Falling and Laughing

K., Erik, 1977– Falling and laughing Chicago: 2007. p. : ill. (some col.); imaginary dimensions. Coarse language sometimes used. Non-fiction, except for bits fabricated by author. SUMMARY: Music-, dog-, word-besotted Chicago man discovers he enjoys talking back to the internet. Fun times ensue. SEE ALSO: SUBJECTS OCCUPATION: Lapsed librarian, current designer, aspiring flâconteur (rare minotaur-like creature that is half flâneur, half raconteur).

SUBJECTS Falling and laughing 1. Thoughts--their shape. 2. Thoughts--ones had while walking dog. 3. Thoughts--ones that made me laugh. 4. Thoughts--the kind I’ve got. 5. Spleen--its venting. 6. Japery--assorted. 7. Words. 8. Music. 9. Books. 10. Obsessions--varied. 11. Animals--facts. 12. Animals--made-up things.  13. Dogs--beloved halfling Rottweiler. 14. Birds-- the bowerbird. 15. Birds--the great bustard. 16. Illinois--Chicago--residents--lives and customs. 17. Happiness--its pursuit.

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Note: this is now a blog about 19th century apiculture. I’ve discovered something even better than American Bee Journal: Gleanings in Bee Culture, another 19th century beekeepers’ periodical available through Google Books. It’s a little jauntier in tone than ABJ, and has useful columns, such as “Humbugs and Swindles Relating to Bee Culture” in which readers write in to complain about the depredations of flim-flam artists selling used-up queen bees through the U.S. Postal Service. Some issues even feature a Ladies’ Department with items of interest to the she-beekeeper. Best of all, though, is the “Depository of Blasted Hopes” column, subtitled “Letters from Those Who Have Made Bee Culture a Failure.” GiBC did not pull its punches, and if you wrote into this column, you could expect a thorough browbeating. “I must confess I am disappointed in bees.”

Note: this is now a blog about 19th century apiculture.

I’ve discovered something even better than American Bee Journal: Gleanings in Bee Culture, another 19th century beekeepers’ periodical available through Google Books. It’s a little jauntier in tone than ABJ, and has useful columns, such as “Humbugs and Swindles Relating to Bee Culture” in which readers write in to complain about the depredations of flim-flam artists selling used-up queen bees through the U.S. Postal Service. Some issues even feature a Ladies’ Department with items of interest to the she-beekeeper. Best of all, though, is the “Depository of Blasted Hopes” column, subtitled “Letters from Those Who Have Made Bee Culture a Failure.” GiBC did not pull its punches, and if you wrote into this column, you could expect a thorough browbeating.

“I must confess I am disappointed in bees.”

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  1. southtwelfth said: I think it was always a blog about 19th century apiculture. You just kept it better hidden before.
  2. hungryghoast said: ” this is now a blog about 19th century apiculture.” YES!
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