Nonsense Upon Stilts

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I’m a librarian at a public library, a total nerd, a baseball fan, a belly dancing fanatic, a voracious reader, a knitter, an enthusiastic baker, and a Francophile. I like to know what’s going on in the world, and I can get just as worked up about politics as I can about an item of clothing. I love to travel and learn new things, meet new people, and encounter new ideas. There’s all kind of trivia about everything floating around my brain, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

The title of this blog comes from a quote by Jeremy Bentham: “Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsensenonsense upon stilts.” Unlike Mr. Bentham, I am totally on board with the idea that people gain rights just by existing. Like Mr. Bentham, I embrace the idea that something can be so ridiculous that it resides on a higher plane of ridiculousness.

I like television, children, pretty shoes, movies, traveling, hiking, makeup, the Internet, corn, and stuff.

I hate coconut, ear wax, doing my taxes, losing things, and the phrase “to make a long story short.”

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