@MarinerMuse Yeah I didn’t agree with the take either. I interpreted it as sort of trying to drum up some momentum for ownership to actually open their wallets, but it will never happen.
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!
“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
@SeahawkNerd There were so many points last night when they were obviously going to run the ball and Green Bay just stacked the box. My god, could we please audible out or run a little play action for Christ’s sake???
1. The conventional explanations for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining—fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. https://t.co/bTWm0rPJ6e
@BobStelton This is, without a doubt, the stupidest game I’ve ever watched. Just stupid on stupid, compounded by both sides. Worse than a preseason game. What am I even watching?!
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10. Express relief that they were able to safely arrive at Thanksgiving dinner without being attacked by lawless migrants terrorizing the suburbs
News from my seismologist friend. Not only did Coby Bryant mimic the Beast Quake crotch grab, the reaction from the crowd during his pick-6 also registered at the KDK seismic station.