Sometimes I Think I've Figured

Libraries Are What Is Best About Us As A Society: Open, Exciting, Rich, Informative, Free, Inclusive, Engaging.

You Have To Appreciate The Spiritual Component Of Having An Opportunity To Do Something As Wondrous As Writing. You Should Be Practical And Smart And You Should Have A Good Agent And You Should Work Really, Really Hard. But You Should Also Be Filled With Awe And Gratitude About This Amazing Way To Be In The World.

To My Great Surprise, Twitter Is Not Housed In A Silver Pod That Orbits Earth At Supersonic Speeds, Vacuuming Up And Then Dispersing Digital Bits Of Worldwide Chitchat; It's In A Big, Bland Office Building In Downtown San Francisco, Near A Bowling Alley And An Old Navy.

When I Was A Kid, Phone Calls Were A Premium Commodity; Only The Very Coolest Kids Had A Phone Line Of Their Own, And Long-distance Phone Calls Were Made After Eleven, When The Rates Went Down, Unless You Were Flamboyant With Your Spending. Then Phone Calls Became As Cheap As Dirt And As Constant As Rain, And I Was On The Phone All The Time.

I Never Thought Very Many People In The World Were Very Much Like John Laroche, But I Realized More And More That He Was Only An Extreme, Not An Aberration - That Most People In Some Way Or Another Do Strive For Something Exceptional, Something To Pursue, Even At Their Peril, Rather Than Abide An Ordinary Life.