Dewey Decimal System

Remember the good old days, before the internet, when you depended on the library as your source for outside knowledge? I remember evenings at the Blackfoot Lucy Boyle Public Library working on projects for school or prepping for debate tournaments (I was a debate geek, okay. . .what of it? Kimmy was in the marching band for a year). Well, I hate to be the one to break the news to everyone, but those days are OVER. I came to this realization today when I stopped into the old Harold B. Lee Library for a few minutes. The wooden drawers with hand-typed manilla cards have been replaced by flat screened computer monitors and a massive database that changes by the minute. At first, I thought that this was pretty cool, but quickly realized that my kids are never going to know the finer points of the Dewey Decimal System. TRAVESTY. I swear that our elementary school librarian, Mrs. McDaniel. . .who, incidentally had big boobs and even bigger hair, spent hours trying to teach us the ins and outs of this brilliant cataloging system. What's she doing now? I bet she has been replace by a Dell and spends her afternoons cataloging her stuffed cat collection. Poor thing. Don't worry--I'm contacting the Library of Congress tomorrow. . .I bet they're still in contact with Dewey and between the two of us, we'll get things all straightened out. Mrs. McDaniel. . . .just hold on--help is a comin.'