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.

Tag: Current Events

  • Current Event Wednesday. Scratching head.

    Okay. So I’ve been looking over today’s headlines to find something to post about and I got stuck. I got stuck because this article is one of the top U.S. headlines on CNN.com at the moment: Tired of slights, embarrassment, man sheds 87 pounds Tim Welch was never the kind of guy who worried about…

  • The Book Thief

    I just finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Wow. I am really kind of blown away by it. It’s truly an amazing book. Superbly written. There are some beautiful lines and phrases in this story. It’s a little long but well worth the read. Oh and the Characterization is great, too. It’s narrated…

  • What do we do?

    I just got a really disturbing comment on my blog on this post (about Global Warming). Well, of course the climate is changing. It’s called nature. There are changes in the climate ALL the time. Ice age, melt down. Anyway, I don’t deny the events happening in our world but I don’t think it’s caused…

  • Are you kidding me?!?

    A major bridge collapses in a major metropolitan city and our President plays the “blame game” during his speech? Did you listen to that tripe? As soon as I can find it online I will link to the speech. It’s utterly disgusting, the way he politicized the situation. grrrr….. Update: I’m kind of annoyed. I…

  • I hate to say it

    I can’t believe I’m admitting this, but I kind of feel sorry for Paris. Crying out for her mother when she was ordered back to jail, Paris Hilton‘s cool, glamorous image evaporated Friday as she gave the impression of a little girl lost in a merciless legal system. “It’s not right!” shouted the weeping Hilton.…