tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327221.post1365721059797049789..comments2023-10-14T21:18:54.076-04:00Comments on (what is this?): American nervousnessangvouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11986780554724964458noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327221.post-15316196259753573142007-12-27T13:41:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:41:00.000-05:00Sorry I misled you. I should have explained that ...Sorry I misled you. I should have explained that it's unpublished because it's unwritten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327221.post-91986140499497633262007-12-27T08:59:00.000-05:002007-12-27T08:59:00.000-05:00oh? Do tell me more. Sounds like a book I'd want t...oh? Do tell me more. Sounds like a book I'd want to read!angvouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11986780554724964458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327221.post-76122897445530859462007-12-26T21:38:00.000-05:002007-12-26T21:38:00.000-05:00in my (unpublished) book, neurasthenia is a sympto...in my (unpublished) book, neurasthenia is a symptom of this sick society. It's been sick for centuries, and it's getting sicker. As long as our reaction is to develop a new pill to get us thru the days and nights, the prognosis is predictably grim.<BR/><BR/>Curmudgeon in VeniceUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242429513734098256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22327221.post-68404375886747336402007-12-18T12:09:00.000-05:002007-12-18T12:09:00.000-05:00In thanks for this lovely post, i offer you the Ge...In thanks for this lovely post, i offer you the German "Lesewut" or "reading rage" for your word collection. There's a brief English wiki on the term. I firmly believe that Lesewut and its close relative "Lesesucht," or "reading addiction," are proximate ancestors to the nervous maladies of the nineteenth century. <BR/>I also wanted to thank you here for "peevishness" as i also did here:<BR/>httpFlorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173876467879604941noreply@blogger.com