I'm not talking about publishing abuses like:
Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus; Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus, and Your Dog is From Pluto; Men are From Mars, but Some Other Men are From Uranus; For Men Who Are Like Mercury (Speedy) in the Bedroom; etc.
And I'm not talking about the Chicken Soup series: for the Wiccan Soul or for the Death Row Inmate Soul, or for the Zombie and Vampire Undead, Soulless Soul.
And not talking about buying another Conan DVD release plastered with a sticker for "Now, with EXTRA Schwarzenegger!" that you play the second audio track to hear 10 minutes of silence then "KO-nun" and 10 more minutes of what sounds like heavy breathing then "200 KEE-LOZ" and ten more minutes of silence then "Not Not-ZEES, Austrian." So the production company decides to release the disk again, but with an apology for the first disk "because Mr. Schwarzenegger was not told why he had been escorted into a darkened room, he promptly fell asleep, and the audio-commentary you hear on the previous release is Mr. Schwarzenegger dreaming. So don't look upon the previous release as a rip-off, but treat it as a rare glimpse into the soul of a great American."
And I'm not complaining about what we had to deal with in the 1970's when I had to buy the same album in four different formats; first on vinyl, then 8-track (because those were on their way out and usually in the clearance bins), then cassette (because the record started skipping), and then CD. I'm not complaining about that since the only record I actually did that with was the Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. (Little known fact: the.effing.librarian's fantasy band is called The Flaming Sex Poodles, named from grabbing random cassettes out of a box: The Flamin' Groovies, the Sex Pistols and The Fabulous Poodles).
I'm here to complain about Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book. I bought this when it was first published and gave it away as a gift. Then they issued a smaller version of the original which I bought for myself. Then about a month ago, I was in a Borders and they had a new version with mostly the same content but some added art plus a DVD. Part of me wanted to buy it for the DVD, but I couldn't bring myself to buy the same book a third time, even for the bonus content. So that's what I'm talking about.
Actually, I'm not sure what I was talking about.
