Coolest Book In The World #186; "Free For All" Don Borchert

Things I learned about libraries from reading Dan Borchert's, "Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks And Gangstas In The Public Library":

~Librarians sometimes use the "F" word.
   (Especially librarians who write books)

~ If you are looking for a sex toy, you can order    one from an adult website, shop at
   Waterbeds And Stuff or check your local
   library's book drop.

~In addition to checking out books, using computers and doing research, the library is also a great place to stash your drugs.

~Some librarians have a sense of humor.

~This ain't your daddy's library.

When I was a kid, librarians were either older females or, shall we say, not very masculine men. Quite a few, male and female, wore glasses with a chain attached, were obsessed with silence and, so it seemed to the seven year old me, hated little kids.

I remember asking grown ups (ie. giant people who wore funny clothes, smelled weird and hated fun) why you had to be quiet in the library? "Because people are studying" was the impatient answer. I thought this odd because the only things my friends and I ever studied in the library were back copies of The National Geographic and it's hard to keep quite when your staring at some of those.

I don't think anybody is quiet in a library anymore. And according to Dan Borchert it's because the modern day library is part day care center, homeless shelter and halfway house. Checkout this book, you will never look at a librarian the same way again.

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