"reading room" now officially an ANACHRONISM

I'm chillin right now in one of my fave workplaces: The CEntral Public Library "Reading Room." By fave I mean it has some good quality's but by no means perfect. Contrary to the name it is not quiet and almost no one is reading a book. There is a lot of laptops, conversations (cell phoney and otherwise), and youtubes. kind of sad if you are the SENTIMENTAL QUIET TYPE... Maybe its because Seattle is a new town without the grand traditions of an NYC library or a Parisian biblioteca. But maybe it is the same there now too???????????????kojak