Ahh the Library. I've been a bibliophile since I was a small child so to me the library is a sacred place. It is a temple where great sages, theologians, philosophers, scientists, writers, poets, engineers, historians, artists, statesmen, generals, even saints, humorists, villains, shamans, and magicians of ages past can speak to us in the here and now. Even the humblest library is a potential treasure trove of spiritual, religious, and economic wealth and the nearest thing to magic I have ever seen. A state that does not support its own libraries can scarcely be considered, in my opinion, part of the civilized world. Indeed, the creation and the destruction of a civilized nation's libraries can be considered the bookends marking its ultimate beginning and end. Now days, a library with Internet access can far exceed its past potential. It is no great stretch of imagination to see men, women and children reading books or computer sites and wondering what earthshaking knowledge they might exploit. Likewise, it saddens me to often see homeless people snoozing in the library while keys to comfort, wisdom, and even wealth lie at their fingertips. After all, the Bible was translated at the Library of Alexandria; Karl Marx wrote his books based on research in the British Imperial Library.
Oh yeah, you can get all the back X-Files episodes on DVD at most good libraries.
