The Smart Money is on Spending None!

I love articles in the general press about how libraries are great because they're free.  Even better, this article on MSN Money details exactly why that is.  We do it all the time in the biz.  But the article cites free books, audio, video, magazines, job searching, babysitting workshops, things to do with the kids, Internet and Wifi, and best of all:

"Librarian access 24/7. If you can't find the answers you need, libraries await your question. In Ohio, they have Know it Now (your local libraries will have different names for this feature) which gives 24/7 access to an online research librarian."

Yes!  Libraries and librarians are a great resource.  In a culture steadily advancing towards where everything has a pricetag, where the middle class is disappearing, and so many of us are poor, we need libraries, a center for the common good with absolute equity of access.

50 Writers Who Refused to Give Up

Little names like Dr Seuss, John Le Carre, Isaac Asimov.  James Joyce, Jack Kerouac.  They were all told repeatedly to give up.  This list details the rest.