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Finally listening to the 64 voice mails on my home answering machine. A few are from the pest control company, a couple from the pharmacy. The vast majority, though, are from the scammers... "Hello? Are you there?" over and over and over again, different numbers, different voices, same scam.
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Finally listening to the 64 voice mails on my home answering machine. A few are from the pest control company, a couple from the pharmacy. The vast majority, though, are from the scammers... "Hello? Are you there?" over and over and over again, different numbers, different voices, same scam.
I'm a (private) school librarian. Recently, a preschool class began coming once a week for story time. I now have rock star status! These littles gaze with awe, wave wildly & giggle, and fling themselves at me wantonly for hugs. What a wild effect, just from taking 10 minutes to read them a story.
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm a (private) school librarian. Recently, a preschool class began coming once a week for story time. I now have rock star status! These littles gaze with awe, wave wildly & giggle, and fling themselves at me wantonly for hugs. What a wild effect, just from taking 10 minutes to read them a story.
Oh, the irony
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afrikaner refugees: Kenyans found illegally working at US asylum claim centre in South Africa
The seven Kenyans had previously been denied working visas and will now be deported, South Africa says.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh, the irony
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At a time when it's so important to seek out reliable news, it's frustrating that reliable online news sources charge to read their articles. I prefer to check multiple outlets over the course of a week or so, but it's getting harder to do that with all the paywalls.
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
At a time when it's so important to seek out reliable news, it's frustrating that reliable online news sources charge to read their articles. I prefer to check multiple outlets over the course of a week or so, but it's getting harder to do that with all the paywalls.
My metallic green bees are back in the garden. They are so pretty!
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My metallic green bees are back in the garden. They are so pretty!
Attending the FAME Conference is so inspirational. There are always so many ideas to bring back and implement in my library, and this year my students are super excited that I get to meet one of their favorite authors! Keep 'em reading!
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Attending the FAME Conference is so inspirational. There are always so many ideas to bring back and implement in my library, and this year my students are super excited that I get to meet one of their favorite authors! Keep 'em reading!
Just for fun, someone should compile an anthology of "historical" articles about the current US govnt written from the perspective of 50 or 100 years in the future. A whole new sub-genre of sci-fi could evolve.
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just for fun, someone should compile an anthology of "historical" articles about the current US govnt written from the perspective of 50 or 100 years in the future. A whole new sub-genre of sci-fi could evolve.
If FL is intent on giving parents rights to everything from educating to vaccinating their children, at least start requiring couples to go through the education, training, and certification processes that their current teachers and doctors have. Otherwise, they can't even make informed decisions.
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If FL is intent on giving parents rights to everything from educating to vaccinating their children, at least start requiring couples to go through the education, training, and certification processes that their current teachers and doctors have. Otherwise, they can't even make informed decisions.
A friend of mine will be traveling and wanted to get a COVID vaccine before she left, since 2 people we know have had it in the past couple weeks. New rules - now she can't get one. We are no longer allowed the option of getting vaccinated if we choose to.
August 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A friend of mine will be traveling and wanted to get a COVID vaccine before she left, since 2 people we know have had it in the past couple weeks. New rules - now she can't get one. We are no longer allowed the option of getting vaccinated if we choose to.
I've realized I'm hooked. I'd no sooner completed the Mt. Ranier 1/2 marathon when I was already looking for the next one. Booked for the Rocky Mt. 1/2 next summer. Can't wait for that next dopamine hit!
#vacationraces
#vacationraces
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've realized I'm hooked. I'd no sooner completed the Mt. Ranier 1/2 marathon when I was already looking for the next one. Booked for the Rocky Mt. 1/2 next summer. Can't wait for that next dopamine hit!
#vacationraces
#vacationraces
I think the Sahara dust cloud is blocking internet satellites...
June 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think the Sahara dust cloud is blocking internet satellites...
I have an idea for cutting federal waste - how about we stop paying our congressional senators and representatives? They aren't doing their jobs appropriating federal funds; they've relinquished that to presidential executive order.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I have an idea for cutting federal waste - how about we stop paying our congressional senators and representatives? They aren't doing their jobs appropriating federal funds; they've relinquished that to presidential executive order.
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In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.
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When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb
April 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb
Why does he have this much power? To single-handedly crash the world's stock markets and have 50+ world leaders on his doorstep to negotiate? No one man was ever intended to wield so much power in the US. And yet he says he has no bargaining leverage with El Salvador.
April 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Why does he have this much power? To single-handedly crash the world's stock markets and have 50+ world leaders on his doorstep to negotiate? No one man was ever intended to wield so much power in the US. And yet he says he has no bargaining leverage with El Salvador.
A little gift for Librarians Day ❤️
April 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A little gift for Librarians Day ❤️
There's irony to the fact that the President got elected on hopes of bettering the economy, only to completely tank the world economy. He's running it like a business, folks. Oh, right, he bankrupted more than one of his businesses.
April 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's irony to the fact that the President got elected on hopes of bettering the economy, only to completely tank the world economy. He's running it like a business, folks. Oh, right, he bankrupted more than one of his businesses.
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
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Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.
April 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.
As a nation, why are we not objecting as vociferously to the curtailment of our first amendment rights as we do to potential second amendment limits??? We should be just as loud and mad!
March 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As a nation, why are we not objecting as vociferously to the curtailment of our first amendment rights as we do to potential second amendment limits??? We should be just as loud and mad!
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Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.
Wonder if there will be tariffs on these imports? Also, didn't DOGE make cuts to USDA? www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.usda.gov
www.usda.gov
US to import eggs from Turkey and South Korea to ease prices
A bird flu epidemic has caused egg prices to soar, and projections show they could rise by 41 percent this year.
www.bbc.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Wonder if there will be tariffs on these imports? Also, didn't DOGE make cuts to USDA? www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.usda.gov
www.usda.gov
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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this is going on at the same time. Where are they headed with this?
www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/3/sen-r...
this is going on at the same time. Where are they headed with this?
www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/3/sen-r...
Sen. Rick Scott Joins Sens. Kennedy and Schmitt to Introduce Bill to Teach Students the Dangers of Communism
www.rickscott.senate.gov
March 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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this is going on at the same time. Where are they headed with this?
www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/3/sen-r...
this is going on at the same time. Where are they headed with this?
www.rickscott.senate.gov/2025/3/sen-r...