April 10, 2008


1979: Annus Mirabilis

That does it. This is it. 1979 marked some kind of something, the likes of which we may never again witness.


Published in 1979: India’s brilliant How to Care for a Guinea Pig.

posted by Sheila Ryan in 1979, animals, archives, books, design, how to, pets, publishing 

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14 Responses to “1979: Annus Mirabilis”

  1. Deron Bauman on April 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    okay, that settles it. we should definitely set up a 1979 category.

  2. India on April 10th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    I’d like to take this opportunity to mention, since you’re unlikely to visit my mom’s house and use both of her computers any time soon, that I’ve named their hard drives Butterball (the plodding four- or five-year old iMac) and Fireball (the snappy 2007 20″). These were the names of our first two guinea pigs.

    And I found guinea pig icons to represent each drive, too.

    And I colored them different colors, to match the actual pigs.

  3. Nathan Harrison on April 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    I don’t want to hijack anything, but India’s comment seems to raise a good possible Dear Clusterflock topic: What are your computers/hard drives/networks named?

  4. Deron Bauman on April 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    hijack away.

  5. India on April 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Heh. Ask and ye shall receive.

  6. Dear Clusterflock, : clusterflock on April 10th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    [...] Nathan asks, What are your computers/hard drives/networks named? [...]

  7. Sheila Ryan on April 10th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    Guinea pigs now strike me as utterly enchanting thanks to you, India. Tell me: is a guinea pig a good addition to a household where a cat lives?

    As for 1979, maybe someone should appoint a committee charged with collecting and preserving documentation of the wonders of that year.

    After all, that How to Care for a Guinea Pig survived at all was — “no thanks to Nicky Levine“.

  8. Mary Jeys on April 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Hooray for the Guinea Pig book! I still love finding out what Guinea Pigs like to eat.

  9. India on April 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    is a guinea pig a good addition to a household where a cat lives?

    From the cat’s perspective, the guinea pig’s, or the humans’?

  10. Sheila Ryan on April 10th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    I think I know the answer to my own question. Yesterday I left the house while the cat was still out, so I cracked a sliding door open just a fraction so she could come inside and get something to eat. Not to worry. Came back home to find the head of a wood rat on the living room floor.

  11. India on April 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    There you go.

  12. Jake on April 10th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    My Hard Drive is called Mac Lappy, the Mac version of Strong Bad’s Lappy.

  13. Daryl Scroggins on April 10th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    Oh I love this little book. I once found a kid’s diary/scrapbook in a junkshop and cried for days reading it. Such care taken on setting things up in a hand enfeebled by recent presence in the world–and, already, the sure sign of old knowledge.

  14. Rick Neece on April 10th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    Daryl, the deep places you strike.

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