Comments on: Happy Birthday to Me http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:18:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: prying1 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10665 prying1 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:43:20 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10665 Re: #4) I will always be messy. Always. Piles of books and paper are my destiny. I try to convince my wife that inverted pyramids are an art form. ~ ~ ~ Doesn't work... Re: #4) I will always be messy. Always. Piles of books and paper are my destiny.

I try to convince my wife that inverted pyramids are an art form.

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]]> By: Josie http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10576 Josie Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:45:03 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10576 I love #'s 4..5..8..all are so on the money!!!! Take a couple of aspirin and keep moving in the forward position!!! I love #’s 4..5..8..all are so on the money!!!! Take a couple of aspirin and keep moving in the forward position!!!

]]> By: learning about rare books and be careful on eBay | Bookshop Blog http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10556 learning about rare books and be careful on eBay | Bookshop Blog Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:32:56 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10556 [...] This post was actually written back in January by Brian Cassidy. The 18 things he’s learned in 2007. Here’s my favorite one: 6) Books ain’t money. Books don’t even make me money. I make me money. My overhead, time, and expertise create value. Please keep that in mind next time you think I’m being unreasonable offering you $100 for a book I’ll sell for $300. If you would like to rent a space and buy a reference library and catalog your book and list it on the internet and drag it to book fairs and wait who-knows-how-long to sell it, please be my guest. But if you want money today, please don’t insult me by suggesting you’re somehow being cheated. [More…] [...] […] This post was actually written back in January by Brian Cassidy. The 18 things he’s learned in 2007. Here’s my favorite one: 6) Books ain’t money. Books don’t even make me money. I make me money. My overhead, time, and expertise create value. Please keep that in mind next time you think I’m being unreasonable offering you $100 for a book I’ll sell for $300. If you would like to rent a space and buy a reference library and catalog your book and list it on the internet and drag it to book fairs and wait who-knows-how-long to sell it, please be my guest. But if you want money today, please don’t insult me by suggesting you’re somehow being cheated. [More…] […]

]]> By: antiquarianbooknews.com http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10544 antiquarianbooknews.com Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:50:48 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10544 <strong>Happy Birthday to Me...</strong> It dawned on me yesterday, now that the holidays have calmed down, that Thanksgiving marked the one year anniversary of my taking over the shop. Its my one-year birthday as an open shop...... Happy Birthday to Me…

It dawned on me yesterday, now that the holidays have calmed down, that Thanksgiving marked the one year anniversary of my taking over the shop. Its my one-year birthday as an open shop……

]]> By: Bruce from The Bookshop Blog http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10372 Bruce from The Bookshop Blog Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:06:58 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-10372 Great List Brian! I love number 6. I'll be putting up a link to this on our site in a day or two. If you'd ever like to submit something to us, I'd love to post it. We would do our best to drive a little traffic your way. Bruce <a Href="http://bookshopblog.com" rel="nofollow">The Bookshop Blog</a> Great List Brian!

I love number 6. I’ll be putting up a link to this on our site in a day or two. If you’d ever like to submit something to us, I’d love to post it. We would do our best to drive a little traffic your way.

Bruce
The Bookshop Blog

]]> By: E. Lyngen http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-9403 E. Lyngen Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:12:47 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-9403 A Melville quote related to your professed messiness: "There are some enterprises in which a careful diorderliness is the true method." from Moby Dick, chap. 82 A Melville quote related to your professed messiness:

“There are some enterprises in which a careful diorderliness is the true method.”

from Moby Dick, chap. 82

]]> By: Chris Lowenstein http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-9116 Chris Lowenstein Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:22:13 +0000 http://briancassidy.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-me/#comment-9116 Congratulations on one year, Brian! I especially relate to #s 1, 3, and 8. However, that first catalogue being like falling in love has not been the case for me, lol. Best wishes for continued success! Congratulations on one year, Brian! I especially relate to #s 1, 3, and 8. However, that first catalogue being like falling in love has not been the case for me, lol. Best wishes for continued success!

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