Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Month: May 2005

  • Nancy Grace?

    VIEW / Guilty or not, here she comes — Nancy Grace brings mob justice to CNN if one looks at every page of every transcript since “Nancy Grace” debuted three months ago, the program more closely resembles a torch-bearing mob than the “legal issues” show that CNN promised. Grace has created her own parallel universe…

  • Friday Random 10

    I LOVE this idea! I discovered it via The Tattered Coat. Here are the rules, according to Feministe (whom Matt from Tattered Coat pointed to): You know the deal: If it’s Friday somewhere, it’s time for the Friday Random Ten. Upload your mp3s, set to random, list the first ten that play. I think it’s…

  • Thoughts on Time’s letters.

    I was up in the lunchroom today reading the May 16th edition of Time Magazine. I didn’t get any further than the letters to the Editor, which were devoted to the dichotomy between those against the Coulter cover story and those who loved it. The letters were arranged so that every other one would be…

  • Now I know what inspired The Birds

    Did you know that Hitchcock had a home in Scotts Valley? It’s true. Scotts Valley is a mere hop away from Santa Cruz and the Coast. Apparently he was very fond of his second home here. I say this because I am convinced, since he lived in the area, that his movie, The Birds, had…

  • The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens

    After visiting Daffodil Lane, I just realized that today, May 18th, is the 25 anniversary of the explosion of Mt. St. Helens. This is significant to me because I am from Washington State and I experienced some of the devestation (on a comparably small scale) first hand. I was eleven years old when this happened…