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| - I may have finally found some answers, but they involve a couple of big changes.
I love the library. Their books promise the answers to anything and everything, or a diversion or escape if we don't find the answer we're looking for.
Plus, I recently found out my favorite library in Vegas was/ is the destination of a nation- dare I type- worldwide treasure hunt. Pretty Indiana Jones, huh? Reminds me of an actual private investigator I met when I worked at Motown Cafe.
I love the hallway where they have jsut about every reoccurring free publication, that's worth a trip alone.
When I was in school, I worked at a library for a time. I discovered there were certain books that could not be replaced, even with a "newer" version. And these books were rarely used, let alone checked out.
Before I discovered the advantage of tucking an emergency $20 in my wardrobe (that's a secret where), I used to hide emergency money in one of these books. And I even got movie archaeologist about it, using connections with my numerical birthdate and initials as clues.
So, for a time, I hid emergency money in the Flamingo library and a couple of others around town. If I somehow lost my keys and wallet (I've been to a few First Fridays), I considered this an elaborate backup.
Not that people would make a connection, I only told a couple of people about this until now. And it's because I have since cleared my emergency money out of the libraries I used. A rainy day came up. And I'm not able to "replenish" them for the time being.
I had a few favorite sections, like Vegas books, mostly non fiction. Books by stand up comedians, job searching.
The computer lab is large and cool, I used it many times when I had problems with my home account. Once I even had to cancel for awhile when finances were dire.
They also have authors do presentations. It's great to meet local writers that have been published.
This is the mother of all libraries in Vegas, probably the largest selection of any library I've had a card for, which is about 3 for a dozen subsequent locations. and everything's with a quickness and even self service with the bar coded materials.
One of the big changes I decided to make was to focus on one city- uh, general expanded area- in my writings here. Guess which city won?
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