Maybe you should've tried the king-sized Twix, flea?

My favorite(?) was a Jane-Austen-as-detective mystery written in the style of JA where someone had written "Jane Austen is rolling over in her grave" in the margin. All I could think was "Not as much as she probably is at you writing in a library book"!

In college, I always had trouble buying used books, because I find it nearly impossible to read the un-highlighted text if it has been highlighted. Part of why I basically stopped highlighting myself. Also because I was always highlighting things in bold, and you know what? You can already tell those things are important!

Also, I just got good work news which makes me want to leave for the day. Would anyone notice? Probably not.

Also, I just got good work news which makes me want to leave for the day. Would anyone notice? Probably not.

You should point and exclaim, "Ooh - what's that interesting thing over there?" Then run away in the opposite direction.

I never really highlighted things in texts. I did underline. I also noticed that a lot of my classmates seemed to highlight without any thought behind it, as though somehow the magic power of yellow would make them remember everything.

Oh god, I read a mystery last night where Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy were detectives. It was so distressing. It was written okay, but the characterizations we so wrong, and the plot way over the top, and the historical anachronisms...

I did not write in the margins, though.

(I've written 1 paragraph!)

You should point and exclaim, "Ooh - what's that interesting thing over there?" Then run away in the opposite direction.

Ha! I don't even need to do that. There's seriously no one in my chain of command in the office. My minion, boss, and boss's boss are all out of the office, and that's it. Four out of six senior managers are out. Half of my department is out.

somehow the magic power of yellow would make them remember everything.

I love this. So true. If you highlight everything, what's the point?

I found that I remembered things best if I copied over my notes from a lecture-heavy class ASAP after the class was done. It gave me easier-to-read notes, and burned the info into my head better than the first time around.

The house we're buying has a very high level of radon. Anyone here ever dealt with radon mitigation? How much does it cost to fix? Will it give us cancer?

Radon significantly increases the chance of getting lung cancer.

Mitigation is usually $1,000-$3,000, depending on the way the house is constructed house. I seem to recall that the house has a basement, which may add to the cost.

The "we don't need no sticking libraries" guy needs to be run over repeatedly with a library cart. Public libraries have been an essential part of the American dream. People cannot pull themselves up by their bootstraps unless they actually have bootstraps, and in this country, public education and public libraries for self-education have been bootstraps for many people. Look at Richard Wright's description in Black Boy about his struggle and conniving to get access to the library. I doubt if I would have survived high school without the library.

Also, as others have said, the branch nearest me has computers, a big meeting room, a book club, film showings, books on tape and large-print books.

I cannot write in books. Under extreme duress, I can make pencil stars in the margin next to something important or make a light pencil underline. I love the Post-It products.