I'm never buying another book again

(Ok, I saw this link on someone else's blog last night- but I closed the window before making a note of whose it was, so if it was you, thanks! This is so great.)

Stuart McLean, the host of the ever-popular CBC Radio show Vinyl Café, goes public with his new policy on book purchases...

I would like to take a moment this morning, if you would indulge me, to say I am not going to buy another book ever again ever in my life. I am not going to buy another book ever again ever in my life.

Never.

I have been told if I say this out loud, like this, I might find it helpful, though I don’t think I need that kind of help...actually I have been instructed to say it out loud like this. And I have agreed. So there you go: I have bought my last book.

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If it falls under any of those “special” circumstances or any other circumstances that I can’t think of right now but might qualify as “special” at a later date, then I am allowed to buy that book even if I already own it and it is in the basement somewhere.

It's the perfect essay, and I suspect WAY too many of us understand. Go read the whole thing.