Blogcritics: Comments on Don't clean out your house

Comment by dietdoc

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:41:14 EDT

Miriam: I totally agree. Let someone ELSE do the moving. As a devoted pack rat, I never throw anything away. As a result, my aparment for the years 1997-2004 was a complete disaster. Everything from boxes - still unpacked from the previous move - and cases of old baseball cards to, yes, LPs and 3-4 computers that no longer worked. I sent me office manager, gave her the week "off" to do it and said "Clean it out. Don't tell me what you throw away." When I moved into new digs, I hardly missed a thing. She vows she threw away tons of useless debris but, as far as I can tell, nothing is missing. But, strangely, the clutter is gone. Magic? No, just someone who recognizes what is being used and what is not. Parting with a 80386 desktop (with a blown power supply and cobwebs) is such sweet sorrow. I enjoyed the post, thanks. Cheers, Ron

Comment by Victor Plenty

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:04:10 EDT

No, if it had been just an excuse to plug a book, she could have avoided mentioning the book in the post. Nobody would have known the main Amazon link was for her own book. Instead of taking that deceptive route, she openly told us a story that happened to include the book, risking cheap brainless insults from people with poor reading comprehension skills.

Comment by Bobby

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:25:30 EDT

So this is just an excuse to plug yr book, hmm