Tag: book
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: illinois + traffic court = book ban :
Who doesn’t dread traffic court? It’s three to five hours trapped in a featureless room with attorneys and rules and uncomfortable seating. That’s the stuff of nightmares. I know, I was there last week. The place is a maelstrom of human misery and despair, even at 8:45 in the morning. By then, dozens upon dozens […]
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: half-baked IV :
First of all, I’ve got a beef with Yahoo! And an email account, too. I’m being deluged with dozens and dozens and hundreds of junk emails daily. Since I’ve not signed up of for Internet offers I guess Yahoo! sold my email address to various spam services. Was that nice ? Then there’s signing in, […]
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Are libraries disappearing?
When you’re a kid, nothing’s as exciting as a trip to the library. Remember? Riding in the backseat of the car, mittened hands tapping corduroy-clad knees, anxiously watching the city roll past. After what seemed like a long time, but wasn’t, we’d finally get there. Bursting from the car I’d hurry inside, stick my coat […]