this made me recall a fable about jesus and room full of file cards - it was ez to find a version in the webs - there are many - here is the 1st para. of one plus a link to read - i remember feeling the story was a threat of punishment and humiliation
was i right?
THE ROOM
Somewhere in that place just before dawn, between sleep and consciousness, where reality fades and dreams become reality, I found myself in a strange and bizarre room. Most of the features of the room have now dimmed from my memory, but blazed forever upon my soul is the wall that was covered with rows of card files, like those used in public libraries. But no library ever saw such an expanse of files. library card filing cabinet They stretched hundreds of feet in both directions, disappearing at each end of the wall into a dark mist. Faintly through the edge of the mist I could see other files without drawers, standing empty, as if waiting to be filled……
http://www.clarion-call.org/prose/room.htm