The Playful Antiquarian

New (old) tagline

February 12th, 2005

I have changed my tagline back to the tagline I used in the Thinking While Typing incarnation of this weblog. It is the overused, but well-loved, quote from Louisa May Alcott’s Work: A Story of Experience.* Although I have never been fired from a job for causing a fire by falling asleep while reading, I identify with Christie, the main character, in that scene. I also like Alcott’s earlier description of Christie’s bookish inclinations:

Christie loved books; and the attic next her own was full of them. To this store she found her way by a sort of instinct as sure as that which leads a fly to a honey-pot, and, finding many novels, she read her fill. This amusement lightened many heavy hours, peopled the silent house with troops of friends, and, for a time, was the joy of her life.

That quote, however, is too long for a tagline.

* The link above is to a digital version at the Project Gutenberg site, but for readers interested in a print version, Open WorldCat lists a 2001 edition of this book, as well as some earlier editions.

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