10. You cannot get AIDS, hepatitis, or cirrhosis of the liver from a book. 11. You can read all you want and it won't show on a urine test. 12. No matter how many books you have, you can't be charged with "intent to distribute." 13. Books don't have negative interactions. You never have to worry about what's going to happen if you mix two or more books. 14. Courtroom and hospital stories are always more fun and exciting to read about than to be in. 15. When you expand your mind with books it stays expanded. 16. If you sneeze, you won't blow your expensive books all over the floor. 17. Books don't make your nose run. 18. If you miss reading one day, you won't go into painful withdrawal. (As quoted in the Friends of Libraries U.S.A. National Notebook, Fall 199 See you on Wednesday, November 25th at 7:00 p.m. Tony Scammell Editor