Adult Videos at the Library?!?

I've been slacking a bit on the blog front recently, but I do have an excuse. Our cable went kaput the other day, meaning we have no Internet access at home. It's been a long time since I have not had access to the Web at home. We had Internet access when I was living at 1303 East Hennepin, which means it has been about nine years since I've been without access to the Web. It's totally crazy how dependent I've become. The last few days have been so strange- no fantasy baseball, bank account access, weather forecasts, blogging, email, news...thank goodness I have access at work, otherwise I may have gone off the deep end. It makes me think that I might need to "cleanse" myself, and go a week or two without online access. I feel like an addict right now.

So, a guy walked up to the reference desk yesterday, and asked who is in charge of purchasing for the library system. I gave him a contact number. Turns out he's producing a how-to drywall DVD, and wants to market to libraries. Then he asked if there's a way to see what the library already owns on the subject. I brought up the library catalog, and showed him a list of videos about drywalling. One children's VHS showed up, and two adult videos.

He said, "the library has x-rated videos?" (I detected a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.)

"No- those videos are intended for an adult audience, as opposed to the childrens' videos."

This experience made me realize that there may be a market for porn involving drywalling...