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.

Category: Random

Just random crap. Foolish gibberish.

  • Don’t believe it

      When the president shows up in New Orleans a year later, hugging Mayor Nagin, who publically cried and demanded that the federal government “get their asses down here” to help, don’t believe it. When some rich guy drives a fake FEMA truck to D.C. saying that he “wants Bush to be president four more…

  • Social Networking software @ libraries

    It’s unfortunate that  congress passed “The Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)” (don’t you love the names of these bills?). Unfortunate because it does not allow children to access websites that utilize social networking web technology. Yes these sites include websites like My Space. BUT other very useful websites utilize this technology, as well. Amazon.com is one…

  • Jim West dies

    I was really shocked to read this post at Blogging Spokane. I did a little Google search and found some news articles about it: The Bellingham Herald | news | | Former Spokane mayor Jim West dies Former Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay-rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay…

  • Oh. It’s the WSJ Editorial Page.

    This article made me very mad this week. The author of the editorial slams children’s librarians for not offering the “classics” of children’s literature on their reading lists. He says that we are doing a disservice to children by pointing them to the “formula fiction.” Why not assign books that ask students to use their…

  • The Hollywood Librarian

    There is a new documentary coming out about librarians! The Hollywood Librarian: Librarians in Cinema and Society, now in production, will be the first full-length film to focus on the work and lives of librarians in the entertaining and appealing context of American movies. Fascinating! I can’t wait to see it! Read all about it…