in your present lifetime, if you want the da vinci code, move out of denver

Denver Public — probably my favorite Big Beautiful Library besides Vancover — is asking the mayor to form a special tax district to keep the library regularly funded.

“If you want to read ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in your lifetime, the Denver Public Library is probably not a good bet for you,” [city librarian] Ashton said. That’s because there are still more than 800 names on the waiting list for the recent best-selling novel