I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.

Instead Paula Poundstone continued as a comedian and began appearing on several talk shows. Poundstone stated her asexuality in an interview with the Dallas Voice in June 2007 saying "I'm totally an asexual human being. Poundstone currently works as a panelist on the radio news quiz show Wait Wait.