I had not thought I would do this particular task while I was here, because I figured that I would not be able to acquire much at all. But then I read What is 42's task completion and I realized that if I looked at things a little differently, I migh...

Here's what I aquired over a seven day stretch: Monday, January 22, 2007 1. Three books from the former office of Alan Dundes: The Italians by Luigi Barzini, Handwriting: A Key to Personality by Klara G. Roman, and Orpheus by Salomon Reinach. 2. Two...

I decided to use this task to examine what it means to "acquire" something, so I began by looking the word up in various dictionaries. This is what I found: 1 : to get as one's own: a : to come into possession or control of often by unspecified m...

Acquisitions...Hmmm well crzy bones acquired the book you see below...its a 498494 page book documenting the work of the master impressionist Renoir, $35.00 in 72!!! The photograph below that is from Photographer Stephen Underhill which is somethi...

Day One Saturday July 8, 2006 2 used child (age 13-17) tickets to the De Young Museum split 5$ for curly fries and a milkshake From the library: 2 Angel season 4 dvds Franny and Zooey, by JD Salinger The Strokes, First Impressions of Earth The Yeah Y...

Going in reverse chronological order: A Bus Transfer: Used to take the train downtown to purchase some replacement jeans, as my keys finally poked through the rapidly widening hole in my pocket New Sunglasses: Exactly the same as before (5.99 a...

I must say, I was quite pleased to discover that I acquired very little. Prince's "Purple Rain": Feeling a bit nostalgic The New Yorker: Not much to say about that Dr. Hauschka Lip Balm: Ahhh, lip balm... Cardboard Robot T: Really, who doesn't...