroom (for reading when you’re…uh…stuck ). There’s a bookshelf in the kitchen (cookbooks, of course). There are books in cupboards in the laundry room. Most closets have books in them. And there are storage racks in the garage with boxes of books that we haven’t space for, but didn’t want to get rid of. (Someday, we’ll get a larger house with a real library.)

As I said in my post: Books in every room and closet!

Oh, by the way, the picture in the post? That’s just one wall. If you look closely, you’ll see the edge of a lighter brown bookcase on the right. That contains a set of the Great Books of the Western World, a set of the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, several other “antique” books, plus some history, books by people like Churchill and other classics.

By: newswriter

newswriter — Sat, 28 May 2005 07:22:54 +0000

All right, Rick. Consider it done. But sheesh, where do you put all those books?

By: Yupki

Yupki — Wed, 25 May 2005 23:48:00 +0000

Hey Rick! Whew, books, huh? Okay, will post on this tomorrow — give me a night to think (and count my sheep, er, books). Hope you’re doing okay!

By: Gweny

Gweny — Wed, 25 May 2005 19:10:09 +0000

That’s ok. I have been tagged with this same meme from another source, so I’ll go ahead and consider myself tagged by you as well. I’m working up my answers as we speak… or rather, as I type???

P.S. I am a bit overwhlemed, but that seems to be my regular state of being. So no worries. I’m cool