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It starts to seem like the chorus of a song: "I sure am lucky to work in a public library." I think I declare this at least once a week, usually when I meet with my Nevermore Book Club on Tuesdays. This last Tuesday was no exception.

My "job" for my book club is to read something--or, more often, some things--and then show up and talk about it. When there are multiple books, I like to have a themat Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 05, 2012 11:09 • Tags: computer-programming, daniel-suelo, edward-conard, engineering, liberal-arts, morality, public-libraries, success

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