Ed Weninger died, and left his books to the library. There were 107 books about vitamins, food additives, cooking without additives, cooking with stevia. There were 410 books about investing (Investing for a profit, How to profit in the coming bad times, how to get rich in real estate, how to beat the stcck market averages, unimproved land speculation). There were 300 books on prolonging life (The Time-Life Series of Life, Living Forever, How to Avoid Hypertension, Your Blood Pressure). And there were 100 or so books on abstract issues (Christianity as a Worldwide Religion, the Encyclopedia of the Occult: a 20 volume set, including witchcraft, UFOs, and Egyptian alchemy). We sorted through them, shelved them for the sale, and thought about Ed (whom we never met, but who reportedly was a nice guy).
Then we came across three books on winning community elections and one on staying elected, plus duplicate copies of The Blood of Turin and The Power of Positive Thinking.
Ed may or may not have died rich, but eventually he went to the library in the sky, leaving his purchases for other minds to ponder. Better than if all he left behind was a stack of dusty textbooks, unopened since high school.
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