tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post5922701939383994643..comments2023-06-18T04:17:59.375-04:00Comments on Dogslandia: Reason Indie Bookstores are Extremely Nifty #425J m mcdermotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433637277106963701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post-9471770951585635962008-12-08T15:58:00.000-05:002008-12-08T15:58:00.000-05:00When I parked there, I actually had to park at the...When I parked there, I actually had to park at the historic cemetery that is now utterly surrounded by upscale retail and yuppie townhomes and parking garages.<BR/><BR/>It just seemed kind of... disrespectful(?) to huddle all that consumerism and upscale couture culture right to the boundary of a historic cemetery. So much so that the parking lot for the cemetery was also for the retail complex.<BR/><BR/>I just don't understand Plano. I just don't. I don't want to, either.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to move to Austin, Patrice, and spend every weekend type-type-typing at a table at BookPeople. It would make my millenium. However, I need a job there, first. No job in Austin? No move to Austin. Them's the breaks.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking, but no one has even asked for an interview.J m mcdermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433637277106963701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post-31747287697768902912008-12-08T14:03:00.000-05:002008-12-08T14:03:00.000-05:00I also noticed that the kid section in the new Pla...I also noticed that the kid section in the new Plano store is way in the back, sort of hidden and out of sight--you know, the way people in Plano like their kids.<BR/><BR/>Which is probably why my first instinct was to burn the place down, but that damn glass and highly polished steal just wouldn't catch fire.Shawn Scarber Degganshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928118657916732163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post-85969215437980780112008-12-08T10:41:00.000-05:002008-12-08T10:41:00.000-05:00I think it's been clear for a while now that you a...I think it's been clear for a while now that you are destined to move to Austin, like so many of us who got here as fast as we could.<BR/><BR/>Come on, Joe -- BookPeople awaits! They'll save a corner table for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post-71635898155056885582008-12-07T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-07T09:16:00.000-05:00I have looked and looked for an indie book store i...I have looked and looked for an indie book store in Winston-Salem, NC but no luck. Sad.<BR/><BR/>Mary CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290475723451787293.post-71859550359332491392008-12-06T19:17:00.000-05:002008-12-06T19:17:00.000-05:00Thank you for the mention. Very (Hic) kindDelDark ...Thank you for the mention. Very (Hic) kind<BR/><BR/>Del<BR/>Dark DelicaciesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com