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Saturday, 5th of September, 2009 2:23 pm UTC

To the Library Mobile!

Atomic turbines to power! Reading lamps switched on!

Well, no, it was a nice day so I walked to the library. It's just down the street and around the corner, past some houses and churches and a meat market.

It was my first real visit to the local library with my brand new library card, and I was impressed. They had a very smart collection for a small town library, probably a better range of material per square foot than the Mesquite library that I'm used to.

I had to pass by many things to prevent myself from winding up with a stack of books too big to carry home. I got a book on home networking from The Missing Manual series just in case we have trouble when the ethernet cable gets here. I have to admit I couldn't find much that was helpful in the arts. I picked up a thin book of suggested manga techniques. I also picked up a couple of mangas for inspiration... an early Dragon Ball volume, when the series was cute, and some Cowboy Bebop. Next time I should expose myself to more unfamiliar series (to me), like Naruto and Bleach. Last I looked, the Mesquite library was really bulking up on manga. Must be a library trend.

The DVD selection was great, too. The Mesquite library jams a small selection into a tiny space that a dozen people want to look at all at the same time. This library has a better selection, spread out better in lower shelves, and it doesn't seem to be the sole focal point of every visitor. Most of the people at this library were looking at -- believe it or not -- books!

I also seem to be the only library patron not toting around a laptop. Ben Franklin invented laptops, didn't he? I remember the old cast iron Franklin Laptop.