Turned out to be an interesting afternoon. ON my way out to lunch with my friend Barbara I pressed the button to lower the rear driver’s-side window in my car. (A button which I don’t believe has been pressed in years.) The window went down but I heard an awful thunk. Well, Barbara followed me to the Saturn dealership and it turned out that yes, the window was broken. In fact, you could now raise and lower it with your hand. I left the car and Barbara drove me home. I then figured that I’d use this as an excuse to get back on my bike and drop some books off at the Tattered Cover for a signing I’ll be missing next week. Distance: six miles by city streets. Finishing that errand I decided to take some trails back home. Distance: 15 miles. Near home, I got the call that my car was ready so I just continued on my bike to pick it up. The total cost of the repair, $315+tax. Ouch!
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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