Blatherskite

Foolish gibberish

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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.

Category: Random

Just random crap. Foolish gibberish.

  • on censorship

    “There is more than one way to burn a book. And everyone is running around with lit matches.” – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

  • Koan

    A student asks the Zen Master, “Teacher, what is the ego?” The Zen Master answers, “That’s a stupid question.”    

  • Make a list of movies you believe everyone should see at least once.

    This is a fun Plinky prompt! And a hard one to answer.  Here are a few that pop into my head: 1. Vertigo. One of the best films ever made. Seriously. 2. Rear Window. Another one of the best films ever made. Actually anything by Hitchcock is the best film ever made. 3. Smoke. This one…

  • I am donating these books to the OWS People’s Library

    I felt moved to donate books to the OWS library. So I perused my shelves, looking for the right ones. These jumped out at me immediately. What could be more subversive than art, poetry, and writing? And I had to include the ukulele book because it has been established that it is the instrument of…

  • On the Destruction of the OWS Library and The attack on UC Davis students

    A couple of weeks ago I blogged about how stoked I was that libraries are sprouting within the Occupy Movement, most notably, the Occupy Wall Street People’s Library. A couple of days ago the People’s Library was  destroyed by NYC police officers at the order of Mayor Bloomberg. NYC police destroyed a public library. Honestly, I don’t…