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: quotes

  • Go Harry!

    This is an excellent statement given by Harry Reid for the Center for American Progress. I especially liked this quote: I was reminded of another lesson from college, this one taken from George Orwell and his book, 1984. In that book, Orwell spoke of “doublespeak” – naming something just the opposite, in order to cover…

  • Overheard

    Here are a couple of comments I overheard in the Children’s area of the library last week: Girl walks up to dad and says, “Dad, there’s a book I want to check out, is that okay?” Dad: “What’s the name of it?” Girl says the name but all I remember is that it has “Salem”…

  • The Library Lady

    Yesterday I was rushing through the bus station to catch my connection and I saw a group of preschool kids in a row that I thought might be a group that comes to my story time at the library. As I was rushing past them I heard, “Hey, I think that’s the library lady..Is that…

  • great quote

    This was the quote of the day on my Google homepage: There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Brilliant.

  • They are subversive

    Deroy Murdock on Patriot Act on National Review Online These dangerously naive or clandestinely seditious librarians are beyond foolish. They potentially jeopardize the lives of American citizens. This pisses me off. This pisses me off beyond belief. Listen, Dickwad, it’s librarians who are protecting your right to privacy! Bush certainly doesn’t give a rat’s ass…