Burning Books

I'm sitting by the fireplace drinking a little Ten Buck Chuck, tossing another book on the flames. Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen. I've been putting it off but, between the heating bills and and my Google implant, I just don't need them any more. UNIX in a Nutshell. That and it frees up space for the living wallpaper from Home Depot. Adam Roberts' Salt. I did the usual, hiring a scrawny geezer to scan the isbns off my 1500 or so novels, text books, manuals, etc. and to package up the oddballs to FedEx for image/text scanning. Kanji Pict-O-Graphix. I can't complain about the upload times; Amazon did a great job, they were available the next day. Bullfinch's Mythology. Now I just "blink and think" and there it is. Value Migration. I have to be careful about new books, though. Studs Terkel's Working. I'm not used to paying by the read. Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. The fire's warm and crackling, I'm feeling comfortable, and all I need is a little cheese for a perfect evening.