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1. Brad K.
   Posted December 29, 2008 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

   Ian,

   Don’t be embarrassed. Just write. Like, how was the last book you read? Have you especially enjoyed any seasonal foods or festivals recently? Are you planning on changing careers, redecorating the bathroom, or having a star named for a loved one? (Just $54.95, published in the US Copyright Office! It must be true, I heard it on the radio.)

   Or perhaps you have been busy writing your memoirs – could you share a chapter or three? Perhaps you have had a recent spate of intense weather – over 70 or under 10, snow, or ice, or some other chance to work with the neighbors to restore normalcy.

   Looking forward to screeds of turgid verbiage! (I do like that phrase!)

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2. johno
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 10:27 am | Permalink

   Well, good to know you’re still alive. What happened to the design?

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   • Ian Stewart
     Posted December 30, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink

     I’ve made it temporarily crap-ulous (deleting my formerly somewhat cool design for a no-stylesheet design) in the hopes that I can divorce my thoughts about the wrapper while I work on making the chocolate bar. Or something like that.

     Hmm. I probably shouldn’t use the words crap and chocolate bar in the same sentence.

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3. Ian Stewart
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 10:36 am | Permalink

   Oh! The last book I read was Dreams From My Father. Did Obama quit smoking finally? I can’t imagine it was easy. His memoir is punctuated with cigarettes. Lighting them up, stamping them out. That’s the sort of smoking habit that you have trouble getting rid of.

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4. johno
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 10:38 am | Permalink

   An intriguing analogy, and one that has me feeding the remainder of my Snickers bar to my cat.

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5. Ian Stewart
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 10:41 am | Permalink

   See, that’s still gross. Stop that.

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6. CircleReader
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 11:28 am | Permalink

   Welcome back! Even in ridiculous mode, you’re a fantastic book blogger.

   Though if you’re stuck for ideas, maybe you could blog about Caddyshack.

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   • Ian Stewart
     Posted December 30, 2008 at 11:32 am | Permalink

     Well, actually, ridiculous mode will probably become lifestream mode (lame, I know). Which will still involve books of course.

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7. CircleReader
   Posted December 30, 2008 at 11:45 am | Permalink

   Books, life, silliness — all part of the package.

   I’ll be reading!

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8. RG
   Posted January 3, 2009 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

   I stopped updating my bookblog too, last February. Starting it up again, though, if only for pleasure.

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