A Stroke of Genius

Last week, I stopped by Dr. Logan's office to take a look at the commonplace books her undergraduate students had created as their midterm project.  Spencer, my classmate, was already there.  It turns out that his text was available on GoogleBooks, so he printed out the 300+ pages and took it to a copy center to have it spiral-bound.  This, my friends, is an act of genius.  With The Factory Girl, I had to print it from microfiche and then I used a big clip to keep it all together.  I'm actually surprised that I didn't manage to lose any pages.  

Luckily for me, Milcah Martha Moore's Book is available in a modern edition, so I didn't have to bother with microfiche.  However, the copy I have is from the UCF Library, which meant I couldn't mark it up.  I knew, eventually, that I would have to photocopy the entire book (the first half is comprised of an introduction and two critical essays, the second half is the actual text) so that I could actually mark up and highlight the text.  So, that's what I did today at Staples, for about an hour or so.  The actual copies were 9 cents each at the self-service copier and my total was about $20.  The spiral-binding is super cheap - $3.49 + tax.  I made two little books - one of the actual text, and the other the critical essays.  I also took all the articles + class handout from the second class on Anne Hutchinson and had that bound as well.  I have a huge stack of articles/handouts from three semesters worth of classes that I plan on having spiral-bound.  Huzzah for forthcoming organization! 

Take a look at the finished product: