Today I am well into a large project to reduce the number of dust-catchers in the house: I am going through our very large collection of CDs one by one, and adding those that haven't been to our iTunes library. Although we have been using iTunes for the better part of seven years now -- how time flies! -- only about half the CDs have been ripped. This would not be a problem (like it's a problem ...), except we are now confirmed iPod users, and whatever isn't on iTunes doesn't get heard.

Besides, we have so many CDs that the collection is only genuinely accessible when packed into an MP3 player. Otherwise, we are tripping over the things, and they spread all over every piece of furniture.

Kinda like the books, which are another issue. Unlike the content of the CDs, most of our books have no electronic delivery system, so they get the shelf space.

Because I'm not acquiring any more bookcases. Really, I'm not.