Archive for September 22nd, 2006
A study in contrasts
Friday, September 22nd, 2006So I’m at the library, and Rudy and I are IMing thanks to free WiFi. He mentions that as a 7th grader he spent most of the summer at the library “wishing a pretty girl would walk through the door,” and reading the Guiness Book of World Records. Then we chat about that Sarah McLauchlin [...]
Blogging from the local public library
Friday, September 22nd, 2006Free WiFi, which reminds me … When people gripe about stuff — failing education, no vacation money, digital divide issues, inaccessible internet access — it would behoove them to visit the local public library. I haven’t been to one since studying for the bar exam, and before that, uh, hardly ever since junior high. Yet [...]