Paperless?

Some years back, I heard a priceless saying: We're as apt to have a paperless office as we are to have a paperless bathroom.

No matter how the publishing industry changes, I can't believe "real" books will ever go away, even if the general public goes for the technologically enhanced versions like hogs after slop.

Over the years, I've heard older folks talk about the effectiveness of radio drama because the listeners had to put the pieces together in their heads to visualize what was actually taking place. And don't "real" books make the reader do the same thing, but in a more refined way?

I believe there'll always be some of us around who don't want to be spoonfed slop. (Now how would you present that image visually on a multi-media device?) Let us have it on paper where we can read the first page, recognize it as slop, and put it back on the shelf.

Long may we read--really read!