Well, my wife and I had the talk, and now that I am post-quarter (school), post-book, and post-dissertation, maybe I need to shift to pre-more-work-around-the-house...So we brainstormed and the laundry would lift the largest burden. So I am the laundry guy. The one who does the laundry. If its laundry in the house its me. I got it covered. My daughter, this morning, when she found no socks the right color, had to shift her ire to me as opposed to mom. Yep, this changes everything.
However, the story doesn't stop there. You see I have a gift (read problem) that whatever I participate in, I need to know the history, the big picture, the players, the lay of the land. Why do we do such and such. You get the picture. Yes, I did it, and I know that I went over the top with this. I ordered several books on the history of laundry. And, yes, they exist. And I have them. In my library. You can't borrow them until I'm done...
Expect Emerging Laundries to come out in 2007 -- still looking for a publisher...
I really have issues.
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Thanks for giving my Wife and I a good laugh. :)
Posted by: Rich | December 17, 2005 at 09:28 AM
Yah, I think that I would actually purchase it. I need all the help I can get! "Creating laundry communities in a postmodern laundromat"
Posted by: Mike Noakes | December 17, 2005 at 11:08 AM
Ha ha ha! Just when I think you're becoming normal (like the rest of us), you continue to separate yourself: researching laundry?!
Posted by: Nick Connell | December 18, 2005 at 05:05 AM
LOL...too funny.
Posted by: Bill | December 18, 2005 at 07:46 AM
Yes, you do have issues. (-;
Of course, I am the "cooking" guy, and I have countless books on the history and/or science of cooking, so who I am to talk?
Posted by: will | December 18, 2005 at 02:59 PM
yeah, I wouldn't call that "issues." I would call that OCD.
Posted by: Kyle | December 19, 2005 at 10:06 AM
lol ;-0
Posted by: David | December 21, 2005 at 04:49 PM
Do you not find it odd Ryan, as one who investigates a community that believes somethings are learned directly from others, that you would first seek to read about Laundry rather than ask those who've been doing it all their lives?
Posted by: Bill Ekhardt | December 26, 2005 at 02:55 AM
Keen observations, Bill! I think in my most insecure moments I run back to my security blanket, my books. :)
Posted by: Ryan Bolger | January 10, 2006 at 06:54 AM