Snowdrops

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Snowdrops in front of one of my favorite ruins in Sofia – Tsarigradsko Shose 1. Built in 1926, the house is pink, pretty, and has flowers. I hope someone buys it and restores it to its full potential. From this angle, it almost doesn’t look like the Addams Family lives inside.

47

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47 is a prime number, and the sum of its digits is also a prime. 47 is a good annual Goodreads goal because it’s one less than a number divisible by 12. Let’s call these Goodreads Primes:

11, 23, 47, 59, 71, 83, 107, 131, 167, 179, 191, 227, 239, 251, 263, 311...

I think Douglas Adams made a mistake when picking 42 as the answer to everything. 47 would’ve been a better candidate because of how prime it is.

In any case, 47th Happy Birthday to me 😀

Gamebook Collection

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Some good folks created a tool where collectors can flag all the books they own so they know how far they are from a full set. I stopped buying old gamebooks some time ago because I wasn’t able to keep track of them.

So, this evening, I dug into the dusty shelves, and using that tool, I flagged all of my gamebooks. It took me almost two hours. I was surprised by many things, some pleasant, and some not.

  • I only have 230 gamebooks out of 491. I thought I owned a lot more than that, given how much space they take. I somehow Imagined that I have 300+.
  • There are maybe 20-ish I was absolutely certain I owned that didn’t appear, including some I purchased within the last 1-2 years. Maybe I mixed the shelves at some point.
  • Found 5-6 duplicates.
  • Found two super-rare books I had no idea I owned and prepared one of them for reading.
  • Found 2 books that I own but the tool doesn’t have 😀

I’m not sure how I feel about this experience. I need to think about it. Buying and reading gamebooks brings me joy but keeping them at home brings me dust and clutter. I don’t like dust and clutter.