Governor Strickland has proposed a budget in which Ohio libraries' funding would be cut by half. Many Ohio libraries rely solely on state funding, so this budget would shut down many libraries, and drastically reduce resources for many more.

From the Ohio Governor's Web site, emphasis mine:

Understanding that nothing will ensure Ohio’s future ( Read more... )

So the American Family Association is trying to gather internet signatures on a petition designed to thwart Obama's promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act. I'm sure you're all aware of how I feel about the stupid AFA and its stupid surveys.

Link to the survey, if you're interested. ;)

YES WE DID

( VOTE TOMORROW )

From lady_curmudgeon:

Copy this sentence into your journal if you used to be in a heterosexual marriage but you're not anymore because your marriage was whack, yet even after all that the idea of same-sex marriage being a threat to your whack-ass heterosexual marriage is the biggest bunch of shit you ever heard.YES. Obviously, I am divorced because the gays ( Read more... )

“Hotlink to the song, download it and post it, and otherwise share it. Tell all your friends about it. Put it on your iPod and repeat it, learning all the words. Sing it in the subway…”

Donuts and Bacon: Simply the most joyous song I've heard in a very, very long time.

Lyrics and other info

I haven't been blogging much. Obviously. And it's not that I have nothing to talk about, it's just that I feel like none of it's very interesting to talk about. LJ is all about drama, and I have none. I guess being on an even keel again is good, though. My job is mostly good, with the usual little frustrations that come with librarianship. I'm ( Read more... )

( JUST LOOK AT HIM )

( Opinion (and image) ahead, not entirely SFW )

Five years ago The Terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center...

Eh, you know the story. Anyway, people are still talking about what a horrible tragedy that day was. Well, let's do some math here.

According to this entry on Wikipedia, "2,749 death certificates were filed relating to the WTC attacks, as of February 2005. 13 people died after ( Read more... )