I’ll keep this short. In this morning’s paper, I read about a seventeen-year-old boy with an obviously still-developing brain, at least as far as impulse control was concerned, who illegally took possession of a military-grade killing machine, and murdered two people. The dead ones happened to be white, but make no mistake. He was there, […] More >>

True to my word, I hit the road last Thursday. Three calls along the Maine coast, then across the top of the state to Vermont, then down. Fresh, sparkling snow in the early Sunday morning sun all the way from the Canadian border to the White Mountains. Spent a few grand and had a hell […] More >>

Spent this weekend in one of those periodical cleaning/reorganizing frenzies. Down in the basement this time – didn’t I just clean that pigpen up? Yeah, 2 years ago… Anyway, while I was down there organizing my tax records, I came across a box full of bookselling notes and memorabilia from decades ago. On the very […] More >>

You don’t realize what a miracle electricity is until it’s gone   More >>

Got my bill for ABAA dues this week – $775 smackers. It is widely agreed that the primary benefit of ABAA membership is the ability to participate in ABAA-sanctioned book fairs – Boston, NY, and LA/SF over here, and ILAB events in Europe. The secondary benefit – all the colleagues who have become good friends […] More >>