I completely empathize man; I'm a bibliophile. Knowledge is empowering, and there's no greater feeling of empowerment for inquisitive people than acquiring new knowledge, imo. My only trouble is that I have a tendency to read only the "interesting" parts of a book. I actually very rarely read a book front->back, but then again, a lot of technical books have chapters better suited for a JITKA (JIT knowledge acquisition) reference.