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mangofandangoLibrary stuff:
A cautionary tale about the Patriot Act, in which the FBI asked a library for a list of patrons who had checked out a book on Osama Bin Laden. The librarians said no. (I got this link from librarian.net.)
And this charming article, , about U.S. Rep. Walter Jones' brilliant(ly stupid) idea: he introduced a bill that would create parent advisory boards that would screen books and other materials purchased for school libraries, for appropriateness and so on. The idea is insulting enough (why hire professionals to choose the materials based on professional resources, when you can just let the kids' parents do it?) but the article actually spells it out:
"Librarians for each department make book selections based on current research, said Margaret Waslicki, director. Reviews take place only if someone submits a complaint, she said.
"Before we make any purchases, we look at professional review sources and the number of requests we've received for an item," she said.
Is it even relevant?"
And that litte editorial addition really makes it. "Is it even relevant"?! *headdesk* Now I understand that people don't know why librarians have to go to school, and a lot of people probably think they just select books according to personal taste or astrological signs or something, but still.
I got this link from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s journal, who pointed out the quote about "5-6-7-8-9 year olds" who are, according to Walter Jones, "as innocent as babies". Riiiiight.
Library-related ranting aside, I just watched the season finale of Gilmore Girls. I can't decide whether to be happy or sad! Also, I want to believe that Lorelai meant to ask Luke to marry her, but I suspect that it came out of the moment - he was the only one on her side when she felt abandoned, he was talking like Rory's father, etc. - and I'm worried that it will fall apart before it gets better (because it will, you know, inevitably, get better.) And Rory is killing me here. She's acting incredibly stupid - and I don't mean just about Yale. She's going on the word of one guy, with obvious ulterior motives she refuses to see, and she's crumbling completely because of what he said to her. She doesn't communicate well, doesn't stand up for herself, and I hope she gets some backbone next year. But I still like Logan, I just wish she was able to seperate him from his family.
And I meant to say this about last week's episode: I loved the Star Wars reference in the steam room, with the emperor-I-mean-the-guy-with-the-towel-on-his-head. It was subtle, but spot-on - complete with little finger wave thing at the end of the scene! Yay!
Also, I liked tonight's "Lost". I felt like the characters got a brief moment of true person-dom tonight, maybe because they were all allowed to be people at the same time. I don't know. But I cared when Walt left Vincent behind, and when Shannon was reasonably gracious about it, and I cared when Sun and Jin made up (even though I really didn't expect to at all). When Sawyer told Jack about seeing his father, I said "Hey! Finally! A tiny redeeming action!" For so long the show has expected me to understand that Sawyer is supposed to be the bad-boy-with-a-troubled-past-and-a-heart-of-gold without ever actually seeing, you know, that gold heart thing. So it's a tad too late, I think, but it was better late than never.
Also, Arzt.
I was sure they'd kill him off - he's a character we'd never seen before last week, and suddenly he has a name and everything. So yeah. I'm pretty sure Arzt will die next time. But his ridiculous name will live on forever. Arzt!
A cautionary tale about the Patriot Act, in which the FBI asked a library for a list of patrons who had checked out a book on Osama Bin Laden. The librarians said no. (I got this link from librarian.net.)
And this charming article, , about U.S. Rep. Walter Jones' brilliant(ly stupid) idea: he introduced a bill that would create parent advisory boards that would screen books and other materials purchased for school libraries, for appropriateness and so on. The idea is insulting enough (why hire professionals to choose the materials based on professional resources, when you can just let the kids' parents do it?) but the article actually spells it out:
"Librarians for each department make book selections based on current research, said Margaret Waslicki, director. Reviews take place only if someone submits a complaint, she said.
"Before we make any purchases, we look at professional review sources and the number of requests we've received for an item," she said.
Is it even relevant?"
And that litte editorial addition really makes it. "Is it even relevant"?! *headdesk* Now I understand that people don't know why librarians have to go to school, and a lot of people probably think they just select books according to personal taste or astrological signs or something, but still.
I got this link from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s journal, who pointed out the quote about "5-6-7-8-9 year olds" who are, according to Walter Jones, "as innocent as babies". Riiiiight.
Library-related ranting aside, I just watched the season finale of Gilmore Girls. I can't decide whether to be happy or sad! Also, I want to believe that Lorelai meant to ask Luke to marry her, but I suspect that it came out of the moment - he was the only one on her side when she felt abandoned, he was talking like Rory's father, etc. - and I'm worried that it will fall apart before it gets better (because it will, you know, inevitably, get better.) And Rory is killing me here. She's acting incredibly stupid - and I don't mean just about Yale. She's going on the word of one guy, with obvious ulterior motives she refuses to see, and she's crumbling completely because of what he said to her. She doesn't communicate well, doesn't stand up for herself, and I hope she gets some backbone next year. But I still like Logan, I just wish she was able to seperate him from his family.
And I meant to say this about last week's episode: I loved the Star Wars reference in the steam room, with the emperor-I-mean-the-guy-with-the-towel-on-his-head. It was subtle, but spot-on - complete with little finger wave thing at the end of the scene! Yay!
Also, I liked tonight's "Lost". I felt like the characters got a brief moment of true person-dom tonight, maybe because they were all allowed to be people at the same time. I don't know. But I cared when Walt left Vincent behind, and when Shannon was reasonably gracious about it, and I cared when Sun and Jin made up (even though I really didn't expect to at all). When Sawyer told Jack about seeing his father, I said "Hey! Finally! A tiny redeeming action!" For so long the show has expected me to understand that Sawyer is supposed to be the bad-boy-with-a-troubled-past-and-a-heart-of-gold without ever actually seeing, you know, that gold heart thing. So it's a tad too late, I think, but it was better late than never.
Also, Arzt.
I was sure they'd kill him off - he's a character we'd never seen before last week, and suddenly he has a name and everything. So yeah. I'm pretty sure Arzt will die next time. But his ridiculous name will live on forever. Arzt!
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Date: 2005-05-19 08:13 pm (UTC)but then i guess there wouldn't really be much for the tv shows to be about if they didn't have all this unnecessary conflict ;)
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Date: 2005-05-19 08:31 pm (UTC)But you're right - without all that dumbness, there wouldn't be all this drama. And then we wouldn't be such TV addicts. :)
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Date: 2005-05-20 08:12 am (UTC)