Mostly books, most of the time. Editor/reviewer. Former teen librarian.
Personal non-work account. She/her.
Mar 15, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Confidential to applicants for that 6-20h/wk admin job based on the 2 page, ridiculously picky, grammatical nightmare of an ad - the answer to the secret clue (which you MUST include in the TOP line of your cover letter!!!) is this: The Ides of March wrote "Vehicle"in 1970.
Other gem from the ad:
"We are open minded and encourage initiative.
QUALIFICATIONS: PC USER-- (not MAC)"
Feb 27, 2018 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Illinois residents who are moved by #Parkland and #NeverAgain, now is your chance to act. File a witness slip as a proponent for any or all of these 5 gun violence prevention bills scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee at 3pm tomorrow: (thread)
HB1465 sponsored by Michelle Mussman which will raise the legal purchase age to 21, currently has 986 opposing and 64 supporting my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Cr…
Feb 16, 2018 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I have a thing to say about growing up after tragedy. When I was a senior in high school, 7 of my classmates were killed & 24 injured. It was an awful day full of fear, confusion, & pain. Press swarmed. News helicopters hovered overhead all day filming footage of the carnage. 1/
Nothing made sense. Over the days and weeks that followed, we went to vigils, wakes, and funerals. We openly wept in the hallways. People who had never spoken before embraced, clinging to each other. We felt broken. 2/
