Comments on: Save the Independent Bookstore! http://wordwacky.com/2008/06/19/save-the-independent-bookstore/ a blog about words, what makes them, and what we make out of them Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amos Kane http://wordwacky.com/2008/06/19/save-the-independent-bookstore/#comment-43 Amos Kane Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:15:10 +0000 http://wordwacky.com/?p=45#comment-43 I know that this will happen, I hope it's in my lifetime: 1> People can get anything on the internet, but: 2>They hate to wait for shipping, and: 3>They don't prosper in suburbia, they wither, so: 4> Dense neighborhoods get built, and 5> People fundamentally want things NOW, which, 6> in fact, is the definition of a neighborhood: 7> a place that has the things that make you feel at home, right NOW. And I'll tell ya what I want. A little, tiny, packed bookshop. A good cup of coffee and a way to watch movies with other people without having to trade 2 hours union pay. A babysitter next door, an old pontificater guy 2 doors down and a dog park 3 doors down. Take all the Barnes and Borders, slice them into 1/80ths and cast them across the land. You could even put one by me if they didn't require the employees act weird (read:corporate). I know that this will happen, I hope it’s in my lifetime:

1> People can get anything on the internet, but:
2>They hate to wait for shipping, and:
3>They don’t prosper in suburbia, they wither, so:
4> Dense neighborhoods get built, and
5> People fundamentally want things NOW, which,
6> in fact, is the definition of a neighborhood:
7> a place that has the things that make you feel at home, right NOW.

And I’ll tell ya what I want. A little, tiny, packed bookshop. A good cup of coffee and a way to watch movies with other people without having to trade 2 hours union pay. A babysitter next door, an old pontificater guy 2 doors down and a dog park 3 doors down.

Take all the Barnes and Borders, slice them into 1/80ths and cast them across the land. You could even put one by me if they didn’t require the employees act weird (read:corporate).

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