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Remember when we were young and in school, and how they told us about how the future was likely to be? Space-age automobiles and the productivity of the computer age are two things that spring to mind.

Ha! Instead of sleek looking cars that look like they were invented on Mars, we end up with things like the Pontiac Aztek and the evil Hummer. And the productivity of the computer age and the paperless office? We generate more paper than ever – almost none of it recycled – and instead of laying about with our legs in states of atrophy while computers do our work for us, we’re sitting about in cubicles with our legs in states of atrophy as we put in more hours than ever, with no real sense of what we’re doing nor why.

And, as I sit here procrastinating over my homework once again, I have found yet another way of wasting time “being productive”. I’ve found another website – this one where one can register the books in one’s library and then meet other people with similar – or dissimilar – reading interests, read their reviews, uncover the anxieties hidden within their titles, and undoubtedly follow their profile link to ‘WhyILoveJesus.com” or ratemygenitals.com‘.

Anyway, it’s called LibraryThing.com Check it out – but keep an eye on the time.