This is the 2008 Sparky Awards contest entry by Jānis Kreilis and Zhana Sandeva.Think writing a paper is hard? Think twice. Let us take you a hundred years ago, when all you had was books, paper, and a pen. (No, you can't google a book.)Background music: Brahms "Hungarian Dance" performed by Bill Edwards.Special thanks to: John Pollack, Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, University of Pennsylvania. Less