It seems that George Carlin’s ‘Jesus’ book has been Banned From Wal-Mart. “According to the Reporter, Carlin’s spokesman said the book was not allowed in stores because its cover makes fun of the last supper — but a Wal-Mart spokeswoman countered by saying the book would not “appeal to the majority” of the store’s customers.” Maybe it doesn’t “appeal to the majority” of the store’s customers because it makes fun of the last supper.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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