I went to a place called the “city library” and found an amazing treasure trove of books, dvds, magazines, journals, internet and other stuff for FREE!  Since I’m now unemployed and preserving all cash possible, I decided to go with the kids to the library.  Actually, my wife suggested I take them to the library to return some books they had borrowed a few weeks ago.

I was actually amazed at how clean and friendly the place was for a government run facility.   The only thing missing were coffee machines and it would have been as nice as Barnes and Noble.   The last time I used a public library was in college and I still have bad memories of the cheezy 70′s furniture (note I was in college in the 90s), the bad smell from all the grad students who slept in the library, and the antiquated books and journals in the building.

The library is only about 1/2 a mile from my house but I wish more libraries were as clean and friendly as this one.  I’ll be hanging out there more often and might explore some other libraries in the future.