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Thoughts on Reading

I found these stats below on Jennifer Shirk's post about reading. 58% of the US adult population never reads another book after high school. 42% of college graduates never read another book. 80% of US families did not buy or read a book last year. 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years. I've seen similiar statistics in the past. I'm not really all that surpised. I know more bookless people than book lovers. Here is a story about one of the bookless people I've recently lost a book to.... I got the last book in my latest Amazon.com order today. It is a book from an author buddy named Michelle Perry called Three Motives for Murder . The funny thing was that I was thinking about one of her books the other day. I'd lent out In Enemy Hands to someone that told me she loves romantic suspense. The other day when I asked her if she'd finished, she gave me one of those blank stares. She can't seem to recall I gave her any book, much le

Drive Safely

Keep an eye on the rearview mirror. This guy... is on the road behind you. Two years back I was cruising along at 85 mph (in a 75 mph speed zone) on I-80 on this mostly flat area in the Middle of Nowhere, Nevada. Out of nowhere a semi-tractor trailer shows up in my rear view and swerved to miss me by what felt like inches. I estimate he had to be doing at least 125. He slowed down after that. I think he scared himself silly too.