After cleaning up from Hurricane Irene (and doing a little expansion along the way), Vermont’s famous Bartleby’s Books re-opens for Black Friday. A huge win for indie bookselling. And, across the Connecticut River, New Hampshire’s RiverRun rents a new location in the same neighborhood that will save the indie bookstore a remarkable $50k/year!
An intriguing new study on library users shows that (among other things) 50 percent of patrons report buying a book by a writer they first read in a library.
Hey, Nelson, why didn’t you identify today as Thanksgiving? And, what the hell is “Brumalia” anyway?
I am a writer myself, but I think discussing art with most artists is like discussing the frequency-selective light reflection of microscopic single gyroid structures with butterflies. They have it, but they don’t really understand it.
Of course, the big news in the literary world is the passing of Anne McCaffrey. The best tribute (I have read) to this amazing author is by Juliette Wade, who 
My favorite part of fluorescent lighting is that this is a test. Repeat, this is only a test. If it had been an actual emergency, the sound you’re hearing would be followed by news and instructions. This has been a test of the Emergency Broadcast Light Bulb.
Wow, I spoke too soon. Normally I publish the daily reading around noon, and I should have waited today, too. Lots of cool stuff since then.