Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Bill Barich

Born: August 23, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Bill Barich is an American writer. He grew up on Long Island and graduated from Colgate University in 1965. Subsequently, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps in eastern Nigeria, then settled in northern California where many of his books are set.
Known for:
- Laughing in the hills (1980)
- Big Dreams (1994)
- Hard to Be Good (1987)