On 10/5/2012 6:29 PM, Francis A. Miniter wrote:

No, alcohol and books do not belong together any more than drinking and
driving. Libraries should stick to their mylar book covers as cobblers
should stick to their lasts.

Seconded.
Our little grey cells seek out both books and booze for stimulation,
but of different types, and saturation by either precludes the other.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)