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.

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Just random crap. Foolish gibberish.

  • Am I living in the United States?!?

      Yahoo! News – Bush to Back Gay Marriage Ban Amendment I was watching the news this morning, waiting to see what the traffic report was going to be when the morning broadcast was rudely interupted by Mr. Bush. And, man oh man, I couldn’t believe what I heard. He made his official statement about…

  • am I missing something here?

      Yahoo! News – Laura Bush Says Gay Marriage ‘Shocking’ I’m sorry, but I feel like I am totally missing something…..What is the problem with gay marriage?!? Why is it so shocking? Why is it shocking that two people who love each other, who are living together and have been partners for 10, 15, 25,…

  • For Dean bashers

      Op-Ed Columnist: Who’s Nader Now? I am sick of candidate bashing. I was hoping that we could go through this election without seeing too much of it. I’m talking about the bashing of a fellow democrat. It’s totally ridiculous. You are on the same team! Out for the same purpose! Bashing your fellow party…

  • Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection

    I found a really cool website: The Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection . When you go to the site, at first you won’t think much of it. However, when you begin to look at the dates of the photos it becomes clear that this is an important collection of slides. For example, look at this…

  • Holy Blood

    I am reading this book, “Holy Blood, Holy Grail“. The hypothesis of which is that Jesus survived the crucifixtion, and married Mary Magdalene. I began to be intrigued by this idea by reading the popular mystery, “the DaVinci Code“. I have to say, as much as I didn’t really like the DaVinci Code, I am…