I just spent $278.00 on books! Wish it had been a dinner date!

[Plaid Adder]

Cause despite what you hear, you can't eat words, really.

Hungry,

The Plaid Adder

[flamingyouth]

1. Oh, give me a break

[Dookus]

2. but... but....

you could've gotten them from the library!

Now some poor person will have to eat puppies for dinner. SHAME ON YOU!

[Plaid Adder]

4. Yes, but think of all the jobs I'm creating in the publishing industry!

According to Bushmath(TM), I've created...like...10 new publishing jobs!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Love Bug]

3. Wow, what'd you get?

Considering how much books cost, I can easily see spending that much, even at a discount.

[Plaid Adder]

5. 10 copies of the same thing, unfortunately

And the sad thing is it's my own book. Don't ask me what it is, either, cause I'm not gonna reveal my secret identity. But anyway, there's a bunch of people I'm gonna give them away to.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[patdem]

6. Dern Plaid...you could sell a buncha books if we knew who you were

well, maybe we Du'ers are cheap...and I am sure you would lose more than you would gain...but dern. David Brock is that you?

[Plaid Adder]

10. Doubt it would sell like hotcakes on DU, patdem

it's academic nonfiction, which explains why it's so friggin' expensive. Even with the author's discount they cost $25.00 a pop.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Dookus]

19. Hey plaid...

I *LOVE* academic nonfiction.

Can you tell us the general topic....

and would it be something available in a well-stocked independent bookstore, or is it only a university bookstore type thing?

[Dookus]

7. OMG!

You're ANN COULTER!

[Plaid Adder]

8. That's right, Dookus...I hide it well, don't I?

Here you were all thinking I was a nice mild-mannered full-figured union-supporting lesbian...and really, I'm a totally insane, undernourished vitriol-spewing hetero bitch from hell!

I really am not Ann Coulter. I promise.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Dookus]

9. sorry...

I just thought the bulk-sales thing was a tip-off ;)

[Plaid Adder]

11. No, I get it...but Ann's gotta be buying in MUCH bigger bulk!

On the other hand, on the body front, I got WAY more bulk than she does!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Dookus]

12. I've seen...

starving hamsters with greater body mass than her.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. It's her voice that gets to me

as well as what she has to say.

About the starving hamsters, I certainly hope that you fed them.:-(

[Dookus]

21. of course!

look at the fat happy hamster that is my avatar!

Hell, I put out food for an injured skunk that was living in my crawlspace. I'm a real critter-lover.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. I'm glad to hear it!

I wouldn't have expected less from you.:-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. True, because if you were Ann you would just wait till it hit the dollar

racks at Bargain Bill's

[Lisa]

13. and the tragic thing is ...

These days, you don't even need to borrow a wheelbarrow ... just tuck your purchase(s) under one arm and walk out.

(I was just pricing the new remote sensing textbook -- crikey!)

[Rhiannon12866]

14. Congratulations on being a published author

If you're not Ann Coulter, could you be Hillary Clinton?:shrug:

[Plaid Adder]

15. No, although I might be her niece

My mother and Hillary Clinton grow to resemble each other more and more closely with every passing day. It's freaky.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Dookus]

16. then

you have a very attractive mother.

[Plaid Adder]

23. I'll tell her you said that.

Ever since she turned 60 last July she's been obsessing about whether she's still got it. I was describing some over-the-hill celebrity who's still going for the glamor thing recently and she asked me whether she was "better preserved" than said celebrity. At the Bruce Springsteen concert we went to last week, Liza said, "I think you're gonna have to break it to your mother that Bruce is better-preserved than she is." Cause my mother still is very attractive (so people tell me), but she can't do that sliding across the stage on your knees thing.

Bruce, man. At 54. I dunno how he does it.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Rhiannon12866]

17. That must be very strange

Just hope she never meets my freeper mother. When she catches Hillary on the TV, she threatens to hit her in the mouth. I kid you not.:crazy:

[Plaid Adder]

24. It IS really weird.

My mother has actually been mistaken for Hillary a couple times. It's gotten worse since Hillary has 'become' a New Yorker; I think their styles converged.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Wow! That must be very strange for her

But it's also a compliment, as I believe Hillary's still in her mid-50s and is, I agree, a very attractive lady.:-)

[pizzathehut]

26. Just curious, do you put any money into long term...

investments like stocks or bonds? No I'm not a broker.

I notice nobody talk about those things.

[Lady Freedom]

27. I've paid that much for 1 Book!

Ah college text books!

[Rhiannon12866]

28. WOW!

And I thought mine were expensive! How does anyone manage to afford college these days?:shrug:

[pizzathehut]

29. Just curious about a previous post adder...

You once said you and your partner once went to a nice restaurant but you left because the staff made you feel uncomfortable. I suppose that is was a gay bias type of thing. But that doesnt make sense because most big name restaurants I've been to have alot of gay staff. Especially waiters and I cant see how they would discriminate against you.

So was that the problem? Just asking.