Stress levels dropping

Allow me, if you will, to drive a point home here. If you take your child to a library, there is a chance that they will be exposed to media that is, in your opinion, inappropriate. A sixteen-year old, reading about the history of manga, finds out that there is a section devoted to adult and 18+ material in it. Now, in this situation, there are several options available to a parent that finds out about this. One is to realize that these things do happen, and talk with one's child about the material within if there are any concerns. One can certainly alert the library to the existence of that material, and let the library, if it chooses, do something about marking the book or filing the book in a different place, However, it is bad form to invoke the governmental powers and have them order the censoring and removal of the book . The statements in that article are disturbing. The library does not need, nor does it desire, any sort of "screening process" that occurs outside library staff, and it certainly does not need anyone from outside the library staff determining what is and is not appropriate for the library collection! It is tantamount to saying that you don't trust your librarian, and even more so, as I have stated many times before, the library is a dangerous place. There is a good chance that someone will find, either intentionally or accidentally, material that conflicts with their current reality-view. If you want to censor one part of it, then you agree that if someone else decides to censor your worldview, that you'll be okay with it. If you're not okay with the prospect of you being censored, then don't advocate the censoring of someone else. What goes around, comes around.

In the "Slightly odd transitions" department, there's someone who's planning on hitting a tee shot off the International Space Station. Probably will be the longest drive on record. Besides, didn't the moonwalkers hit a few shots while they were there?

Today was also goodness day, and a good day out. I'm utterly finished with one of my classes now, and it was a nice day out, enough to forego the coat, and I had good conversation and bubble-blowing. It was a really good day today. Tomorrow will hopefully be an even better day.