Libraries are the torch of the world

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I know I have been remiss in my blogging lately. It has been like some writing zombie video game—"Night of the Living Deadlines"—in which I put down one only to have another shamble in to take its place while my pals, "Shaun of the Dead" styles—shout out "Oy! 2:00! Short story! Short story!" "Look to your left—novel! Very late...