Listening

This was an interesting take on the use of downloadable audio books (NetLibrary offers downloadable titles through some libraries)- they are not limited to your teenagers:

"Ninety percent of the people over there are listening to music, head banging, and I'm over there listening to Shelby Foote," Jim Burgin, 67 told the Tennessean in an article about the increasing popularity among seniors of downloadable audiobooks.

"It has really gone gangbusters," said Pat Thompson, special projects coordinator for the Tennessee State Library and Archives. "In library service we never know what population is going to take hold. It was an interesting anecdotal discovery to find many elderly people, or people who are a little older, were taking advantage of this program."

While you're on the road check out your local Cracker Barrel for audio books (and of course your local public library may have audio books that can be borrowed for free)---