Josh! Steve! You've been challenged! - Jenica from Bookmarklet

Pass the butter, Dorothea. - Jason Griffey from twhirl

Oh my god, what have I done. - John Dupuis

WTF? Looks like I have some catching up to do... - Your Neighbor Steve

When I first saw Jenica's comment above I thought Megadeth was calling us out. Glad to see she was looking for us to get inspired instead. I left a comment on the blog. Personally, I'm not a futurist. I don't find it that interesting. But what should the LSW do? A blog post on thelsw.org asking for "provocative statements?" Ooh, how about "deadly obvious statements?" "Libraries will probably still have a lot of books in five years because ARL will still rank libraries based on number of volumes held." - Your Neighbor Steve

How about, "In five years...ARL will rank libraries based on the number of librarians fired." - John Dupuis

"In five years...there will still be people bitching about policy changes made five years ago today." - Your Neighbor Steve

"In five years...librarians will find cats fascinating and amusing, if not a higher form of life." - Your Neighbor Steve

also lol John. - Your Neighbor Steve

"in five years .... it will still be true that ILL is awesome, but also that you can't lend anything if you're not buying anything." - Jenica

Chris, Jenica, Dorothea, John: OK if I republish your stuff here in a "deadly opbvious statements" post on my blog? - Your Neighbor Steve

Fine by me. - John Dupuis

*sits next to Griffey & Dorothea, offers kettle corn* - Laura H.

+1 for Chris Z - Christina Pikas

Steve, have at it. - Jenica

LSW had at the statements in early March, see http://friendfeed.com/e... - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

Thanks for your permission to republish, but in light of subsequent events, I decided to take it a different direction: http://stevelawson.name/seealso... - Your Neighbor Steve

Thanks, guys. - Your Neighbor Steve

NICELY done. - Jenica

Is it just me or is the name 'Taiga' hilariously funny? Try a search of friendfeed at large for 'Taiga' :: http://friendfeed.com/search... (and scroll below the recent posts on this teacup tempest) - awd

Taiga is the main character in the anime "Toradora!" which just finished. It's great. :) - Kårín Dalzĭel

PS, don't judge the show by the fanart, which is often.... um.... disturbing. - Kårín Dalzĭel

Nobody mentioned anything about "chocolate librarians" being a major position in five years. - The Ghost of Library Past