One Hundred Books: Sabbatical

7.06.2005

Sabbatical

Due to foreseen circumstances, One Hundred Books now enters a six-month sabbatical, wherein I will participate in a few other relevant projects. Much gratitude to those who have participated in One Hundred Books through donations and support, and big love to the readers who recommended books for the project. Please leave comments, book suggestions, and the PINs to your debit cards. We will reconvene right here in January 2006.

Thank you for your attention.

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Comments:

do you mean that you're/
driving around with davy/
and getting tattooed?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:17 PM

You are correct, ma'am.
I'll be gone for seven weeks
with my new tattoo.

(And I'll also be in your neighborhood too. Family brunch at the Porthole!)

# posted by

Enoch : 9:45 AM

might i enquire
which word you have been issued?
is that verboten?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 11:41 AM

I want to tell you,
but it could perhaps spoil the
end of the story.

# posted by

Enoch : 12:14 PM

but what if i die
the day after tomorrow?
you'll be sorry then.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 8:03 PM

Well that's another
story. Here's a hint: I've said
it twice already.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:04 AM

hooray for david
he got a really good word
from shelley jackson

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:39 AM

You're hilarious.
When I go on tour this fall,
maybe you should come.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:56 AM

i'd love to, but my
neurosurgery practice
would suffer sans moi

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 12:50 PM

Can't one of your kids
cover for you? Isaac's good
with a scalpel, right?

# posted by

Enoch : 9:00 AM

wow, great idea!
isaac's got a steady hand
and a bright head lamp.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 11:03 AM

I would trust your son
with a scalpel to my brain
if the need arose.

REMIXED LAST LINE:
were I a zombie. (!!)

# posted by

Enoch : 11:53 AM

picture this: skinned knees,
nine year-old, kilt-wearing boy,
wielding a scalpel

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:40 PM

With the soft sounds of
Lionel Richie's "Can't Slow
Down" in the background.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:57 PM

the calypso beat
of all night long just might be
a tad dangerous

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 11:57 AM

All night long! (all night)
I want to poop back and forth
forever. (all night)

# posted by

Enoch : 1:37 PM

miranda july --
now you love her just as much
as i do, don't you?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 5:02 PM

Dear Lix Woodbury,
I don't think it's possible
to like her that much.

# posted by

Enoch : 5:30 PM

i beg to differ,
sir david "poop back and forth"
meiklejohn, esquire.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:41 PM

I'm sorry to say
so, but sadly it's true: I
love her less than you.

# posted by

Enoch : 8:47 AM

all right then, you win --
you take your slavoj zizek,
i'll take miranda.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 5:59 PM

You're a little off.
The cutest one of them all
is Slavoj's young bride.

# posted by

Enoch : 8:45 AM

i am not impressed
by long curly hair, my dear.
what's between her ears?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:07 PM

I believe that in
common parlance they would call
that a nose, my dear.

# posted by

Enoch : 4:15 PM

har de har har har!
david meiklejohn makes me
laugh so gosh durned hard!

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 8:26 PM

Somewhere in your note
my dyslexia fooled me
and I saw "curdled."

# posted by

Enoch : 2:35 PM

my intent was not
to cause any curdling,
only to amuse.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:17 PM

And was I amused!
Like a hyena watching
Spongebob, I laughed so.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:52 PM

that's a nice image.
i'll keep it with me today,
and tomorrow too.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 1:13 PM

Hey, on a side note,
would you mind terribly if
I moved in next door?

# posted by

Enoch : 8:36 AM

that would no doubt be
a dream come wonderfully true;
got three hundred thou?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 1:03 PM

I do, but only
if I borrow against my
401K plan.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:38 PM

go for it -- invest
in maine real estate. you've still
got your stock options.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 10:31 AM

besides, then you could
drop by my house and borrow
a cup of sugar.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 10:33 AM

And while I'm at it
I could borrow one of your
three dozen children.

# posted by

Enoch : 3:42 PM

You know, the kids you
lock in your basement until
they promise to dig.

# posted by

Enoch : 3:44 PM

let's call it my own
special brand of homeschooling,
and leave it at that.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:40 PM

Knowing what I know
about your homeschool, I bet
you're a great teacher.

# posted by

Enoch : 12:43 PM

HEY. did you sneak down
into my basement with your
polaroid camera??

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 10:20 AM

Recent Exposé!
Pried this note from the cold, dead
hands of a small child.

# posted by

Enoch : 1:34 PM

your link, though fancy,
leads to a "forbidden zone."
try it, and you'll see.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:09 PM

Methinks thee insane,
dearest Woodbury. Alas,
give this link a whirl.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:46 PM

well, um, gosh...i, uh...
that's very in-ter-est-ing,
as mark's mom would say.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 8:48 PM

She says more than that,
but we won't get into it,
unless you want to.

# posted by

Enoch : 1:11 PM

no, i don't want to.
especially not if it's
anything like this.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 1:25 PM

Now I have entered
the "forbidden corporate
firewall zone." Yoinks!

# posted by

Enoch : 9:28 AM

i guess that bear stearns
sort of has a pole up its
collective ass, huh?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 8:03 PM

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# posted by

charlotte : 4:47 PM

I feel strange, like I
was caught watching scrambled Spice.
Does this mean no swears?

# posted by

Enoch : 9:22 AM

well, my pal charlotte
is quite cosmopolitan,
so don't feel too weird.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 11:29 AM

"Why do you think does
the author let David meet
such rich people?" Hmm...

# posted by

Enoch : 9:33 AM

"and why do you think
david cannot teach himself
to just simply smile?"

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:45 AM

"girls 14 going
on 15, giggly girls with
long hair and sweet smiles."

# posted by

Enoch : 11:26 AM

dancing in public
in your underwear is not
dignified, says god.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:06 PM

Be careful where you
say such words: there's a pant-storm
on the horizon.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:28 AM

i'm starting to feel
i'm wasting your valuable
time, dearest pickle.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 7:27 PM

My time that you waste
is not so precious. Besides,
I'm getting paid, yo!

# posted by

Enoch : 2:10 PM

Love this!

# posted by

Ca : 9:25 AM

Did you hear something?
I thought I read a haiku,
but it looks like not.

# posted by

Enoch : 8:56 AM

i heard but a drop
of rain in a still pool of
ferroggiaro

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:23 PM

I may be wrong, but
isn't Ferrog a wizard
from Harry Potter?

# posted by

Enoch : 9:14 AM

yes, and giaro
is his little dwarf buddy --
you should read those books!

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:50 PM

You don't know the joy
brought to my life by that cute
daschund. It wrecked me!

# posted by

Enoch : 9:55 AM

the "woodbury" on
that car is freaking me out...
as is the word "cute."

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 5:59 PM

I still don't know
if that's even a daschund,
but it makes me laugh.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:19 AM

this gets worse and worse.
now i know what to get you
for christmas this year!

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 11:38 AM

Oh, it can get worse.
FYI: I'd pay to see
Isaac ride a goat.

# posted by

Enoch : 12:58 PM

This couldn't wait, I
had to share this thrilling sight.
Can you say intense?

# posted by

Enoch : 1:01 PM

gosh darn it, david,
i've told you a thousand times;
put down that damn goat!

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 1:58 PM

uh, david? hello?
are you investing in this
non-balsa timber?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:27 AM

wow -- it just vanished!
this "blog administrator"
is my kind of guy.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 9:24 PM

I can't leave for five
minutes without some robot
selling me lumber!

# posted by

Enoch : 9:29 AM

Oh dear. It seems that
someone desperately needs
to get out of work.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:34 PM

HEY, that's kinda mean;
what have i done to deserve
such hostility?

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 7:49 AM

To lighten the mood:
Can you find the Meiklejohn
in this photograph?

# posted by

Enoch : 12:18 PM

i've searched and searched, but
i don't see a single one.
oh wait -- here you go!

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 8:17 AM

While you were sleuthing
around in my childhood, I
found a dismal site.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:31 AM

let's analyze this:
a fascination with death,
specifically, mine...

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 2:04 PM

I have another
fascination: untranslated
foreign commercials.

# posted by

Enoch : 9:12 AM

if you liked that one,
you should check out kabaya --
they're my favorites.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 4:51 PM

Weirdest! Site! Ever!
Noteworthy: guess who'll be in
Portland tomorrow?

# posted by

Enoch : 9:10 AM

please make your entrance
with that exact expression
glued upon your face.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 12:54 PM

Please excuse me if
I disappoint you with my
Mama face instead.

# posted by

Enoch : 2:13 PM

a little bird said
you're lurking around portland,
visiting bookstores.

# posted by

Liz Woodbury : 12:21 PM

apartment for rent in southern maine

# posted by

Anonymous : 6:19 PM

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