Sex in Public Libraries, Ban them

I found this article on Deadspin.com, WCKY out of Cleveland Ohio did an investigative report on pornography at the local library. The results are frightening in a sense if you are a parent but otherwise hilarious. What boggles my mind is that Mike who was caught pleasuring himself in the public library had been previously caught doing the same thing a few years previous. Carl Monday, is that his real name, has a blog located here that talks of some more problems facing the Cleveland area libraries.

It cracks me up because all the time I see investigative reports about Myspace and other online portals where so and so is pissed because child predators are out there. Guess what they are at the library you drop your children off at unattended, the Wal-Mart toy section you leave them in, and just about everywhere you leave a kid unattended. I definitely do not think libraries should have funding cut or be closed down but it is the knee jerk reaction of some people when they find out some public space is not a good babysitter.

Since I can’t embed Youtube video in WordPress the video is available at Deadspin with some more great commentary.

[tags]Ohio, libraries, sex, Cleveland, Ohio State Fan[/tags]

Ohio festivals, flowers, and bikers

Ohio has many festivals that begin taking place almost weekly throughout the smaller towns and villages in Ohio. One of the upcoming festivals features the Lakeside daisy, which grows in a quarry in the Marblehead Ohio. This weekend Marblehead is hosting the daisy festival which spotlights this rare flower’s beauty and survival. The festival begins on Saturday at 10 AM and will feature a motorcycle show along with vendors and craft sales. This spring remember there is nothing quite like Harleys and daisies to thank mom for all her hard work.

Lakeside daisy

 

The Lakeside daisy thrives in the harsh environment of the Marblehead quarry. It shares this rough quarry with several other hardy species including blue eyed grass and red cedar trees. The daisy only grows in two other locations according to the Toledo Blade, those being rocky Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island in Canada. The article also mentions that some of the Lakeside daisies bloom in Mackinaw County on the Upper Peninsula. It is believed that the daisy made its way to the Upper Peninsula through shipments of limestone that originated from the Marblehead quarry. The quarry is currently a 19 acre preserve which is open to the public. Lafarge Corp which bought the previous owner of the quarry sold the quarry to Ohio and continues mining operations across the road in a much deeper quarry.

One of the things that surprise me every year in Ohio is the number of little festivals which take place all through the state of Ohio. One of my favorites is the Bratwurst festival in Bucyrus which I will update you on as it approaches. If you are in charge of a festival in Ohio, particularly northwest Ohio drop me a line and I will try to make it to your festival and ad a note on imjosh.com announcing it.

More about the Lakeside Daisy at the Toledo Blade

Photo Credit Amy Voigt

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