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

  • Plinky Prompt: My last memorable Dream

    Plinky asks about my dreams. I had weird dreams on Saturday night. Very weird dreams, and lots of them. The one that really got to me was the one where the murdered girl appeared on my doorstep. There was a young woman who went missing last week the city down the highway from me. The…

  • On Planned Parenthood

    The Susan J. Komen foundation pulled its Planned Parenthood funding earlier this week (as I’m sure everyone reading this knows by now) and I am upset. Unfortunately, the controversy has turned to the fact that Planned Parenthood provides abortions to patients and away from the fact that they also provide breast exams to patients. Patients who…

  • Stop SOPA

    Stop SOPA

    More info here.

  • What’s Going On

    I forgot that I used to comment on current events. I miss doing that.  Perhaps I’ll start this up again. Starting today. Violence against The PEACEFUL Occupy Oakland protesters last week really REALLY pissed me off. An Iraq War veteran, Scott Olsen was critically injured when a police projectile hit him in the head. Video…

  • Here’s to the crazy ones.

    Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t…