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.

Year: 2005

  • Collector

    One of my knitbloging pals, Lolly, asked on her blog what kinds of things people collect. While her collection of pomegranates is far more interesting, I thought I would share something I’ve been collecting recently, since I began working as a Children’s librarian. In the few months I’ve worked at SPL I’ve discovered some children’s…

  • The man makes me mad

    CNN.com – Bush takes on critics of Iraq war – Nov 11, 2005 I am so sick of Bush’s lies! this quote, the first paragraph of the story had me just incensed: “While it’s perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of…

  • lullabies to paralyze

    I downloaded Queens of the Stone Age’s Lullabies to Paralyze today and am thoroughly enjoying it. My favorite song on the album is “Burn the witch.” Speaking if iTunes, it looks like you can now download music videos. I’ve already downloaded one of my favorties: Fatboy Slim’s Weapon of Choice. Not a super-big fan of…

  • sick again

    I’m sick again! Damn it! I thought maybe I had some sort of sinus infection so I went to the doctor on Friday. I don’t. It’s some sort of virus. So I’ve got to just let it run it’s course. I guess I just caught another cold. This is starting to piss me off. I…

  • Holy Crap! Is this for real?

    I was surfing Amazon for some children’s picture books to add to my collection and I happened upon this title. Whaaaa? I am rendered speechless. It’s bad enough that we have the brainwashed, kool-aid drinking adults, now they are trying to brainwash our kids? For the record, I would never, ever read an anti- conservative…