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

  • Subpoena Delivered to Schiavo’s Hospice

    Yahoo! News – Subpoena Delivered to Schiavo’s Hospice The Senate Health Committee has requested that Terri Schiavo and her husband, Michael, appear at an official committee hearing on March 28. Earlier Friday, a House committee was issuing congressional subpoenas to stop doctors from disconnecting the tube. Okay, I’m probably going to sound cold-hearted by saying…

  • house and condo prices continue to climb

    MercuryNews.com | 03/17/2005 | Valley house and condo prices continue to climb For all those waiting for a home-price “bubble” to explode: It hasn’t happened yet. The median price of Bay Area houses that sold in February was nearly 20 percent higher than it was a year earlier, reaching a new record of $569,000 paid…

  • Dallas Gunman Kills 3 From Car Sunroof

    Yahoo! News – Dallas Gunman Kills 3 From Car Sunroof A gunman armed with an assault rifle squeezed through the sunroof of a Jaguar early Tuesday and opened fire on another moving vehicle, killing three men and critically wounding a fourth, police said. Alright…I’ve been reading waaay too many stories in the news the past…

  • Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay Marriages

    Yahoo! News – Court Rules California Cannot Ban Gay Marriages In a victory for gay rights groups, a California Superior Court judge ruled on Monday that the state’s voter-approved ban on homosexual marriage is unconstitutional. Thought I’d crawl out of my hole to post this article I just saw on Yahoo News. This is fantastic…

  • U.S. Pushes U.N. on Abortion Declaration

    Yahoo! News – U.S. Pushes U.N. on Abortion Declaration Ten years after the world’s nations pledged to achieve equality for women, a follow-up meeting has become embroiled in controversy over a U.S. demand that its final declaration state that women are not guaranteed the right to abortion. This is infuriating!!! I hope the UN just…