tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post4025229934155062285..comments2023-10-16T03:58:53.792-04:00Comments on Dreaded Purple Master: A Fortnight of News, WeakDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184638921669629752noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post-69061341718973729002007-07-18T09:31:00.000-04:002007-07-18T09:31:00.000-04:00Aarrgh. Excuse me. I just read the post on libra...Aarrgh. Excuse me. I just read the post on libraries. It's got 62 comments and you have to register to comment. Which seems sort of silly since I have no intention of reading this site again. <BR/><BR/>So I'll blow off a little steam here. First, what they taught us in library school is that libraries and book stores have a synergistic effect. People who check out books a lot are usually people who buy a lot of books. The converse is not necessarily true. I don't have a source on that -- I've never bothered to look that up since my own observations confirm this. Most avid library readers are also book buyers.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention the BAEN experience. I just checked out a BAEN hardback from my library. It has a cd in it. I copied the cd, and perused the books on it. Darn it. There's an author on it whose books I have been avoiding. Now I have to go and buy them.... So in my case, the library was free advertising. <BR/><BR/>Someone asked if the average B&N had a better selection than the average public library. Can't answer that. The average public library has a DIFFERENT selection. When I need books on a subject I look in both places. <BR/><BR/>Lastly, perhaps because I work in a school that is 98% free and reduced lunches, and the school is two blocks down from a public library I have a differenct perspective on the subject. A lot of the people in the library are people who are learning things they would not otherwise have learned because it is free. I suggest you read _Goin someplace special_ and _Richard Wright and the library card_. Libraries have educated, informed, and comforted people for years. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and you might also check out the Library Bill of Rights, and the ALA Freedom to Read Statement.<BR/><BR/>OretaLibrary Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04959951442510264267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post-16163353173763545042007-07-16T22:52:00.000-04:002007-07-16T22:52:00.000-04:00Caran: I know. :) That heading was intended as a h...Caran: I know. :) That heading was intended as a humorous commentary suggesting that only a television station desperate to put their "investigative reporter" (as opposed to what other kind?) to work would imagine that it could possibly be NEWS that a three-foot sub sandwich ISN'T EXACTLY three feet long.<BR/><BR/>Next up: foot-long hot dogs are only eight inches, french fries aren't French, and an English Horn is neither English nor a horn.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184638921669629752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post-67595059230997846832007-07-16T01:23:00.000-04:002007-07-16T01:23:00.000-04:00Hate to break it to you, but finished two-by-four...Hate to break it to you, but finished two-by-fours can be about one-quarter to one-half inch shy of those measurements.<BR/><BR/>Caran<BR/>daughter and granddaughter of guys who turned a lot of trees into 2x4sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com