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.

  • Textbook case of discipline viewed with praise, criticism

    Southpinellas: Textbook case of discipline viewed with praise, criticism At Fairmount Park on March 14, the girl swung several times at assistant principal Nicole Dibenedetto and teacher Patti Tsaousis. She created a mess wherever she went and generally refused to cooperate. She eventually was handcuffed by St. Petersburg police, who were called to the school.…

  • More pope thoughts

    The Rude Pundit has some really good commentary on the election of the new pope, and how it will further the seperation between Roman Catholicism and American Catholicism. Funny as always, but a bit more restrianed than usual. Also, Father L, president of SCU, emailed campus yesterday saying that they were going to have a…

  • Classic DOOL

    Heard on Days of Our Lives just now: “This is about me proposing to Chloe’s ashes at the memorial isn’t it?” Folks, this is why I watch this show. It doesn’t get funnier than that.

  • Like a little Chili to go with that finger?

    LOCAL 8 :: KFMB Stations, San Diego, California Investigators have acknowledged they’ve searched the home of the woman who said she found part of a finger in chili she bought at Wendy’s. San Jose police say they carried out the seach of the Las Vegas home of Anna Ayala with the help of local authorities.…

  • More on my monkey header

    Well, I dug out the book that I was talking about, “Big Secrets” by William Poundstone, as promised. According to this book, the monkey image is taken from The Children’s Apperception Test (CAT). Children are supposed to make up a story to go with the picture. The stories that the children make up help the…