March 14, 2008
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Tropics of Discourse & More Geeky Ramblings From a Lame Blog
Carey Anthony
a book from years past
7 messages
From: Daniel Herrera
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:55 PM
To:
Carey AnthonyHi Carey,There was a book (I stole from you in the late eighties)
that belonged to Philip & Christine Bohlman (do you know who they are? Their name is inside the book). It’s called Tropics of Discourse by Hayden White. I was not ready to
read it years ago (despite taking it from you), so I pulled it off the shelf today. What insights! One of the
most remarkable things about life is when you are ready for the right book
based on prior reading experience.Thanks!Love,
Daniel the Damned
From: Carey Anthony
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:52 PM
To:
Daniel HerreraYou bastard! I’ve been looking for that book for years!!! 
I want it back!!! I need to return it. LOL
The Bohlman’s were a professor couple in Oak Park whose house Bob Sheu lived in during his first year of medical school (It was 1988 and they were in Africa, if I remember correctly. I never met them). I used to hang out there a lot. Apparently I borrowed the book and never returned it (thanks to you). Oops. Wow. 20 years ago!
Carey
From: Carey Anthony
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 9:53 PM
To:
Bob SheuHey Sheuey, Remember the Bohlman’s??? You lived in their house in the 80′s, and I borrowed a book from them that I never returned. I need to make amends!
Carey
From: Daniel Herrera
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:33 PM
To:
Carey AnthonyDid I ever go to that house? Or did you bring the book to our place in Arlington Heights? Would these people be in their
seventies now? Where they professors of English?Names found in books have a special meaning to me
now that George is dead. Someday, our names written in some obscure books on a
shelf (with no chance of ever being read) will be all that’s left of us. That, and your blog.
Love,
Daniel
From: Carey Anthony
Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:36 PM
To:
Daniel HerreraI don’t think you ever went to that house, I think I
brought the book back to our place in Arlington Heights, fully intending to return it after reading it! This is all your fault! Bad book karma!
Anyway, I Googled the guy and he’s a music teacher at the University of Chicago.
Very impressive! Take a look:
From: Daniel Herrera
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:40 AM
To:
Carey Anthony
My suspicions were accurate. You can tell a lot
about a person by the kind of books they possess. My
other guess was that he worked on cars by day, and killed bongs by night but I was a
little off with that.This guy’s credentials make Ray
Killian look like my 2nd grade music teacher!
From: Carey Anthony
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:53 AM
To:
Daniel HerreraLOL @ Ray Killian Now THAT’S a name from our past!
It looks like he’s doing well. I’m glad for him.
Time heals all wounds.God love him…and Nutty Bars
Continuing on yesterday’s “geek theme”, today is International Pi Day. When I was 2 years old, my dad taught us how to say Pi out to 10 digits. I never learned much more. Now I have a sweatshirt to tell me. The decal is made up of a million digits of pi:
Pi to 1,000,0000 places
It’s too bad Pi can’t run for president!
I went back to the dermatologist the other day for a checkup regarding the psoriasis. She told me it wouldn’t kill me to get more sun. I told her I’m too busy blogging.
Then I thought, “What would a true geek do??” Voila:
Coincidentally, this thing is sold at the same website I got the Pi sweatshirt. Go figure. LOLOne of the strangest qualities of the Sun, is that it can make
the color of your skin change. And while it is very dangerous to the
cells in your epidermis, this practice of changing ones skin color
purportedly makes you more socially acceptable in general and
desirable to the opposite sex. What geek doesn’t want that?
If you get into the deep chemical and engineering science of this
process, you’ll soon figure out that it’s the UV rays that cause this
skin color change. And, lucky for you, UV rays are easy to produce in
mass quantities of lamps built in China and sold on ThinkGeek. Yay!
Don’t let the sun have the monopoly on making people love you more. Get
the USB Desktop Tanning center and, in the comfort of your own cubicle,
a scrumptiously golden tone can be yours in about the same time it
takes you to update your lame blog with another meaningless entry that
nobody will ever read. Ever.
Speaking of sunburn. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Miggl! This is us in Brazil a few years ago, when I had apparently forgotten the sunscreen!
Comments (15)
Great post I enjoy coming here. Judi
I ran a virus check both with Mafee and House Call it says I still have greyware it is like spyware I guess. My daughter told me to reinstall a couple of days ago memory. Then scan in safe mode. I will try that. Judi
Funny book conversation…lol! The tanning thing is still a bit scary. I bet he hurt in the morning!
wow!! look so funny~
lol… I hope my lost books find me some day!
I love the new look. and this might seems weird, but that tanning thing reminded me of the movie — Final Destination.
i stumbled across some books i borrowed from a friend – probably 25 years ago – unfortunately he’s been dead now for quite a few years – guess i’ll have to wait a while before i return them – i’ll have to tell my son to pack them in my box when i leave – one less thing for him to worry about! peace, Al
who is ur friend i luv this pic
g2g luv ya
leave sum thing on mine
bye
The GEEK of this post is the friggin matching shirts! That is geek to me :)
“a conspiracy of paper” by david liss is a great book. it’s actually a
second book of his that i’ve read. the first one i had the pleasure to
read was “the coffee trader”. it was a fast read and it’s his
wonderful style of writing what got me reading another book of his.
@jassmine - Thanks Judi!
@Vana_Roth - The tanning thing is actually an old April Fool’s joke :)
@cheuk_cheuk426 - LOL
@rudyhou - I haven’t read it! Thanks for the recommendation Rudy.
Happy St. Pat’s day. Judi
How did I miss all that about the psoriasis and the steroid cream? I think I told you before that I have psoriasis too. It’s mainly on my hands, feet and elbows when it flares up. I use this cream called diprolene, I know it’s a steroid but hopefully not the one you were warned against using. Anyway, I need more sun too, but because I’m already “tanned” enough I tend to shy away from spending too much time basking. LOL
Hope you’re doing well. I need to get back to blogging but I’m so lazy! I have to find the post about your new camera, those pictures of the dogs are fantastic.
Yeah, the doctor told me that as long as I don’t use any steroid cream on my face, I’d be OK. Here’s the post on my new camera.
http://weblog.xanga.com/CareyGLY/642744982/its-a-boy–and-more-shooting-ruminations.html
@CareyGLY - you very welcome. by the way, i just spent parts of my weekend with my cousin’s 2 boys, age 8 and 6. i have never seen anyone got so excited over chocolate easter eggs!! and boy, do they like to chat. i couldn’t keep up with them. where did YOU get the energy to baby sit your nephews??