Also: A USB light for my computer. 
Mon Nov 08 2004 09:20 PST Oh!:
You know what else I'd really like for Christmas? Norton systemworks/ antivirus for my wutle computle. :)
Also: will I ever learn how to spell ![[Comments]](/nb//themes/Default/comments.png "4 comments")
(4) Mon Nov 08 2004 13:46 PST My life as a research assistant:
A while ago while using the wonderful research tool of Google, my colleague and I stumbled across a “new” book mentioning the work of K Hodges, one of our subjects. Since her diary is unpublished, this is rather usual and of course we wanted to have a look at this book. UCLA library didn’t have it, so they next step is ILL and photocopying. But a good rule of thumb is, if it was published even slightly recently, even if it’s OUP, there’s a chance one can find it used online for $20 or $30—then it’s better to just buy it instead of photocopying, binding, and spending the payroll time doing it (photocopying a book always takes at least an hour, and it is such a pain). So we bought this book and it arrived and it’s sitting on the desk and I’m thinking, “Gee that book looks familiar”—because the library may not own it but we do; I’ve seen it lurking around the Carrel. Opps. Fortunately, the total cost of this book was about $6, including shipping. soildersoldier?