02.27.08
The Library
I went to the library today to pick up a couple of books for the weekend. I’m about to finish the book I’m currently reading, Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles
I walk in, pick out a couple of books, and head to the check out counter. As I’m waiting patiently to check out, a cell phone goes off very loudly. I didn’t have a problem with the fact that the phone rang, stuff happens and people forget to turn their phones off. I’ve forgotten before myself. I can but I DO have a problem with the fact that the woman ANSWERED the phone and proceeded to talk on the phone for several minutes, all the while telling the person on the other end that she was in the library, and she had to get off the phone. SO WHY DID YOU ANSWER YOUR PHONE IN THE FIRST PLACE??! Duh. Turn the ringer off or take the phone outside, but don’t answer the phone in an area that is specifically off-limits. Sheesh!
One of the things I love about a library is the quiet that allows time to stand still for a while, while you are picking out your next ticket to another world. We did fine without phones in libraries before… ugh. Nothing is sacred.
On a happier note, I’ve gotten a good bit of reading done in the last couple of months:
- The Sugar Camp Quilt
- Atonement: A Novel
- The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
- The Birth House
- Ptolemy’s Gate (Bartimaeus Trilogy - Book 3)
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