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richie
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15 Mar 2008, 6:23 pm

Old books and maps....Just click on my signature and you'll see a sort of collage that I made
incorporating a photo of me, an image of Carl Spitzweg's painting "The Bookworm", and a scan of
an antique map.


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15 Mar 2008, 6:35 pm

Thor wrote:
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Collected a lot of maps, too, of nowhere in particular.


Me too! :D Maps are one of my obsessions. Maps of everywhere. When there's a tourism exhibition nearby, I go and ask each stand if they have maps. You can get a lot of maps for free. I buy maps too, of course.
hey u ever looked program called google earth ..i bet u like it:D....take a look its world wide map where has roads bars hotels etc..and u can also ad your own places 8)


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15 Mar 2008, 7:09 pm

Anyone ever watch Jon and Kate plus 8 on TLC? Well, after watching it for over a year now, I've become obssessed with multiples and large and unusual families.
I just saw Across the Universe last night, so I'll probably be obssessed with the Beatles for a while.
Of course, I'm also pretty infatuated with Autism/Asperger's/general psychology/development/education stuff.
I've always loved to read parenting books. When I was about seven or eight I started stashing my mom's parenting/education books and reading them secretly. I don't know what it is but I've always liked them.
More of a general obsession is books. I have them everywhere. All kinds.



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16 Mar 2008, 11:06 am

batista90 wrote:
Thor wrote:
Jaded wrote:
Collected a lot of maps, too, of nowhere in particular.


Me too! :D Maps are one of my obsessions. Maps of everywhere. When there's a tourism exhibition nearby, I go and ask each stand if they have maps. You can get a lot of maps for free. I buy maps too, of course.
hey u ever looked program called google earth ..i bet u like it:D....take a look its world wide map where has roads bars hotels etc..and u can also ad your own places 8)


Yes, I know. I have it and it's great.

There are many online maps too. Sometimes more detailed and with more features than printed maps. But I also like looking at printed maps.



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24 Mar 2008, 6:28 pm

I'm totally obsessed with all things '70's (as in 1970's, so you know we're talking quality stuff). I also have a bizarre fascination with tacky souvenirs (in Branson, Missouri, there is a fabulous store called "Barnful of Bargains"--and it is, indeed, barn-red and barn-lookin'--that I hope to have my ashes scattered over when I die).

Typewriters, tape decks, rotary phones--I can spend hours fixating on them. And those "oil rain" lamps, which my parents spent years trying teach me the (alleged) sheer God-awfulness of? I still think they rock. I could stare at one 'til my eyes dried out and cracked.