November 15, 2012 - Turkey Day Countdown

For any of those of you who are brave enough to have taken a look at a calendar lately, you will know that a week from today is Thanksgiving Day - that's 7 days, 168 hours, or 10,080 minutes. And if it's a week to Thanksgiving Day, that means it's a week and a day - that's 8 days, 192 hours, 11,520 minutes-until Black Friday. I understand why "Black Friday" is so named. It is, purportedly, the day of the year (or the start of the season of the year) when retailers finally guarantee they'll end the year in the "black". But it seems they do this by urging (prodding, convincing) the consumer to go into the "red", i.e. run up some debt. Since the library is open on the day after Thanksgiving, and since the past tense of the word "read" is pronounced "red", we have some plans underway to help you stay away from the frenzy of the sales and become well-read in the process. Check out our website and signs and flyers in the library for more details. In the meantime, there are a number of books, listed below that will help you become well-read. Enjoy!