I really have to be careful who I talk to these days. According to some, every industry known to man is on the verge of economic collapse.

"Oh, the book industry is going down the tubes," said a friend. "It's impossible to get anything published, anymore."

Then what is Border's doing? Selling chairs?

Next thing you know, people are going to stop listening to music, eating and wearing clothes. We'll all just breathe the free air in our in the nude as the economy crumbles because people stopped shopping.

Just for today, I can stop listening to negative people.