<div dir="ltr">What a great combination of careers: librarian for esoteric knowledge and journalist for Maslow's hierarchy of needs ... er will write for food.<div>As for the preference of cheese over cookies -- or the combination of the two -- I'll leave that debate to others.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 19:42, Phil Shapiro <<a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com">pshapiro@his.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div><br></div><div>Tonight at the public library where I work --</div><div><br></div><div>         I amble over to a co-worker.</div><div><br></div><div>Me - "What is the library event tonite?"</div><div><br></div><div>Co-worker - "It's an author talk."</div><div><br></div><div>Me - "What's the food?"</div><div><br></div><div>Co-worker: "Cookies."</div><div><br></div><div>Me - "Cookies, no cheese?"</div><div><br></div><div>Co-worker - "Yes, cookies, no cheese."</div><div><br></div><div>Me - shaking my head - "The Roman Empire started its slow decline when they had author</div><div>talks with cookies, no cheese. Will we ever learn anything from history?"</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>--<br>Phil Shapiro, <a href="mailto:pshapiro@his.com" target="_blank">pshapiro@his.com</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro</a><br><a href="http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html" target="_blank">http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html</a><br><br>"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options."  David Suzuki</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div></div></div></div>-- <br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Steve Wexler<br>Wordslingers Ink<br>416-282-0091</div><div><a href="mailto:stevewexler.wordslingers@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevewexler.wordslingers@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div></div>