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Book Shuffle

August 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment

The Ravenna Third Place Books shelving arrangement redesign is still taking shape.  Here’s a shot from about halfway to the cafe, looking back toward the door:

Among the changes I noticed during a brief walkthrough this afternoon:

  • The cashier’s counter has been moved to just inside the door on the right (if you’re walking in).
  • The craft and food section is no longer in a easy-to-walk-by-and-browse-through friendly aisle.
  • For those more geographically-inclined, many shelves that were situated north-south are now east-west (lots of this to the right of where this picture was taken).
  • The browse-friendly, wide-aisled U-shaped path (front door to cafe to magazines to kids’ section) is REALLY cramped now over by where philosophy used to be.

It’s still very much a work in progress, clearly: Books and pieces of shelves are everywhere.  The Ravenna TPB website says that the buy counter will be open again on Monday.  If that means that everything is back on a shelf and the store is shipshape again, we’ll eat our copy of A Cat in the Hat.

Filed Under: Everything counts in large amounts

Lost and Found

August 15, 2008 by 32 Comments

For some reason, the intersection of 21st and 70th is a bit of a Bermuda Triangle.  Or perhaps a localized Cosmic Karma Pot equalizer.  Observe…

Huxley the cat has gone missing.  In fact, he is missing cat flyer number two for this particular telephone pole.

No word on cat number one’s whereabouts, but from the weathered patina of the flyer, it doesn’t look good.

A close up of the text reveals that Huxley is both well-loved and well-named:

In the Found category, we have the following fetching AND utilitarian bed frame and headboard, which are available for FREE dollars and FREE cents:

My educated guess is that this would fit a twin-size mattress.  It’s perfect for someone who would rather not have a nightstand cluttering up the bedroom.  Mount a reading light on top, put your teeth grinding mouth guard in one of the handy drawers, and you’re good to go!

Now if this IS INDEED the Cosmic Karma Intersection of Ravenna, will Huxley be found if someone picks up the bed frame?  Only time will tell.

Filed Under: Lost/Found