New Canadian Quotations
2 journalers for this copy...
This is a great - and witty - compilation of words from the mouths of Canucks (or those speaking about Canucks). There's some fabulous stuff in here - did you know it was illegal to try and catch fish with your hands in Saskatchewan?
In the spirit of things: "One of the most important duties of a librarian is to make sure that better things are always within reach." -- Roderick Haig-Brown
Go put a book in reach! ;)
In the spirit of things: "One of the most important duties of a librarian is to make sure that better things are always within reach." -- Roderick Haig-Brown
Go put a book in reach! ;)
Journal Entry 2 by N8an at Ottawa University, Fauteux Building in Ottawa, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Release planned for Wednesday, March 05, 2003 at Ottawa University, Fauteux Building, 3rd Floor in Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
On the forums, Aisho mentioned that for a birthday, one might cellebrate the BookCrossing way by releasing a book per year of the official day of celebration. Always - er, sometimes - one to rise to a challenge, I pondered a bit, wandered a lot, and decided to give this a shot.
March 5th, 2003, I turned 28. To celebrate, 28 books were scattered through Ottawa - most by myself, some by passing them off to individuals who visited me at the insanely early hour of 6:15 a.m. in a local 24 hour diner, or who met up with me prior to the 5th. Each visitor got a book to release somewhere a lot further away in the city than I could get to in one day (especially a day where I had to get to work in the early afternoon for a complete store inventory - Happy Birthday to me.)
So - if you found this, you found my birthday present to you. I hope you like it, I hope you pass it on to someone else, or re-release it into the wild. And hey, it's not about growing older, it's about growing.
Now - specifically about this book: I passed this one on to a friend because there are a page of quotes about Law. She's a lawyer, and loves telling me some really obscure (and totally insane) laws, and this book has a few good ones on its pages: "It is illegal to have a parrot in your possession in Prince Edward Island, although canaries are permitted." (pg 200). Oddly enough, unknowing of this choice of book for her, she wanted to release it in the law building of Ottawa U. :)
This was Release #23 of 28.
On the forums, Aisho mentioned that for a birthday, one might cellebrate the BookCrossing way by releasing a book per year of the official day of celebration. Always - er, sometimes - one to rise to a challenge, I pondered a bit, wandered a lot, and decided to give this a shot.
March 5th, 2003, I turned 28. To celebrate, 28 books were scattered through Ottawa - most by myself, some by passing them off to individuals who visited me at the insanely early hour of 6:15 a.m. in a local 24 hour diner, or who met up with me prior to the 5th. Each visitor got a book to release somewhere a lot further away in the city than I could get to in one day (especially a day where I had to get to work in the early afternoon for a complete store inventory - Happy Birthday to me.)
So - if you found this, you found my birthday present to you. I hope you like it, I hope you pass it on to someone else, or re-release it into the wild. And hey, it's not about growing older, it's about growing.
Now - specifically about this book: I passed this one on to a friend because there are a page of quotes about Law. She's a lawyer, and loves telling me some really obscure (and totally insane) laws, and this book has a few good ones on its pages: "It is illegal to have a parrot in your possession in Prince Edward Island, although canaries are permitted." (pg 200). Oddly enough, unknowing of this choice of book for her, she wanted to release it in the law building of Ottawa U. :)
This was Release #23 of 28.
Found this book in a blue bin on the side of the road! We looked at it, among other books, and saw the tracking info!
We felt we had to pick it up and pay it forward somehow :)
We felt we had to pick it up and pay it forward somehow :)
Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for making the effort to journal this! I'm so stoked! I hope you enjoy it and set it on its way - who knows, another nine years from now it might surface again! ;)
