Member: omaca

Another Perthite. Hi and welcome. Nice to meet you.

posted by pinkozcat at 12:02 am (EST) on Oct 2, 2009

Hi Omaca. No worries. It sounds as if we were both jetlagged, but that's no excuse for my having derailed the thread in the first place ...

posted by shawjonathan at 10:17 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

"A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day."
– Albert Schweitzer

"It is the heart always that sees before the head can see."
– Thomas Carlyle

"The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart."
– Mencius

posted by theoldman at 8:30 am (EST) on Sep 8, 2009

I have wanted to jump in at several points on the Inane Reviews thread, but whew! I could never find the right moment. And it got soooo crazy. Several times I swore I would not bother going back to it--I hate confrontation--but then there would be 40 posts and I had to look!

Just wanted to affirm that I took your original post pretty much as you described it--more question than attack, and laughing at yourself a bit at the same time. And I tend to roll my eyes at the useless one-liners. But have you seen the ones done as haiku? They can also be frivolous, but at least the writer has a point along with the brevity.

I usually quickly skim the tags and the reviews to prevent being spoiled, but at least they are quicker to skim than the multi-paragraph "serious" reviews. I have only been on this site a few months, lurking much more than I post. I have learned that I won't bother posting a review, since I just don't do analysis well, and many on this site take the review process so seriously.

I'm just glad you didn't take offense at some of the more vehement posts. This is still one of the most reasonable websites I've found, with all the diverse personalities. Of course, readers are bound to be more intelligent and rational--well, almost always. And I am beginning to find confrontation entertaining from the background. Much better than "reality" TV.

posted by littleshell at 6:25 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2009

Hi Omaca,
Just came in to say hello and that your comment about not getting enough reading time struck a chord - but I got interrupted by my 2 year old! I have a 5 year old as well and I'm finding a bit more reading time lately, but it still has to be squeezed in.

Looks like you have some fantastic books - I've just looked at the first page of your history ones so far - but I see another Alan Furt fan. I've only read The World at Night so far but really enjoyed it.
Cheers
Cushla

posted by cmt at 2:15 pm (EST) on Aug 25, 2009

Just decided I will NOT look at that thread again. . . . Shall we dance?

posted by Esta1923 at 10:30 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2009

Thanks! That's very kind of you. There is a group doing the book as a group read, if you are into that sort of thing.

Given your interest in ancient history, it will be interesting to see what we have in common. I notice you have Hopkirk's The Great Game. I recently purchased his earlier book, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road (or something like that), which covers Aurel Stein and his co-adventurers.

Regards,
Maki

posted by Makifat at 3:27 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2009

perth or LT? I am doing honours parttime, you should give it a go, the faculty are very helpful.

posted by rcss67 at 9:23 pm (EST) on May 22, 2009

gday fellow sandgroper! so have you studied ancient history?

posted by rcss67 at 2:40 pm (EST) on May 22, 2009

Welcome to LibraryThing. The site certainly fills a need, doesn't it?

posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 8:08 am (EST) on May 22, 2009

Welcome to LT! You are off to a good start, mentioning Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

posted by Esta1923 at 11:08 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Hi omaca:

Thanks for the post and welcome to LibraryThing! I hope you love it as much as I do. I started out being interested in cataloging my books, started using tags for locations, then other things, and eventually got involved in some of the groups and threads. It's a great place.

Glad you liked my methodology, too!

I love having books on my shelves for any mood that takes me. I've been using the thrift stores and BookMooch lately instead of buying too many new ones, and that's fun too.

See you around!

karenmarie

posted by karenmarie at 6:05 am (EST) on May 21, 2009