Books
Today's NY Times made reference to a story in Politico about a company that sells books by the foot or yard. This company will put together a nice library based on color of books, subject, size etc. and ship it to you lock, stock and barrel. Originally a company built around providing walls of books for show houses or hotel lobbies, the company has exploded some 40% since the pandemic started. Why? Because people want good backgrounds - wait for it - for their zoom calls. Yea. Zoom calls. We've all seen the backgrounds of the talking heads on tv. Usually they have libraries behind them. If they've written a book, there might be multiple copies visible; at least one of them stands upright with the cover facing the camera. I thought those were real libraries. Turns out they might be rent-a-libraries according to this company. Really. People are buying whole libraries just to look good on zoom. 2020, we love ya... The story got me think...