<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Life, the Obstacle Course]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[taurusingemini]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com/author/taurusingemini/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Air, My&nbsp;Friend]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">A possible explanation of why people don’t read as much books as they used to, perhaps??? The column by Jimi Liao, translated by me…</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>If books are like gourmet foods</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>then maybe, they won’t be unmarketable</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>But, they would need to go through the serious sanitary checks</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>and get all their expiration dates ascertained</em></p>
<p><a href="https://pgw.udn.com.tw/gw/photo.php?u=https://uc.udn.com.tw/photo/2018/03/31/99/4616435.jpg&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sw=0&amp;sh=0&amp;exp=3600"><img title="" src="https://pgw.udn.com.tw/gw/photo.php?u=https://uc.udn.com.tw/photo/2018/03/31/99/4616435.jpg&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;sw=0&amp;sh=0&amp;exp=3600" alt="" /></a>the artwork of <em>Jimi Liao, </em>from UDN.com&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">And so, that, is from a kid’s perspective, perhaps, s/he is having troubles, comprehending, why books are no longer that popular, it’s because of the internet, and how people are now, getting more used to reading things from online, but I still prefer books, with the bindings, the covers, front to back, they feel more, substantial to me…</p>
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