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Category Archives: books
The Greatest Used Book in History Concluded: December 1988
This is the final installment of the infamous diary within a used book that found its way to me via a used book sale held at a defunct library. Hidden among the stacks, I came across it entirely by chance … Continue reading
Posted in books, cats, Dark Humor, humor, Life, love, pets, society
Tagged cat lady, cats, diary, holidays, journal, the cat lover's diary
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Internet Users and the Feline Phenomenon
This blog owes a fair amount of its success to how much people seem to be unhealthily obsessed with cats. I had a few big hits with articles discussing our obsession with food, odd social norms, or the job market; but it has always been cats that … Continue reading
Posted in books, cats, Current Events, friendship, humor, Life, pets, society, Uncategorized
Tagged cat lady, cat song, cats, cats on the internet, meow, pets, the cat lover's diary, why people like cats
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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: August 1988
You asked and asked for it, so here it is. Despite all of my better judgement, I’ve finally scanned in the next month of this poor disturbed woman’s journal. This is the eighth installment of the infamous diary within a … Continue reading
Posted in books, cats, Dark Humor, humor, Life, pets
Tagged cat fights, cat lady, cat lover's diary, drinking, greatest used book, houses that smell like urine, wine
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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: July 1988
This is the seventh installment of the celebrated diary within a used book I managed to save from a clearance event for “junk books” in a rundown warehouse of a library. The journal is the story of an astonishing woman … Continue reading
Posted in books, cats, humor, Life, pets
Tagged cat ladies, cat lover's diary, cats, job hunting, kitties, no money, pets, The Humane Society
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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: June 1988
The tale of one woman’s hell in 1988 continues… This is the sixth installment of the fabled diary within a used book I procured from a clearance event for “junk books” in a rundown and partly abandoned library. The journal is … Continue reading
Posted in books, cats, Dark Humor, humor, Life, love, pets
Tagged cat lady, cat lovers, cats, diary, fake pregnancy, greatest used book, mother daughter, office jobs, pile of socks, pregnancy
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