Recycled Books

The Portland Public Library (Maine, that is) is doing something really cool with discarded books. The fact that they're allowing the books/art to be checked out seems a little odd. They're even allowing them to be sent out through interlibrary loan. While I think it's an interesting article, the fact that Doug Beube "has been debating keeping one or two and paying the standard replacement fee of $150," and that Allan Chasanoff has elected to steal "an altered book or two" is deplorable, and Amy Sutherland should have called them to task for this.

Here's some required reading, courtesy of Howard Zinn.

This sounds like a movie I would enjoy: Blackballed, starring Rob Corddry (of "Daily Show" fame). "Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past." Hopefully it makes it to theaters soon.