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February 2022

From the “Tell me you work in a museum/archive/art gallery...

From the “Tell me you work in a museum/archive/art gallery without telling me you work in a museum/archive/art gallery” file:

This little f*cker will not be snug in my rugs.

And more importantly than my cheap rugs, it will not be eating my books or my clothes, or worse, hitching a ride to work.

I took this last week after it landed on my arm, at which point decided an extended long weekend to go on a somewhat psychotic cleaning spree was in order.


Perl Cookbook

Perl Cookbook
Tom Christiansen & Nathan Torkington, 1998, 2003
O'Reilly and Associates, US, 2nd edition August 2003


Programming Perl

Programming Perl
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant, 1991,1996, 2000
O'Reilly & Associates, US, 3rd edition July 2000


Not For Tourists Guide to London, 2019

Not For Tourists Guide to London, 2019
Skyhorse Publishing, US, 11th edition 2018
printed in China


‘Highroads’ Dictionary, New Canadian Edition

‘Highroads’ Dictionary, New Canadian Edition
Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., (UK, FR, AU, CA)
Revised edition, 1951
ex libris signature: “Grade 7, Mike Barrick, Alexander School”
heavily marked and doodled in


Everybody’s English Pocket Dictionary

Everybody’s English Pocket Dictionary
Compiled by Dr. S. C. Johnson, M.A.
The Musson Book Co., CA, 1942
ex libris signature:
“Hilda Glyde
H.Q. R.C.A.F. Natᴸ Defence
Ottawa - Ont.
Jan. 5/43 -
A.M.A.S. D/Arm.”


Davis-Christopher Textbook of Surgery

Davis-Christopher Textbook of Surgery
David C. Sebastion, Jr., M.D., editor
W. B. Unders Co, (US, UK, CA), 10th edition, 1977
printed in US


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