Unsupervised Child Fixes Library Computer

Eric Pennington corrected an issue with a public access computer at the Banned Library earlier today. While left on his own while his mother flirted with a man in the fiction section, Pennington, 6, sorted out the printing server the library’s network has been having for the last month.

For the last month, the library has been experiencing issues with printing from multiple machines at the same time. The problem was exacerbated by an event yesterday where a man attempted to print out the whole of the Internet. Other patrons were incovienenced as the server became overloaded by thousands of print jobs being sent at the same time.

"I like trains," Pennington said, "My momma said I wasn't not supposed to touch my- yeah. The main problem was the server was overloaded wif traffic. I opened the que to allow for more jobs to be accessed at once rader dan one at a time. Den I deleted da pwesent traffic in the que. Do you like sharks? I like sharks. And turtles."

Pennington started his computer expertise by helping his father program the new Apple TV. After moving from Apple products, he mastered Windows and Linux networking. Pennington's mother, Jane, does not understand where her son learned such skill.

"I don't know where he started loking at them compters. I mean, I'm always on the best sites like the Facebook and KOVenus looking for Eric's new daddy. Hey, you're kinda cute, have I seen you around the library much? Can you show me how to upload all these bikini photos to my MilitaryDate profile?"

Eric Pennington hopes to be Captain America when he grows up.

Mommy Group Mad They Can't Hold Private Meetings at Public Library

A local group named "Cool Mommies" have been told that they can no longer use King County Library System's meeting rooms because the library says they hold private meetings and turn away other members of the public.  The library's policy states that meetings held at the library must be public and the group's behavior of turning away children and others from the area violate that policy.

The debate around this issue has come up often.  Space in a public library is more important than real estate in Manhattan.  To set areas aside for groups to gather and meet means there is space not occupied by library materials.  However, public meeting places are important.  They give groups an area to converge, talk, discuss and meet without bias.  If you reserve a meeting room at a public library, know that you are reserving public space and that all should be welcome.  And throw away your damn trash, we are not your janitors.

If the great duo of "Garfunkle and Oates" got it right when they sang "Pregnant Women are Smug," then the adendem should be that mommies can be a very entitled group.  This issue here is not mommies being snubbed but of a group taking space from the community.  Bravo to the library that keeps all its doors open, both outside and in.

'Cool Mommies' Miffed at Not Being Allowed to Use Kirkland Library Room - Patch.com