Book ‘em Dan-o

Why do we buy and keep books? How many of you buy and read a book more than once? I have an office FULL of books that I’ve purchased, been given, or stolen over the years that are just taking up space. The problem with books is that they are revered. You can’t just throw away a book or someone is probably going to kick your ass. It’s like burning a flag. Well, not quite like that, but you get the picture. Everyone will say “Well you could donate them” or “Give them to the library”. Once you decide you are going to do one of those things you still have to load up 4,000 lbs. of books and transport them and then move them again. The other problem with having no books is that people will come to your house and think you are dumb. I think the only reason people have books and display them is to show how smart they are. Now before you spin around and see how many books you have out I’m not saying that everyone who doesn’t have books around is dumb, maybe they are just secure in their level of intelligence. If you are collecting and showing off your books to show how smart you are you might want to take a look at the titles also. The entire collection of Harlequin romance novels or the whole set of Robin Cook books isn’t going to help your case. Ok, I’ve written it down, now it is off my chest. Moving on.