Lamb credits Warren Burger andTom Wolfe with increasing his interest in reading. He has been to the gravesite of every United States president and vice-president.[5] Lamb is not registered as a Democrat or Republican and has voted for candidates in both parties during presidential elections.[7]In July 2008, John McCain jokingly described his political affiliation as, "I think he's a vegetarian."[9] In an interview Lamb stated he has "been listening to both sides so long that I don't know what I think anymore."[10] When he is not working Lamb describes his life as, "simple things: movies, music, friends."[5] His home in Arlington, Virginia contains his collection of approximately 3,000 books.[7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lamb
Do you trust Wiki to get these facts right? I guess I do. That's why I put them here.
Do you have more than 3000 books? If so, like me, you are truly a book lover. Or perhaps a book dealer. Or just renting a closet in a bookstore.
Books are your best reading value, since they cannot, like my iMac, actually stop working and not allow you to read. Of course, now, there are digital devices that allow you to read very nicely.
I heard on NPR somewhere (sometime) that perhaps in ten or so years, much of the publishing will be e-publshing. It makes sense, but would you actually use your B+N nook to read in the bathtub? DO they have, like many point-and-shoot cameras, a model waterproof and rated for down to 20' of water? Hot tub would require at least 120 (Damn, what's the degrees keystroke?)
OK, keep reading, and I won't take months to do another post here, since I really do love books.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
the original idea. Use my books. Ideas. Words. Love.
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:50:21 -0500
Subject: house of books... (mental apologia for my having thousands)
> A house exists to keep books in. Pages are living
> minds made words.
>
> Books are houses where the dead live and speak to us
> of their lives and describe places that have existed
> and have never existed.
>
> The thoughts of those who have lived
live on in
> books, and through their words and works,
they can change
> our lives now and into the future.
>
> The house of books is built for our mind,
which is the house of our truest being.
>
> Our body is the house of the world we live in.
> Wherever we are, books can be a part of our life
> that,
> like our ancestors, we did not have lived with, but
> from whome we are born, grow from and continue in
> our
> way.
>
> (After ³The Dominion of the Dead² by Robert Pogue
> Harrison)
>
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