Archie McPhee, purveyors of fine tchochkes ranging from gelatin brains to smoking babies to punching nuns, has a brilliant new collectible: a librarian action figure with "Amazing push-button shushing action," modeled after real-life Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl. Who wouldn't get a kick out of this kitsch? According to a recent Newsday article, many librarians. Diane DuBois, a librarian at Caribou Public Library in Caribou, Maine commented "The shushing thing just put me right over the edge. We're so not like that anymore. It's so stereotypical I could scream." Hmmmm. Who do you think is damaging the reputations of librarians more: Nancy Pearl (who has started innovative programs such as "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" and has written books of her own), or valley girl wannabes such as Ms. Dubois who are, like, you know, so angry they could scream?