Scribbles on a bookmark (opens in new tab)
When I read books I use white paper bookmarks so that I can jot down new words to look up\. or pithy statements or clever insights worth quoting in TYWKWDBI\. The best bookmarks are cut-up greeting cards, which have white expanses and the proper stiffness\. Embedded above is a scan of the top portion of a bookmark I recently found in a pocket while doing laundry\. And to my dismay I had no idea what book I had been reading at the time, or how long ago\. I can still look up words, but how to r...
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