Big Brass Alliance
A friend and I were talking tonight about the Downing Street memo and its implications, and was lamenting the future needless dead. I lamented the future needless killers.
If America attacked Iraq, not out of self-defense, but just because that was Bush's notion and desire...does that mean our soldiers are simply killing people for another man's notion? Will the psychological effects on the surviving soldiers equal that of those suffered by the friends and families of those who do not survive?
What good can come out of a project that is little more than a killer-maker machine? And what can be said of the inventors of this machine?
Our soldiers can be forgiven, as they were sold a bill of goods, and told that things were other than they really are. But what of those who have created so much Hell in the world?
How can we carry on, when the survivors are just as broken as the dead?
It is not polite to make others do your dirty work. It is not a gentlemenly thing to do. When will gentlemen separate themselves of such people? When will the real peacemakers be allowed to mend the wounds and begin weaving a little Heaven back into the fabric of life in the world?
Friday, June 03, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
A White House of Bloggers
In the future, the White House will have a hundred bloggers who interact and gauge the pulse and problems of people of all walks, regardless of the size of their wallets. Meetings will be held where the President discusses the day or week's findings, and solutions are sought immediately, with progress reports due the following week.
Around America and the world, bloggers are also reeling you in...
No! That is not where I wanted it to go!
But you see, there will always be reactionaries, and thus some people will, quite automatically, seek the worst motives, and posit them as your own, which, of course only the contrary could be true. And yet still, even by trumping the reactionaries, I also trump myself, inasmuch as I have, in the squabbling, lost my readers who simply have not the time to wait for me to finish.
But that is not all.
Bloggercons, blogfests, convergences and such will start occuring in such a way that an entire region will participate -- first here, then there, then Greensboro, then Asheville, then Athens and Atlanta, Savannah and Charleston. A sort of roving blogtour a la Grateful Dead concerts, with even the transportation from city to city participating in the roving circus of knowledge and jocularity.
I would like to invite Phillip Glass, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Robert Fripp, Jon Anderson, and a few other good folks to join in the celebration, and hope that all would find it more than acceptable.
THESE THINGS AND MORE...
(later)
Around America and the world, bloggers are also reeling you in...
No! That is not where I wanted it to go!
But you see, there will always be reactionaries, and thus some people will, quite automatically, seek the worst motives, and posit them as your own, which, of course only the contrary could be true. And yet still, even by trumping the reactionaries, I also trump myself, inasmuch as I have, in the squabbling, lost my readers who simply have not the time to wait for me to finish.
But that is not all.
Bloggercons, blogfests, convergences and such will start occuring in such a way that an entire region will participate -- first here, then there, then Greensboro, then Asheville, then Athens and Atlanta, Savannah and Charleston. A sort of roving blogtour a la Grateful Dead concerts, with even the transportation from city to city participating in the roving circus of knowledge and jocularity.
I would like to invite Phillip Glass, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Robert Fripp, Jon Anderson, and a few other good folks to join in the celebration, and hope that all would find it more than acceptable.
THESE THINGS AND MORE...
(later)
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
SARTOR RESARTUS: By Thomas Carlyle
The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh
1831
Considering our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of
Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect,
for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not
only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more fiercely than ever, but
innumerable Rushlights, and Sulphur-matches, kindled thereat, are also
glancing in every direction, so that not the smallest cranny or dog-hole in
Nature or Art can remain unilluminated,--it might strike the reflective
mind with some surprise that hitherto little or nothing of a fundamental
character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on
the subject of Clothes.
1831
Considering our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of
Science has now been brandished and borne about, with more or less effect,
for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not
only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more fiercely than ever, but
innumerable Rushlights, and Sulphur-matches, kindled thereat, are also
glancing in every direction, so that not the smallest cranny or dog-hole in
Nature or Art can remain unilluminated,--it might strike the reflective
mind with some surprise that hitherto little or nothing of a fundamental
character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on
the subject of Clothes.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Monday, May 30, 2005
Blog Core Values = Authenticity. Passion. Transparency. Credibility. Individualism. Creativity. Originality. Relevance. Integrity.
Learn more about then at BlogCoreValues.
Authenticity. Passion. Transparency. Credibility. Individualism. Creativity. Originality. Relevance. Integrity.
I think I got all those, although on this blog, my credibility might be lacking since I often crack jokes, and goof around more than on my more serious blogs. Fact is, most of the bloggers I know have all these virtues.
Not just blogging, but the Internet in general, has been, by far, the most important, life-changing and helpful tool to come along in my lifetime. The wonders never cease to amaze...
Authenticity. Passion. Transparency. Credibility. Individualism. Creativity. Originality. Relevance. Integrity.
I think I got all those, although on this blog, my credibility might be lacking since I often crack jokes, and goof around more than on my more serious blogs. Fact is, most of the bloggers I know have all these virtues.
Not just blogging, but the Internet in general, has been, by far, the most important, life-changing and helpful tool to come along in my lifetime. The wonders never cease to amaze...
HoggFest BlogFest
Don't tell me blogging is bad for society. This weekend, Blogsboro bloggers gathered and created community and a good deal of cash for Jinni Hoggard, who is suffering from cancer, and the outrageous costs of health care.
If you or your company or organization would like to help, you may find more information here.
Here is a quick look at HoggFest through the eyes of Technorati:
And the tote board says.... 21 minutes ago
And the tote board says.... $9,171.00... ...was raised through all HoggFest related activities... and qualified Guilford County senior next year. This HoggFest funded scholarship will be given... agreed that the event will be repeated. In future years we hope to grow HoggFest into a larger Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
The Mailman Cometh 1 hour ago
The Mailman Cometh You ask, Gate Answers! Keep those questions coming and don't forget to write. Why weren't you at Hoggfest? My Dad wanted to see Revenge of the Sith, and I went with him to test my theory that Padme is who turned Anakin to the Dark Side of the Force. I stand gatecity 16 links from 11 sources
I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Hogg 2 hours ago
Finally, I post the complete Hoggfest Round-up-- Blogsboro at its finest. BloggingPoet.com - BloggingPoet.com 12 links from 7 sources
Making Money On Your Blog 2 hours ago
to make money off of a blog is fundraising. Yesterdays Hoggfest was put together mostly Jay Ovittore's Blog 45 links from 30 sources
Hoggfest-Greensboro's Shining Community 2 hours ago
Hoggfest-Greensboro's Shining Community Yesterday was the long anticipated Hoggfest. For those that didn't know about it, Hoggfest was a fundraiser and charity event for Jinni Hoggard. Jinni has... with David(Oh, I'll just make it four kids). What I witnessed yesterday at Hoggfest, was a great Jay Ovittore's Blog 45 links from 30 sources
To Hoggfests to Come 2 hours ago
at Hoggfest yesterday. Ed Cone found them first. David Wharton expresses the same with his photos... nice people as I was at HoggFest." I had planned to go and help out for the afternoon. After being... single accomplishment of Hoggfest was one that won't be tangible for many years. It's the gift that we Chewie World Order 40 links from 28 sources
HoggFest the best 5 hours ago
HoggFest was a big success, and on many levels. It raised a bunch of jack for a family hit hard by medical expenses. It gave something back to a family that gives endlessly of themselves. It brought together friends, neighbors, and strangers for a good cause and a good time. It was an excuse EdCone.com 552 links from 397 sources
HoggFest Festival of Photos 10 hours ago
A Who's Who of Greensboro bloggers, musicians, artists, photographers, and grass-roots philanthropists turned out yesterday for HoggFest to raise money for my friend and neighbor Jinni Hoggard's breast cancer treatment. As I said to Jinni, it was a nasty reason to have a great party, and a really A Little Urbanity 42 links from 36 sources
Hoggfest 8 hours ago
Got back from the Hoggfest, a fundraiser for Jinni Hoggard, around midnight last night. It was quite a spectacle. Several local bloggers were there, including Ed Cone, David Hoggard, David Wharton, and Chewie. Not to mention, Billy the Blogging Poet, who gave several of his books to be raffled off Absolutely American 0 links
More HoggFest... check back for periodic... 9 hours ago
More HoggFest... check back for periodic updates The numbers: 10:30a - HoggFest organizer... she created especially for HoggFest will be hanging in the Hoggard mansion. It will always serve... the night before HoggFest. I finally got to meet her yesterday and told her how much I admire her stength Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
Come on down to HoggFest! 1 day ago
It's almost 6 pm and there is still time to go down for HoggFest. Man, are the ribs, music and the company a fine load of fun! It goes 'till midnight so come on down! Michael's Corner 9 links from 9 sources
HoggFest Is Rocking 1 day ago
HoggFest Is Rocking HoggFest is well underway, but you still have plenty of time to get there and enjoy the festivities. When I left a short time ago, there was still enough food to feed an army. Plus, the children are being entertained by a balloon artist, face painting, and an inflatable moon Patrick Eakes 55 links from 37 sources
Hoggfest!! 1 day ago
Got back from Hoggfest a couple of hours ago. Grahams and I went around 11-ish to help set up for the silent auction, which was still in progress when we left. There's been a nice steady stream of folks, and I met some of the locals I've know by blog, but not in person. David Hoggard's a really Artful Fantasies Journal 1 link
Hoggfest Today 1 day ago
Hoggfest Today Today is Hoggfest, an event to show support for Jinni Hoggard & Co. in her battle against breast cancer. It starts at 1 and runs until it stops I am told. The location is the Flat Iron in Greensboro. Gate can't be there because of some other commitments, but encourages you gatecity 16 links from 11 sources
HoggFest 1 day ago
HoggFest. Starts at noon, goes a long long time. Flatiron, downtown GSO. I'm on my way to help set up, as soon as I make some late-sleeping girls breakfast. 10:27:54 AM EdCone.com 552 links from 397 sources
HoggFest 1 day ago
HoggFest Come on out to HoggFest today. David has been cooking the pork since 6:30am, and Ed will be serving it up early this afternoon. A dozen bands are playing, and there are lots of activities for kids, too. The event lasts from 1pm until at least midnight at The Flatiron. Surely you can Patrick Eakes 55 links from 37 sources
HoggFest preliminaries... 1 day ago
HoggFest preliminaries... I drove the old oil-drum cooker down to the park across from the Flatiron.... If more show up, I'll put them on to feed the late night wave of HoggFest revelers. The big pig... additions to the HoggFest activities will basketball goals. Friend Tom Franklin is going to load up Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
All Quiet on the Eastern Front 1 day ago
All Quiet on the Eastern Front Don't expect much blogging from Greensboro tomorrow -- most of us are going to be down at Hoggfest, at the Flatiron from 1pm until. As much of the blogging corps will be there, it might seem logical that this would be one of the most blogged events in recent Chewie World Order 40 links from 28 sources
HOGGFEST TOMORROW 1 day ago
I'll be at the Hoggfest tomorrow. In case you don't already know about it, Hoggfest is a fund raiser to help David, Jini, and family pay the medical bills run-up during Jini's recent bout with Breast Cancer. I hope to see you there too. BloggingPoet.com - BloggingPoet.com 12 links from 7 sources
If you or your company or organization would like to help, you may find more information here.
Here is a quick look at HoggFest through the eyes of Technorati:
And the tote board says.... 21 minutes ago
And the tote board says.... $9,171.00... ...was raised through all HoggFest related activities... and qualified Guilford County senior next year. This HoggFest funded scholarship will be given... agreed that the event will be repeated. In future years we hope to grow HoggFest into a larger Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
The Mailman Cometh 1 hour ago
The Mailman Cometh You ask, Gate Answers! Keep those questions coming and don't forget to write. Why weren't you at Hoggfest? My Dad wanted to see Revenge of the Sith, and I went with him to test my theory that Padme is who turned Anakin to the Dark Side of the Force. I stand gatecity 16 links from 11 sources
I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Hogg 2 hours ago
Finally, I post the complete Hoggfest Round-up-- Blogsboro at its finest. BloggingPoet.com - BloggingPoet.com 12 links from 7 sources
Making Money On Your Blog 2 hours ago
to make money off of a blog is fundraising. Yesterdays Hoggfest was put together mostly Jay Ovittore's Blog 45 links from 30 sources
Hoggfest-Greensboro's Shining Community 2 hours ago
Hoggfest-Greensboro's Shining Community Yesterday was the long anticipated Hoggfest. For those that didn't know about it, Hoggfest was a fundraiser and charity event for Jinni Hoggard. Jinni has... with David(Oh, I'll just make it four kids). What I witnessed yesterday at Hoggfest, was a great Jay Ovittore's Blog 45 links from 30 sources
To Hoggfests to Come 2 hours ago
at Hoggfest yesterday. Ed Cone found them first. David Wharton expresses the same with his photos... nice people as I was at HoggFest." I had planned to go and help out for the afternoon. After being... single accomplishment of Hoggfest was one that won't be tangible for many years. It's the gift that we Chewie World Order 40 links from 28 sources
HoggFest the best 5 hours ago
HoggFest was a big success, and on many levels. It raised a bunch of jack for a family hit hard by medical expenses. It gave something back to a family that gives endlessly of themselves. It brought together friends, neighbors, and strangers for a good cause and a good time. It was an excuse EdCone.com 552 links from 397 sources
HoggFest Festival of Photos 10 hours ago
A Who's Who of Greensboro bloggers, musicians, artists, photographers, and grass-roots philanthropists turned out yesterday for HoggFest to raise money for my friend and neighbor Jinni Hoggard's breast cancer treatment. As I said to Jinni, it was a nasty reason to have a great party, and a really A Little Urbanity 42 links from 36 sources
Hoggfest 8 hours ago
Got back from the Hoggfest, a fundraiser for Jinni Hoggard, around midnight last night. It was quite a spectacle. Several local bloggers were there, including Ed Cone, David Hoggard, David Wharton, and Chewie. Not to mention, Billy the Blogging Poet, who gave several of his books to be raffled off Absolutely American 0 links
More HoggFest... check back for periodic... 9 hours ago
More HoggFest... check back for periodic updates The numbers: 10:30a - HoggFest organizer... she created especially for HoggFest will be hanging in the Hoggard mansion. It will always serve... the night before HoggFest. I finally got to meet her yesterday and told her how much I admire her stength Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
Come on down to HoggFest! 1 day ago
It's almost 6 pm and there is still time to go down for HoggFest. Man, are the ribs, music and the company a fine load of fun! It goes 'till midnight so come on down! Michael's Corner 9 links from 9 sources
HoggFest Is Rocking 1 day ago
HoggFest Is Rocking HoggFest is well underway, but you still have plenty of time to get there and enjoy the festivities. When I left a short time ago, there was still enough food to feed an army. Plus, the children are being entertained by a balloon artist, face painting, and an inflatable moon Patrick Eakes 55 links from 37 sources
Hoggfest!! 1 day ago
Got back from Hoggfest a couple of hours ago. Grahams and I went around 11-ish to help set up for the silent auction, which was still in progress when we left. There's been a nice steady stream of folks, and I met some of the locals I've know by blog, but not in person. David Hoggard's a really Artful Fantasies Journal 1 link
Hoggfest Today 1 day ago
Hoggfest Today Today is Hoggfest, an event to show support for Jinni Hoggard & Co. in her battle against breast cancer. It starts at 1 and runs until it stops I am told. The location is the Flat Iron in Greensboro. Gate can't be there because of some other commitments, but encourages you gatecity 16 links from 11 sources
HoggFest 1 day ago
HoggFest. Starts at noon, goes a long long time. Flatiron, downtown GSO. I'm on my way to help set up, as soon as I make some late-sleeping girls breakfast. 10:27:54 AM EdCone.com 552 links from 397 sources
HoggFest 1 day ago
HoggFest Come on out to HoggFest today. David has been cooking the pork since 6:30am, and Ed will be serving it up early this afternoon. A dozen bands are playing, and there are lots of activities for kids, too. The event lasts from 1pm until at least midnight at The Flatiron. Surely you can Patrick Eakes 55 links from 37 sources
HoggFest preliminaries... 1 day ago
HoggFest preliminaries... I drove the old oil-drum cooker down to the park across from the Flatiron.... If more show up, I'll put them on to feed the late night wave of HoggFest revelers. The big pig... additions to the HoggFest activities will basketball goals. Friend Tom Franklin is going to load up Hogg's Blog 107 links from 62 sources
All Quiet on the Eastern Front 1 day ago
All Quiet on the Eastern Front Don't expect much blogging from Greensboro tomorrow -- most of us are going to be down at Hoggfest, at the Flatiron from 1pm until. As much of the blogging corps will be there, it might seem logical that this would be one of the most blogged events in recent Chewie World Order 40 links from 28 sources
HOGGFEST TOMORROW 1 day ago
I'll be at the Hoggfest tomorrow. In case you don't already know about it, Hoggfest is a fund raiser to help David, Jini, and family pay the medical bills run-up during Jini's recent bout with Breast Cancer. I hope to see you there too. BloggingPoet.com - BloggingPoet.com 12 links from 7 sources
Mexico
(Oops! Wrong direction!)
They all look like Terri Hatcher anyway...at least on my LLDTV (Ludicrously Low Definition TV).
Go Canada!
They all look like Terri Hatcher anyway...at least on my LLDTV (Ludicrously Low Definition TV).
Go Canada!
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Does Jude (Iddybud) deserve your link?
Iddybud spent hours and hours on the Tarheel Tavern, and everyone seems to agree she did a great job. How 'bout giving her a link on your blog for her efforts! She didn't put me up to this, and would kill me if she knew I was asking this favor. But I do think she earned it. Lord knows there is no money to come from her excellent efforts. The same should apply to anyone willing to tackle the Tarheel Tavern, and I suspect most have just forgotten, or are too busy celebrating at the Hogg Fest...which I hope is still on tomorrow, as I'd love to come. (I wanted to come today, and called around, but found no one home. And I'd rather bring at least one other person.)
So...give it up for our yankee colleague!
-Dave
So...give it up for our yankee colleague!
-Dave
A Sucker for Viagra: A World of Blind Horny Old Men
...and I coulda had a V-8!
Since The Right Wing (TRW) prevented the use of the word, "masturbation", it has now become impossible for the makers of Viagra and Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice to claim that the rash of blindness was caused by that unmentionable word which is also cloakingly called manustupration or "popping the Pez".
Several pharmaceutical companies are threatening to sue those who silenced and marginalized Dr. Jocelyn Elders, because of the concomitant dessication of a scapegoat.
Cases of palm hair are now raising eyebrow, and lawyers are already smelling class action.
Since The Right Wing (TRW) prevented the use of the word, "masturbation", it has now become impossible for the makers of Viagra and Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice to claim that the rash of blindness was caused by that unmentionable word which is also cloakingly called manustupration or "popping the Pez".
Several pharmaceutical companies are threatening to sue those who silenced and marginalized Dr. Jocelyn Elders, because of the concomitant dessication of a scapegoat.
Cases of palm hair are now raising eyebrow, and lawyers are already smelling class action.
TAR HEEL TAVERN: This week with your host...
iddybud, and someone over at Daily Kos simply will not let it go.
Jude has knocked this one out of the park. I vote that we make her an honorary Tarheel!
Meanwhile, on the border of New York and North Carolina...
Jude has knocked this one out of the park. I vote that we make her an honorary Tarheel!
Meanwhile, on the border of New York and North Carolina...
Blogebrity: Bloggers as Celebrities
Check out the list...
A-List bloggers include: Eric Alterman, Atrios (Duncan Black) Ed Cone, Dave Winer, James Wolcott, Dan Gillmor, Henry Copeland, Arianna Huffington, Josh Marshall, Jay Rosen, Doc Searls, Kevin Sites, Stowe Boyd (Corante), Rafat Ali (Paid Content), Rick Bruner, Stewart Butterfield (Flickr), Ana Marie Cox (Wonkette), Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing), Seth Godin, Steve Hall (AdRants) Joi Ito, Joel Johnson (Gizmodo), Lawrence Lessig, Rob Malda (Slashdot), Markos Moulitsas (Daily Kos), Glenn Reynolds (instapundit), Peter Rojas (Engadget), Steve Rubel (Micropersuasion), Robert Scoble, David Sifry (Technorati), Biz Stone, Andrew Sullivan, Wil Wheaton, Evan Williams, Matthew Yglesias, and other fine bloggers.
Iddybud (Jude Camwell), Lenslinger, Billmon, Kevin Connors, Roxanne Cooper, Digby (Hullabaloo), Brad DeLong and Dave Beckwith (anonyMoses) made the C-List and Juan Cole, John Perry Barlow, Jerry Brown, Perry de Haviland, Esther Dyson, Joe Gandleman, Taegan Goddard, Tom Tomorrow, John Amato (CrooksAndLiars), Jerome Armstrong (MyDD), Stephen Baker (Blogspotting), Kevin Drum (Washington Monthly), Phillip Greenspun, Amanda Marcotte (Pandagon), Scaramouch (YesButNoButYes), Harry Shearer, David Sirota, and David Weinberger made the B-List. All are underrated.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Classical Music in Movies and Films - List
Bohemian Opera
"Ever wondered what that music was in a movie?
Opera and classical music is used a lot in this way. Currently I have 1640 movie titles, at least 2350 total entries and 173 composers.
I've added a complete index of ALL 'classical music in movies' on this site, whatever age they are. So search this new list because if the movie you're looking for is not on there it's not here at all :-)
Every movie title is linked and cross referenced to the appropriate place in the detailed lists."
"Ever wondered what that music was in a movie?
Opera and classical music is used a lot in this way. Currently I have 1640 movie titles, at least 2350 total entries and 173 composers.
I've added a complete index of ALL 'classical music in movies' on this site, whatever age they are. So search this new list because if the movie you're looking for is not on there it's not here at all :-)
Every movie title is linked and cross referenced to the appropriate place in the detailed lists."
Baton
In working progress...
Patrick passed the musical baton to me this week, so here goes.
Total volume of music files on my computer: A few gigs..
The last CD I bought was: "The Lark Ascending" - Vaughn-Williams
Song Playing Right Now: Beck: "Lost Cause"
Five Songs I Listen To A Lot Lately(In no particular order) :
1) 1984 - Anais Mitchell
2) Prashanti - Phillip Glass & Ravi Shankar
3) Shining - Badly Drawn Boy
4) Flower - Eels
5) Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Ten Favorite Albums of All Time: (In no particular order)
1) Gorecki - 3rd Symphony (Sorrowful Songs)
2) Lisa Gerrard/Dead Can Dance - anything
3) Patti Smith - Dream of Life
4) Yes - Tales/Close to the Edge
5) Messaien- Quartet for the End of Time
6) Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage, Part 2
7) King Crimson - Lizard/Poseidon/Lark's/Starless and Bible Black
8) Dave Brubeck - Take Five
9) Les Miserables w/Salonga, Wilkerson, Quast
10) Celtic Woman
The baton has been around the horn a bit, but I am passing it to...um, let's see...hmm. OK, I shall say Nick, Jude, Darryl, Ogre and Mr. Teach at Pirate's Cove et Le Capitaliste Charlotte.
Now. Who's gonna let them know? Hmm...
1000 Places in North Carolina to See Before You Die
Jude was telling me about a book called 1000 Places to See Before You Die, and mentioned that there were two places in North Carolina, and yet there were 100 places in Oklahoma! Does this seem right? Well good, because I was kidding. About the Oklahoma part at least.
The two places were the Great Smokies National Park, and the Outer Banks.
I suspect they just didn't look hard enough.
What would you include in a book about a thousand places in NC?
I'm gonna ponder, then add a few. Blogsboro, however, jumps to mind.
Others that come to mind are Biltmore, Duke Chapel, the Castle at Chapel Hill, Reynolda, "White Oaks" the Duke Mansion in Charlotte, Charlotte neighborhoods of Myers Park, Eastover, Dilworth 1 and 2 , Morrocroft and Fourth Ward; Mount Mitchell, Tryon Palace, Moses Cone House, New River, Black Mountain College, Montreat, Carl Sandburg House, Thomas Wolfe House, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, Pinehurst, Blowing Rock, Nantahala "Waterfall Country" , Old Salem , Wright Brother's Monument and Kill Devil Hills, a tobacco farm, a hog farm, a furniture company, a textile mill, a pharmaceutical company, and Lowe's Motor Speedway -- not for the races, but for the August Jam of '74: The largest rock concert in North Carolina history, and featuring Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Allman Bros, PFM, OMD, BOA, and a few other acronyms. What else is there? What is near you?
The two places were the Great Smokies National Park, and the Outer Banks.
I suspect they just didn't look hard enough.
What would you include in a book about a thousand places in NC?
I'm gonna ponder, then add a few. Blogsboro, however, jumps to mind.
Others that come to mind are Biltmore, Duke Chapel, the Castle at Chapel Hill, Reynolda, "White Oaks" the Duke Mansion in Charlotte, Charlotte neighborhoods of Myers Park, Eastover, Dilworth 1 and 2 , Morrocroft and Fourth Ward; Mount Mitchell, Tryon Palace, Moses Cone House, New River, Black Mountain College, Montreat, Carl Sandburg House, Thomas Wolfe House, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, Pinehurst, Blowing Rock, Nantahala "Waterfall Country" , Old Salem , Wright Brother's Monument and Kill Devil Hills, a tobacco farm, a hog farm, a furniture company, a textile mill, a pharmaceutical company, and Lowe's Motor Speedway -- not for the races, but for the August Jam of '74: The largest rock concert in North Carolina history, and featuring Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Allman Bros, PFM, OMD, BOA, and a few other acronyms. What else is there? What is near you?
Friday, May 27, 2005
GRANNY ATTACKS COWS, SWEARS AT JUDGE AND SPENDS NIGHT IN CELLS
“My family and I have endured a nightmare over the past five years, thanks to this woman.”
Cumbria Online - The English Lake District and Cumbria's favourite website
Cumbria Online - The English Lake District and Cumbria's favourite website
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Pax Americana & The Neo-Conservative Agenda
Ecozoic
EXCERPT:
The Neo-conservatives believe that a global Pax Americana can be established and that it is America's responsibility to rise to the occasion. A type of Manifest Destiny. Some would call this hegemony, or liberation, or empire building, or democratization. In this day of sound bite marketing these labels can all mean about the same thing. Analyzing this in terms of Republican or Democratic politics is also limited because this is a policy is spanning administrations. Is the US actually pursuing a vision of "enlightened" domination of global geo-politics? What are the pros and cons of this approach? Will it engender democracy or an unruly backlash? How far is the military willing to extend itself? Is this the rise of an empire? Who will pay and who will profit? How will Europe respond? What is the future of the United Nations? Will it make the world a safer place?
:END OF EXCERPT
Uh, no!
"I simply do not understand why all parties cannot simply cooperate." - Rodney Luther King
The Glorious Scamp
dedicated to the brave deserters
My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier. The scamp is probably the most glorious type of human being, as the soldier is the lowest type, according to this conception. For things are not so simple as they sometimes seem. In this present age of threats to democracy and individual liberty, probably only the scamp and the spirit of the scamp alone will save us from becoming lost as serially numbered units in the masses of disciplined, obedient, regimented and uniformed coolies. The scamp will be the last and most formidable enemy of dictatorships. He will be the champion of human dignity and individual freedom, and will be the last to be conquered. All modern civilization depends entirely upon him.
- Lin Yutang
Perhaps the time has come for us to discuss an exit strategy.
Our "boys and girls" are still our "boys and girls" regardless of whether they are in Iraq or Canada. And judging from what I have seen and heard from the excellent News Hour report, the ones that have walked away from the war are perhaps the sanest, best and brightest of the lot. And we are losing them, just as we are losing children in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We cannot expect to win a world worth having by seizing it like a dog. We need to be what we want to become, not hope that our violent acts will make room for a peaceful, harmonious life. Doesn't work that way. The deserters may simply be trying to save their own souls.
Are the soldiers gentlemen? We'd like to think so. So let us assume they are, and that they welcome any discussions that might improve their conditions, within and without.
We need to become better people. We have been doing ungentlemanly acts on a global scale, and are, as such, underserving of emulation. And yet retribution is nearly guaranteed, and yet, mercy still breathing, we may be able to become, as some have suggested, a humanitarian superpower, and not simply a military superpower. Any bully can beat up people. It takes greater care and skill to heal people.
Can we not become a nation of healers?
Can we not reverse the bad karma generated by mean-spirited policies?
When will we ask: "How can we help"?
and stop asking: "What's in it for me"?
If a man is crossing a river
And an empty boat collides with his own skiff
Even though he be a bad-tempered man
He will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat,
He will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again,
And yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty,
He would not be shouting, and not be angry.
If you can empty your own boat
Crossing the river of the world,
No one will oppose you,
No one will seek to harm you.
-Chuang Tzu
EXCERPT:
The Neo-conservatives believe that a global Pax Americana can be established and that it is America's responsibility to rise to the occasion. A type of Manifest Destiny. Some would call this hegemony, or liberation, or empire building, or democratization. In this day of sound bite marketing these labels can all mean about the same thing. Analyzing this in terms of Republican or Democratic politics is also limited because this is a policy is spanning administrations. Is the US actually pursuing a vision of "enlightened" domination of global geo-politics? What are the pros and cons of this approach? Will it engender democracy or an unruly backlash? How far is the military willing to extend itself? Is this the rise of an empire? Who will pay and who will profit? How will Europe respond? What is the future of the United Nations? Will it make the world a safer place?
:END OF EXCERPT
Uh, no!
"I simply do not understand why all parties cannot simply cooperate." - Rodney Luther King
The Glorious Scamp
dedicated to the brave deserters
My faith in human dignity consists in the belief that man is the greatest scamp on earth. Human dignity must be associated with the idea of a scamp and not with that of an obedient, disciplined and regimented soldier. The scamp is probably the most glorious type of human being, as the soldier is the lowest type, according to this conception. For things are not so simple as they sometimes seem. In this present age of threats to democracy and individual liberty, probably only the scamp and the spirit of the scamp alone will save us from becoming lost as serially numbered units in the masses of disciplined, obedient, regimented and uniformed coolies. The scamp will be the last and most formidable enemy of dictatorships. He will be the champion of human dignity and individual freedom, and will be the last to be conquered. All modern civilization depends entirely upon him.
- Lin Yutang
Perhaps the time has come for us to discuss an exit strategy.
Our "boys and girls" are still our "boys and girls" regardless of whether they are in Iraq or Canada. And judging from what I have seen and heard from the excellent News Hour report, the ones that have walked away from the war are perhaps the sanest, best and brightest of the lot. And we are losing them, just as we are losing children in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We cannot expect to win a world worth having by seizing it like a dog. We need to be what we want to become, not hope that our violent acts will make room for a peaceful, harmonious life. Doesn't work that way. The deserters may simply be trying to save their own souls.
Are the soldiers gentlemen? We'd like to think so. So let us assume they are, and that they welcome any discussions that might improve their conditions, within and without.
We need to become better people. We have been doing ungentlemanly acts on a global scale, and are, as such, underserving of emulation. And yet retribution is nearly guaranteed, and yet, mercy still breathing, we may be able to become, as some have suggested, a humanitarian superpower, and not simply a military superpower. Any bully can beat up people. It takes greater care and skill to heal people.
Can we not become a nation of healers?
Can we not reverse the bad karma generated by mean-spirited policies?
When will we ask: "How can we help"?
and stop asking: "What's in it for me"?
If a man is crossing a river
And an empty boat collides with his own skiff
Even though he be a bad-tempered man
He will not become very angry.
But if he sees a man in the boat,
He will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again,
And yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because there is somebody in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty,
He would not be shouting, and not be angry.
If you can empty your own boat
Crossing the river of the world,
No one will oppose you,
No one will seek to harm you.
-Chuang Tzu
Read Charlotte Observer's Blogs
The Charlotte Observer now features blogs on the front page (online).
I knew they had it in 'em!
Maybe we'll have to change our name to Bloglotte, or Bloglot, or even Mecklenblog. Hmm... Now THAT has a ring!
Wonder if it's taken. BRB...
Oh well...even though there isn't a Mecklenblog, did I say Mecklenblog, on Google...when I try to nab it on blogger, I am told it is taken.
Where are you? I know you are out there!
And what about Blogolina? or The Blouth? Or The Blorth for that matter? How about the Blidwest? No...the only one that exists in Blest...although there is a very close "Bleeth".
Anyway...go Charlotte! Go Observer!
I knew they had it in 'em!
Maybe we'll have to change our name to Bloglotte, or Bloglot, or even Mecklenblog. Hmm... Now THAT has a ring!
Wonder if it's taken. BRB...
Oh well...even though there isn't a Mecklenblog, did I say Mecklenblog, on Google...when I try to nab it on blogger, I am told it is taken.
Where are you? I know you are out there!
And what about Blogolina? or The Blouth? Or The Blorth for that matter? How about the Blidwest? No...the only one that exists in Blest...although there is a very close "Bleeth".
Anyway...go Charlotte! Go Observer!
Beckham Poses Nude
David Beckham, which is to say, Mrs. David Beckham, gets nekkid for a mere 4 inches.
Will David spank her? And will she like it?
THESE THINGS AND MORE...
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
New media gains national attention in Greensboro
Yes Weekly on David Beckwith and one or two other things.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
What it is ain't exactly clear
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
What it is ain't exactly clear
The effervescent and animated Brian Clarey described the blog scene at Panera's, and did so quite well. It is too bad he didn't make it to Revolution Mill afterwards, because, in the words of Fecund Stench, it might have blown his head off. Tara Sue and Ross Myers, sitting at modest positions of a rather large, wood conference table, encased by the wondrously redecorated end of a warehouse complex which, they explained, was once owned and operated by Ed Cone's grandfather, told us more about the history, and potential future, of where we were sitting.
Flash back 10 or 11 years. I am sitting in a warehouse in Lowell, Massachusetts discussing how we were going to create the first "information superhighway-in-a-box", where internet, TV, satellite uplink/downlink, multimedia, and publishing come together under one roof and for the benefit of the community. It was called Lowell Telecommunication Corporation, although it was not-for-profit. Other than having a connection at home to the University of Lowell's internet, LTC was where I cut my teeth on the web and in television production.
Flash forward 10 or 11 years. There is a bright future for Revolution Mill, I believe, and in fact, I think it could become the center of the blogging universe, as well as the multimedia universe, the motion picture universe, the music production universe, and more. There is plenty of room to create a generation of creators right there in Blogsboro. Talk to the good folks in Lowell, who essentially did the same thing, only without blogs. George Preston was the Executive Director at the time, and I'm sure he would pour forth what he learned, good and bad, about the experience.
I am excited about the prospects and potential of Blogsboro, and know that the place is overflowing with talent and genius.
For God's sake don't turn "There's something happening here." into "There's battle lines being drawn."
Cooperation evolves. One needs only to understand the process of evolutionary cooperation, and then put the synergy to work for everyone.
Group hug to all the good folks in Greensboro and Chapel Hill. (Bora, that would be you.)
BikeCharlotte.com - Your Local Biking Resource
BikeCharlotte.com - Your Local Biking Resource
Our mission is simply to encourage greater use of bicycles in the Charlotte area. We will do this thru facilitating bike rides; championing bike advocacy and bike safety; and by supporting area bike shops, clubs, and other organizations that promote cycling.
Now that I have scraped the cobwebs from my bicycle, I hope to get back up to speed, and BikeCharlotte is only further motivation for my doing so.
Our mission is simply to encourage greater use of bicycles in the Charlotte area. We will do this thru facilitating bike rides; championing bike advocacy and bike safety; and by supporting area bike shops, clubs, and other organizations that promote cycling.
Now that I have scraped the cobwebs from my bicycle, I hope to get back up to speed, and BikeCharlotte is only further motivation for my doing so.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Automatic Pencil
by Dziga Tzara
or
Synonymoses
Edited by Antonymoses
AUTOMATIC PENCIL
The end, once upon a time, was just the beginning.
or
Synonymoses
Edited by Antonymoses
AUTOMATIC PENCIL
The end, once upon a time, was just the beginning.
Killer Mules of Tokyo, Chapter 7, "The Horripilation"
Then Sue passed the white chocolate cookies to Mr. Rossman who stubbed his cigarette into the pack which he held in his starboard hand, and proceeded to chart the history of Revolution. A fecund stench rose from the head of the cognoscentoire, as ideas bounced from wall to wall, like contagious laughter that eventually filled the entire state, or so it would seem. Of course the mules were long out of mind, and thus their approach came all the more sudden. A good thing Patrick's uncle was there to sort things through his amelioraton.
Small Fish Up Schitz Creek: Life in the Bozarts
At times one finds fellowship with similarly adjusted hominids.
It is not unpleasant.
I think I will go and eat a pheasant.
It is not unpleasant.
I think I will go and eat a pheasant.
Blogging: It's really anyone's game now
Charlotte Observer - John McBride
Our dear friend, John McBride, is helping to bring Charlotte ino the light. John is a long-time asset at The Charlotte Observer, and blogmaster of Under the Water Tower, the official blog for the Elizabeth Community here in Charlotte.
Thanks for the the shoutout for Charlotte101, John! Now let's go get a beer! :)
Our dear friend, John McBride, is helping to bring Charlotte ino the light. John is a long-time asset at The Charlotte Observer, and blogmaster of Under the Water Tower, the official blog for the Elizabeth Community here in Charlotte.
Thanks for the the shoutout for Charlotte101, John! Now let's go get a beer! :)
Monday, May 16, 2005
Harvard's Peter Gomes a perfect fit for UNC Graduation Crowd
Hate that I missed it! He was one of my favorite professors, and certainly the most erudite and witty. I'm sure he gave an unforgettable performance, and that he also probably loved Chapel Hill.
More from Durham
Official website
More from Durham
Official website
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
"Britain's intelligence boss believed that Bush had decided to go to war in mid-2002"
"and that he believed U.S. policymakers were trying to use the limited intelligence they had to make the Iraqi leader appear to be a bigger threat than was supported by known facts."
Seven months before the invasion of Iraq, the head of British foreign intelligence reported to Prime Minister Tony Blair that President Bush wanted to topple Saddam Hussein by military action and warned that in Washington intelligence was "being fixed around the policy," according to notes of a July 23, 2002, meeting with Blair at No. 10 Downing Street.
And yet the American people were told that the war was because of terrorism, WMDs, the "nucular scenerio" if we do nothing, spreading freedom and democracy, and what is it now? Cheap sand?
"Some people" are asking: "Is this not irresponsible? Is this not lying while innocents are dying?"
And now we hear from CNN that "Eighty-nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support the Iraq war in mid-2002."
"The White House has not yet responded ..."
Responsible? Or Irresponsible?
Should Mister Bush respond to the inquiries? Or should he be irresponsible?
What was it they say about tangled webs and "when first we practice to deceive?"
My suggestion? Untie the knots, one at a time, and in the correct sequence.
Seven months before the invasion of Iraq, the head of British foreign intelligence reported to Prime Minister Tony Blair that President Bush wanted to topple Saddam Hussein by military action and warned that in Washington intelligence was "being fixed around the policy," according to notes of a July 23, 2002, meeting with Blair at No. 10 Downing Street.
And yet the American people were told that the war was because of terrorism, WMDs, the "nucular scenerio" if we do nothing, spreading freedom and democracy, and what is it now? Cheap sand?
"Some people" are asking: "Is this not irresponsible? Is this not lying while innocents are dying?"
And now we hear from CNN that "Eighty-nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support the Iraq war in mid-2002."
"The White House has not yet responded ..."
Responsible? Or Irresponsible?
Should Mister Bush respond to the inquiries? Or should he be irresponsible?
What was it they say about tangled webs and "when first we practice to deceive?"
My suggestion? Untie the knots, one at a time, and in the correct sequence.
A few simple questions.
1. Where have all the flowers gone?
2. Where have all the young girls gone?
3. Where have all the young men gone?
4. Where have all the soldiers gone?
5. Where have all the graveyards gone?
6. When will they ever learn?
2. Where have all the young girls gone?
3. Where have all the young men gone?
4. Where have all the soldiers gone?
5. Where have all the graveyards gone?
6. When will they ever learn?
The Heart of the Prajnaparamita
Translated by Thich Nhat Hanh
Strange the things we remember. I remember the first time I walked into Widener Library (a library meant to widen your understanding) back in the doldrum year of 1981. The first thing I wanted to find was the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Paul Courtwright, at Greensboro at the time, put the seed in my mind. What wild journeys the mind took thereafter...
Ah libraries! Ah sutras!
The Bodhisattva Avalokita, while moving in the deep course of the Perfect Wisdom, shed light on the five aggregates and found them equally empty. After this penetration, he overcame all pain.Hail? What's wrong with sleet? Or a gentle snow?
"Listen, Sariputra, form is emptiness, emptiness is form, form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness does not differ from form. The same thing is true with feeling, perception, mental functioning, and consciousness.
"Here, Sariputra, all dharmas are marked with emptiness; they are neither produced nor destroyed, neither defiled nor immaculate, neither increasing nor decreasing. Therefore, in emptiness there is neither form, nor feeling, nor perception, nor mental functioning, nor consciousness; no eye, or ear, or nose, or tongue, or body, or mind; no form, no sound, no smell elements (from sight to mind-consciousness), no interdependent origins (from ignorance to death and decay), no extinction of death and decay, no suffering, no origination of suffering, no extinction, no path, no wisdom, no attainment.
"Because there is no attainment, the Bodhisattva, basing on the Perfection of Wisdom, finds no obstacles for his mind. Having no obstacles, he overcomes fear, liberating himself forever from illusion and assault and realizing perfect Nirvana. All Buddhas in the past, present, and future, thanks to this Perfect Wisdom, arrive to full, right, and universal Enlightenment.
"Therefore one should know that the Perfect Wisdom is a great mantra, is the highest mantra, is the unequaled mantra, the destroyer of all suffering, the incorruptible truth. A mantra of Prajnaparamita should therefore be proclaimed. It is this:'Gone, gone, gone to the other shore, gone together to the other shore. O Awakening! All hail!'"
Strange the things we remember. I remember the first time I walked into Widener Library (a library meant to widen your understanding) back in the doldrum year of 1981. The first thing I wanted to find was the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Paul Courtwright, at Greensboro at the time, put the seed in my mind. What wild journeys the mind took thereafter...
Ah libraries! Ah sutras!
The National Debate: Thoughts on A Respectful Disagreement
More on the WhineFest
Robert Cox should be commended, and heeded, for posting this:
Good job, Robert. You were not the problem. Alas, you are the solution.
Robert Cox should be commended, and heeded, for posting this:
For the record, Dave did exactly what I had hoped when I invited him to lead the session. I expected that Dave would provoke the most exciting, memorable session of the entire weekend and he delivered - in spades.
...
He was SUPPOSED to get folks riled up. That was the entire point of the session.
It may shock critics but I thought the session was brilliant - a home run. Those who are complaining should be THANKING Dave for bringing the topic to a boil and then stepping back and letting folks sort things out. That IS how this kind of event is supposed to work and no one knows that better than Dave because he is the person who developed the format. Unfortunately, many folks in the room chose to make Dave Winer the issue rather than discussing what had happened, why and how things might have gone differently. In other words to look at how disagreement takes place in the blogosphere, why it becomes heated so fast and what can be done to change that. I think folks are forgetting that Dave, very nicely, made this point in his opening remarks before he began stirring things up by picking fights.
Good job, Robert. You were not the problem. Alas, you are the solution.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Seniors let blog be heard
Charlotte Observer | 05/09/2005 | Seniors let blog be heard
"What is smart about AARP," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, "is they've taken the plunge into the blogosphere without really knowing what they will get out of it." That plunge could lead to new audiences -- and greater influence -- for an organization traditionally linked to older people.
"What is smart about AARP," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, "is they've taken the plunge into the blogosphere without really knowing what they will get out of it." That plunge could lead to new audiences -- and greater influence -- for an organization traditionally linked to older people.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Monday, May 09, 2005
The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools
Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com
While Tennessee didn't even have one school in the top 300, North Carolina has nine in the top 100. Sorry Tennessee, but our colleges and universities rate higher too. Maybe you ARE a bunch of rednecks! :)
NC High Schools:
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C.
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C.
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C.
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C.
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C.
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Charlotte/Huntersville | N.C.
67 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C.
74 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C.
88 | Butler | Charlotte/Matthews | N.C.
While Tennessee didn't even have one school in the top 300, North Carolina has nine in the top 100. Sorry Tennessee, but our colleges and universities rate higher too. Maybe you ARE a bunch of rednecks! :)
NC High Schools:
9 | Raleigh Charter | Raleigh | N.C.
25 | Harding University* | Charlotte | N.C.
37 | Myers Park* | Charlotte | N.C.
38 | East Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C.
52 | Enloe* | Raleigh | N.C.
56 | North Mecklenburg* | Charlotte/Huntersville | N.C.
67 | Grimsley* | Greensboro | N.C.
74 | Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | N.C.
88 | Butler | Charlotte/Matthews | N.C.
Sunday, May 08, 2005
The Tar Heel Tavern - Derby Edition
a la Circadiana...
"Welcome to The Tar Heel Tavern, weekly blog carnival showcasing the best of North Carolina blogging.
This is the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, so, in that vein, let me introduce today's racing contestants."
"Welcome to The Tar Heel Tavern, weekly blog carnival showcasing the best of North Carolina blogging.
This is the weekend of the Kentucky Derby, so, in that vein, let me introduce today's racing contestants."
Saturday, May 07, 2005
BlogNashville: Whiter and Maler Than Ever!
Ed Cone in Nashville
...while Dave Winer finds some color on the necks.
” I am going to throw another bomb. You are all Rednecks”
Rednecks? Or Whitenecks?
You be the judge.
"Monoculture breeds disease." -Richard Evans Schultes
Photo from BlogNashville by Mkelley
We need for less white males to blog. Any volunteers?
*The author does not share the view of the rednecks.
...while Dave Winer finds some color on the necks.
” I am going to throw another bomb. You are all Rednecks”
Rednecks? Or Whitenecks?
You be the judge.
"Monoculture breeds disease." -Richard Evans Schultes
Photo from BlogNashville by Mkelley
We need for less white males to blog. Any volunteers?
*The author does not share the view of the rednecks.
Robert Benchley Society
Risible Hominid
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is due to the great number of characters which clutter up the pages. The Russian school is responsible for this. - Robert Benchley
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is due to the great number of characters which clutter up the pages. The Russian school is responsible for this. - Robert Benchley
Friday, May 06, 2005
Col. David Hackworth is dead
Vietnam Vet, Journalist Hackworth Dies - Yahoo! News
He was a good man who moved many with his unrelenting honesty. May he rest in Peace.
He was a good man who moved many with his unrelenting honesty. May he rest in Peace.
Gore to Get Lifetime Award for Internet, while Bush still tries to make money for Oil Companies
If Bush weren't dyslexic, would he then read the Internets?
The Man who won the Popular vote in 2000, and who should be president, has received some of the honors he deserves. Meanwhile Bush is trying his best to bring America to its knees, and doing a pretty good job. Under Clinton, no one would have thought or predicted the decline or demise of America. Not so anymore. And if we are stupid enough to elect another Republican after George, the nails in the coffin of our dying country will be hammered shut, and down we go.
I'm reminded of a scene in "Patch Adams" where the nefarious administrator is trying to tell Patch how it is done, and Patch says bluntly, "But you suck at it!"
Republicans: You suck at governing. Under your daft "leadership" there is no chance of there being exuberance, rational or otherwise. Only terror, war and manufactured fear works to your ends. The more astute of the duped are figuring this out.
The Man who won the Popular vote in 2000, and who should be president, has received some of the honors he deserves. Meanwhile Bush is trying his best to bring America to its knees, and doing a pretty good job. Under Clinton, no one would have thought or predicted the decline or demise of America. Not so anymore. And if we are stupid enough to elect another Republican after George, the nails in the coffin of our dying country will be hammered shut, and down we go.
I'm reminded of a scene in "Patch Adams" where the nefarious administrator is trying to tell Patch how it is done, and Patch says bluntly, "But you suck at it!"
Republicans: You suck at governing. Under your daft "leadership" there is no chance of there being exuberance, rational or otherwise. Only terror, war and manufactured fear works to your ends. The more astute of the duped are figuring this out.
newsobserver.com |Welcome to N&O blogs
newsobserver.com |Welcome to N&O blogs
"Welcome to N&O Blogs, a collection of Web-exclusive, frequently updated writings by N&O editors and reporters. These blogs are intended to expand the paper's reach and timeliness, and give you, our readers, a greater role in the process.
As we grow, we will add blogs pertaining to a variety of subjects, from local media to outdoor activities. The only constant will be the emphasis on issues of importance to the Triangle community. We want to hear your ideas."
"Welcome to N&O Blogs, a collection of Web-exclusive, frequently updated writings by N&O editors and reporters. These blogs are intended to expand the paper's reach and timeliness, and give you, our readers, a greater role in the process.
As we grow, we will add blogs pertaining to a variety of subjects, from local media to outdoor activities. The only constant will be the emphasis on issues of importance to the Triangle community. We want to hear your ideas."
North Carolina Baptist Church Purges Democrats
Scrutiny Hooligans
Is your good, clean, Christian church bedeviled by DEMOCRATS?
Do you have problems delivering for the paymasters because certain people will not drink the koolade?
Rid your church of this menace! These are the Left who are Left Behind anyway! Reprobation itself!
Your church can follow the lead of the avant-garde East Waynesville Baptist church, long known for being at the cutting edge of atavism, and spearhead your own devolutionary purging.
Why wait? Now you can take your disillusionment out on someone else. No need to admit defeat. No need to question the ethics of taking those bribes disguised as faith-based initiatives.
You are playing army! And if you can't beat the Iraqis, by God you can beat the Democrats!
This and more with Scrutiny
Is your good, clean, Christian church bedeviled by DEMOCRATS?
Do you have problems delivering for the paymasters because certain people will not drink the koolade?
Rid your church of this menace! These are the Left who are Left Behind anyway! Reprobation itself!
Your church can follow the lead of the avant-garde East Waynesville Baptist church, long known for being at the cutting edge of atavism, and spearhead your own devolutionary purging.
Why wait? Now you can take your disillusionment out on someone else. No need to admit defeat. No need to question the ethics of taking those bribes disguised as faith-based initiatives.
You are playing army! And if you can't beat the Iraqis, by God you can beat the Democrats!
This and more with Scrutiny
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Love, Devotion, Surrender : Some sequences are better than others.
New Poll: 57% Now Say Iraq War 'Not Worth It'
Retreat is not surrender.
Where the graceful exit?
But graceful for whom?
The remaining yet-to-die
Children of God?
Man is no greater than God.
This is egothink, delusion.
George is no greater than God.
He has three years.
On a good day.
Songs are meant for singing.
What was so bad about exuberance?
Peace and prosperity a little too, what, boring? Thinthitive?
Heavenish?
War is indeed Hell.
But who owns it?
And is there no exit.
No exit.
No windows. No mirrors.
And doors than only enter.
And no shade from the shame.
-anon
Retreat is not surrender.
Where the graceful exit?
But graceful for whom?
The remaining yet-to-die
Children of God?
Man is no greater than God.
This is egothink, delusion.
George is no greater than God.
He has three years.
On a good day.
Songs are meant for singing.
What was so bad about exuberance?
Peace and prosperity a little too, what, boring? Thinthitive?
Heavenish?
War is indeed Hell.
But who owns it?
And is there no exit.
No exit.
No windows. No mirrors.
And doors than only enter.
And no shade from the shame.
-anon
"an unfortunate conflation of two rhetorical devices treasured by politicians of both parties but best kept a few paragraphs apart"
In Praise of Bush's Honesty (Honest) - Michael Kinsley
"The comic high point of the president's prime-time news conference was this muddled disquisition on how the American people don't want the president to do what polls say the American people want the president to do."
"The comic high point of the president's prime-time news conference was this muddled disquisition on how the American people don't want the president to do what polls say the American people want the president to do."
First there was the SUV, Now there is the 15-pound hamburger
It's quantity, not quality, or so says consumptives.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
What is the Republican Party?
City Pages - The Undoing of America - Gore Vidal
EXCERPT
What is the Republican Party? Well, it used to be the party of the small-town businessman, generally in the Middle West, generally sort of out of the mainstream. Very conservative. It now represents nothing but the gas and oil business. They own it. And the people who go to Congress are simply bought. They are lawyers who are paid to represent Halliburton, big oil, big banking. So the very rich corporate America has a party for itself, the Republican Party. The Democrats don't have much of anything but a kind of wistful style. They just want everyone to be happy, and politically correct at all times. Do not hurt other people's feelings. They spend so much time on political correctness that they haven't thought of what to do politically about anything. Like say "no" to these preemptive wars, which are against not only the whole world's take on war and peace, but against United States history.
Learn more about your dying country, and how it is being killed.
EXCERPT
What is the Republican Party? Well, it used to be the party of the small-town businessman, generally in the Middle West, generally sort of out of the mainstream. Very conservative. It now represents nothing but the gas and oil business. They own it. And the people who go to Congress are simply bought. They are lawyers who are paid to represent Halliburton, big oil, big banking. So the very rich corporate America has a party for itself, the Republican Party. The Democrats don't have much of anything but a kind of wistful style. They just want everyone to be happy, and politically correct at all times. Do not hurt other people's feelings. They spend so much time on political correctness that they haven't thought of what to do politically about anything. Like say "no" to these preemptive wars, which are against not only the whole world's take on war and peace, but against United States history.
Learn more about your dying country, and how it is being killed.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Proof the Right Wing is dumbing down
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Favorite Columnists - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
What has softened the skulls of the Right Wing of late? Is it that they are expected to follow their fuhrers where'er they may lead, and in the process have, themselves, had to slow their cerebrations to a point where fossilized cryptonazis in the bright autumn of their senescence, boys like Rich Lowry, or anyone named Limbaugh suffice as thought leading?
Thanks to the Right Wing News for sharing the embarrassing results of their very scientific study (shown on the other side of this link.)
Give the list a serious pondering, and ask yourself if you envision yourself as someone who would be impressed by such folk as listed there. And should the answer be a resounding "yea"...you may want to redouble your efforts at trying to understand why you never saw reasons to finish high school, or pay attention in college, were you one of the lucky ones.
Oh sure, there are one or two in the favorite columnist list who actually do think thoughts. Hitch and Brooks come to mind. But Coulter, David Limbaugh, Michael Barone?
Thoughts don't convey any better when yelled, and yet yelling seems to be a favorite mode of speech among the more famous voices of the Reich. What is so wrong with speaking in modulated tones, like they do on NPR, PBS, BBC, or other non-Rightwing sources of information. And what is wrong with information? What is so great about hearing Purchased Opinion day in and day out? If opinion is your gig, why not shoot for unpaid opinion? How do you know paid-for opinion is not just PR? Would Rush Limbaugh give a fair assessment of Gutter Helmet? What are the down sides of this unusual sartorial accessory, and would a good haberdasher recommend wearing one? Certainly not with white tie.
So while the Left and Center have to suffer folks like Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Moyers, Garrison Keillor, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Rumi, Lao Tse, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and other Princes of Peace, the Right get to skim from the very top of humanity, and find such radiant sources of Eternal Light as Ann Coulter and Rich Lowry? Sure they are cute, but so is a puppy just learning to walk.
I remember when I first became interested in philosophy. I found great delight in finding a philosopher I liked, and then searching for the thinkers THEY liked. And then the ones THEY liked, and on back to God. Never, in a million years, would I end up at William F. Buckley or Charles Krauthammer or George Will -- fine folks though they may be.
Sometimes it is best to look beyond our time and our place, in order to get a view that is not, in some way, influenced, or paid, or purchased by this or that company, group or movement.
The people on this list are too often at odds with time-tested universal wisdoms, and I can only think that it is either because they are unfamiliar with time-tested universal wisdoms, or that they are simply saying basically what they are paid to say.
One cannot impart even a tenth of one's understanding to another man, and only half to another woman, but that does not mean we should not lament the dumbing down, the awful rowing toward ignorance and ignobility.
It does little good to worry about it, and it is probably best that people learn from their own mistakes.
But, if you find that you are one of those who swoon and gush at the opinions of such and such on said list, it would do no harm to ask: Who are their influences? Whom do they find to be worthy of study? And then go to them, if there is a them. Trace them on back. If nothing else, it will free you momentarily from the Drudge.
What has softened the skulls of the Right Wing of late? Is it that they are expected to follow their fuhrers where'er they may lead, and in the process have, themselves, had to slow their cerebrations to a point where fossilized cryptonazis in the bright autumn of their senescence, boys like Rich Lowry, or anyone named Limbaugh suffice as thought leading?
Thanks to the Right Wing News for sharing the embarrassing results of their very scientific study (shown on the other side of this link.)
Give the list a serious pondering, and ask yourself if you envision yourself as someone who would be impressed by such folk as listed there. And should the answer be a resounding "yea"...you may want to redouble your efforts at trying to understand why you never saw reasons to finish high school, or pay attention in college, were you one of the lucky ones.
Oh sure, there are one or two in the favorite columnist list who actually do think thoughts. Hitch and Brooks come to mind. But Coulter, David Limbaugh, Michael Barone?
Thoughts don't convey any better when yelled, and yet yelling seems to be a favorite mode of speech among the more famous voices of the Reich. What is so wrong with speaking in modulated tones, like they do on NPR, PBS, BBC, or other non-Rightwing sources of information. And what is wrong with information? What is so great about hearing Purchased Opinion day in and day out? If opinion is your gig, why not shoot for unpaid opinion? How do you know paid-for opinion is not just PR? Would Rush Limbaugh give a fair assessment of Gutter Helmet? What are the down sides of this unusual sartorial accessory, and would a good haberdasher recommend wearing one? Certainly not with white tie.
So while the Left and Center have to suffer folks like Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Moyers, Garrison Keillor, James Joyce, Shakespeare, Rumi, Lao Tse, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and other Princes of Peace, the Right get to skim from the very top of humanity, and find such radiant sources of Eternal Light as Ann Coulter and Rich Lowry? Sure they are cute, but so is a puppy just learning to walk.
I remember when I first became interested in philosophy. I found great delight in finding a philosopher I liked, and then searching for the thinkers THEY liked. And then the ones THEY liked, and on back to God. Never, in a million years, would I end up at William F. Buckley or Charles Krauthammer or George Will -- fine folks though they may be.
Sometimes it is best to look beyond our time and our place, in order to get a view that is not, in some way, influenced, or paid, or purchased by this or that company, group or movement.
The people on this list are too often at odds with time-tested universal wisdoms, and I can only think that it is either because they are unfamiliar with time-tested universal wisdoms, or that they are simply saying basically what they are paid to say.
One cannot impart even a tenth of one's understanding to another man, and only half to another woman, but that does not mean we should not lament the dumbing down, the awful rowing toward ignorance and ignobility.
It does little good to worry about it, and it is probably best that people learn from their own mistakes.
But, if you find that you are one of those who swoon and gush at the opinions of such and such on said list, it would do no harm to ask: Who are their influences? Whom do they find to be worthy of study? And then go to them, if there is a them. Trace them on back. If nothing else, it will free you momentarily from the Drudge.
Poor Red States! Poor, poor Red States!
The American Street - A Surprising Find in the List of Median Income By State
Why is it that Red States tend to be below the national average when it comes to median income? Would the numbers come out differently if you didn't factor in slaves? With millions of limosine liberals pimping desperate househoes should not the manufacturer of the chariots at least be warned of the impending swarms of locusts? And what of man's counter-inhumanity to unman? Will Jack smack the skeet? Green dreams sleep furiously, and yet yellow turtledoves are slow becoming extant, aneusly. Alight! The mose knows, only canst but tell William, caccinative in his land. Formicate your conscious gland. Blue water, blue sky, green grass and you. Tell me, what are you gonna do.
Why is it that Red States tend to be below the national average when it comes to median income? Would the numbers come out differently if you didn't factor in slaves? With millions of limosine liberals pimping desperate househoes should not the manufacturer of the chariots at least be warned of the impending swarms of locusts? And what of man's counter-inhumanity to unman? Will Jack smack the skeet? Green dreams sleep furiously, and yet yellow turtledoves are slow becoming extant, aneusly. Alight! The mose knows, only canst but tell William, caccinative in his land. Formicate your conscious gland. Blue water, blue sky, green grass and you. Tell me, what are you gonna do.
Idea Consultants: May 2 - Dave Winer Day
Idea Consultants: May 2 - Dave Winer Day
Idea Consultants would like to consider May 2...Dave Winer Day in honor of the gentleman who made much of our fascinating lives possible, through his tireless efforts.
Happy Birthday, Dave!
Idea Consultants would like to consider May 2...Dave Winer Day in honor of the gentleman who made much of our fascinating lives possible, through his tireless efforts.
Happy Birthday, Dave!
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Friday, April 29, 2005
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Where to find business blog feeds
Business Blog Feeds
When you search Google for "business blog feeds", at least today, you come up with zilch. Time to change that. Too much to learn to go racing everywhere for their feeds, when time is of the essence.
Therefore, I am cobbling together a page where those who often blog about business blogging are syndicated through the magic of java, rss, and so on.
There are plenty of good businesses with nothing to hide, and these should flock to blogging. For one thing, the ones that shy away are going to seem suspect before long. What is wrong with transparency, communicating, sharing, learning, educating, being educated, growing, evolving?
When companies and people share what they know, it has the potential of helping people who might not be helped otherwise, and it creates a situation where you want to keep learning, so as to have better and better things to impart. You grow and learn. Everybody grows and learns. People begin to trust you, and want to enter into a dialogue. The monologues of slow companies will grow tedious in the ears of those who, at best, sit on the phone for sometimes hours waiting for a machine to give them more hoops to jump through. As Harry Beckwith once noted, "Work is personal". But you couldn't tell it by the way some businesses behave today.
Blogs can help humanize a company. As a networking tool, it may well be unparalleled.
And if one considers the 19 or 20 critical subsystems necessary for life of a living system, blogging certainly supplies or enhances the Input Transducer, Internal Transducer, Channel and Net, Decoder, Associator, Memory, Encoder, Output transducer, even Decider, although it has little to do with Matter/Energy processes. But this is good, because a system is more likely to live the more it processes information over matter/energy. Dinosaurs are the converse. So are large, lumbering, deaf and dumb companies, organizations and prisons.
So I've created this page where you can learn about changing your company by seeing how others are changing theirs.
It's not my usual fare, but alas, I contain multitudes. :)
When you search Google for "business blog feeds", at least today, you come up with zilch. Time to change that. Too much to learn to go racing everywhere for their feeds, when time is of the essence.
Therefore, I am cobbling together a page where those who often blog about business blogging are syndicated through the magic of java, rss, and so on.
There are plenty of good businesses with nothing to hide, and these should flock to blogging. For one thing, the ones that shy away are going to seem suspect before long. What is wrong with transparency, communicating, sharing, learning, educating, being educated, growing, evolving?
When companies and people share what they know, it has the potential of helping people who might not be helped otherwise, and it creates a situation where you want to keep learning, so as to have better and better things to impart. You grow and learn. Everybody grows and learns. People begin to trust you, and want to enter into a dialogue. The monologues of slow companies will grow tedious in the ears of those who, at best, sit on the phone for sometimes hours waiting for a machine to give them more hoops to jump through. As Harry Beckwith once noted, "Work is personal". But you couldn't tell it by the way some businesses behave today.
Blogs can help humanize a company. As a networking tool, it may well be unparalleled.
And if one considers the 19 or 20 critical subsystems necessary for life of a living system, blogging certainly supplies or enhances the Input Transducer, Internal Transducer, Channel and Net, Decoder, Associator, Memory, Encoder, Output transducer, even Decider, although it has little to do with Matter/Energy processes. But this is good, because a system is more likely to live the more it processes information over matter/energy. Dinosaurs are the converse. So are large, lumbering, deaf and dumb companies, organizations and prisons.
So I've created this page where you can learn about changing your company by seeing how others are changing theirs.
It's not my usual fare, but alas, I contain multitudes. :)
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Cooking makes us far less beastly
Charlotte Observer | 04/19/2005 | Kathleen Purvis
Cooked food delivers more nutrition in less time, freeing us to do all kinds of things, like hunt, plant and eventually invent the drive-through lane.
Cooked food delivers more nutrition in less time, freeing us to do all kinds of things, like hunt, plant and eventually invent the drive-through lane.
Happy Birthday!: Jim Beckwourth & The Hubble Telescope
Synchronicitously, serendipitously I picked up one of my books on Jim Beckwourth and began to read: "I was born April 26, 1798 in Fredericksburg, Virginia."
Granted, it would have been stranger if I had done that today, but alas it was yesterday. This fact doesn't change the fact of Jim remarkable life, which I summarized into next to nothing in the Wikipedia:
James Pierson Beckwourth (a.k.a. Jim Beckwourth, James P. Beckwith) was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1798 to Sir Jennings Beckwith and an African-American woman about whom little is known.
His father saw to it that his son would not suffer the vicissitudes of slavery, and thrice had him manumitted at court.
Like his father, Jim enjoyed nature, native Americans and adventure, and it was not long before he set out to explore the vast expanses of what would become that which kept the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans apart.
Places still bear his name.
Later in his life, Jim recounted his astonishing life to Thomas D. Bonner, who set the book The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians to type. As notable as are the adventures, Jim's linguistic and stylistic prowess also impresses as being beyond the normal scope of reportage. The lessons of the book have currency, and much can be learned that might help us understand the role of alcohol in the US Government, how occupations effect the occupied, our historical relationship to diseases, wildlife, and the environment...among other things, including massacres and war.
and added his father's mini-bio today:
Sir Jennings Beckwith is perhaps best known for being the father of James P. (Jim) Beckwith (Beckwourth), or more commonly known and spelled as Jim Beckwourth, who, among other things, was a writer, raconteur, trapper, trader, explorer, mulatto and Indian Chief. Jennings Beckwith was the son of Sir Jonathan Beckwith, signer of the Virginia Stamp Act, and grandson of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith who documented nearly every aspect of life in that part of the Northern Neck of Virginia which produced such statesmen as Washington, Lee, Mason, Carter, Tayloe, Fauntleroy, Brockenbrough, and others whose influence on the early republic was felt far and wide.
As it was a fondness of Virginians, at the time of Sir Jennings Beckwith, to regard time with relative disregard, and consider it something that one "kills", so too did Jennings have such an attitude. One obituary even said that he had "insuperable objections to spending his time profitably". But because of this freedom, he was able to travel to, what was then, the Far West, and thus help expand America...which he did -- and took his family, some of whom were of African-American descent, through their mother.
It seems Jennings Beckwith may well have brought his family out west in order to shelter them from such a life, as on three seperate occasions he saw to it that his children were manumitted. And it is obvious, from the magnificent liguistic inventory of Jim Beckwourth that he had been taught the fine details of the language.
Jennings Beckwith died at Mount Airy, the beautiful palladian ancient home of the Col. John Tayloe family. Story is told that his spirit still visits the ancient mansion.
Happy birthday, Jim!
It is also the birthday of the most wondrous invention ever...the Hubble Telescope.
Again! May you have many more years!
Granted, it would have been stranger if I had done that today, but alas it was yesterday. This fact doesn't change the fact of Jim remarkable life, which I summarized into next to nothing in the Wikipedia:
James Pierson Beckwourth (a.k.a. Jim Beckwourth, James P. Beckwith) was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1798 to Sir Jennings Beckwith and an African-American woman about whom little is known.
His father saw to it that his son would not suffer the vicissitudes of slavery, and thrice had him manumitted at court.
Like his father, Jim enjoyed nature, native Americans and adventure, and it was not long before he set out to explore the vast expanses of what would become that which kept the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans apart.
Places still bear his name.
Later in his life, Jim recounted his astonishing life to Thomas D. Bonner, who set the book The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians to type. As notable as are the adventures, Jim's linguistic and stylistic prowess also impresses as being beyond the normal scope of reportage. The lessons of the book have currency, and much can be learned that might help us understand the role of alcohol in the US Government, how occupations effect the occupied, our historical relationship to diseases, wildlife, and the environment...among other things, including massacres and war.
and added his father's mini-bio today:
Sir Jennings Beckwith is perhaps best known for being the father of James P. (Jim) Beckwith (Beckwourth), or more commonly known and spelled as Jim Beckwourth, who, among other things, was a writer, raconteur, trapper, trader, explorer, mulatto and Indian Chief. Jennings Beckwith was the son of Sir Jonathan Beckwith, signer of the Virginia Stamp Act, and grandson of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith who documented nearly every aspect of life in that part of the Northern Neck of Virginia which produced such statesmen as Washington, Lee, Mason, Carter, Tayloe, Fauntleroy, Brockenbrough, and others whose influence on the early republic was felt far and wide.
As it was a fondness of Virginians, at the time of Sir Jennings Beckwith, to regard time with relative disregard, and consider it something that one "kills", so too did Jennings have such an attitude. One obituary even said that he had "insuperable objections to spending his time profitably". But because of this freedom, he was able to travel to, what was then, the Far West, and thus help expand America...which he did -- and took his family, some of whom were of African-American descent, through their mother.
It seems Jennings Beckwith may well have brought his family out west in order to shelter them from such a life, as on three seperate occasions he saw to it that his children were manumitted. And it is obvious, from the magnificent liguistic inventory of Jim Beckwourth that he had been taught the fine details of the language.
Jennings Beckwith died at Mount Airy, the beautiful palladian ancient home of the Col. John Tayloe family. Story is told that his spirit still visits the ancient mansion.
Happy birthday, Jim!
It is also the birthday of the most wondrous invention ever...the Hubble Telescope.
Again! May you have many more years!
The Commonly Confused Words Test
OKCupid! The Commonly Confused Words Test
English Genius
You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.
Well, I got one question wrong. So shoot me!
English Genius
You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 93% Expert!
You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!
Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!
For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.
Well, I got one question wrong. So shoot me!
Monday, April 25, 2005
RSS Feeds at Charlotte.com
The Charlotte Observer now has a host of syndicable feeds for ye blognoscenti.
I have already stocked "My Yahoo" with a number of them.
Now all they have to do is allow commenting, and invite community bloggers into their fold. And podcast, of course.
I have already stocked "My Yahoo" with a number of them.
Now all they have to do is allow commenting, and invite community bloggers into their fold. And podcast, of course.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
The Mood of the Newsroom
First Draft by Tim Porter
Tim Porter, who will be attending BlogNashville from California, as he puts it: "interviewed several hundred journalists - reporters, photographers, copy editors, executive editors, designers, graphic artists. I've been in newspaper newsrooms of more than 500 people and in newsrooms of less than 50. It has been an immersion course in the mood of the press - and much of it hasn't been pretty."
He goes on the surmise the following:
Here is the litany of shame that echoes in newsroom after newsroom:
We don't have the money.
We don't have the time.
We don't have the people.
We have lousy editors.
We have lousy reporters.
We can't communicate.
We don't talk.
We don't listen.
But he also shows some bright spots, such as Greensboro.
"There are plenty of ideas for change out there and some very smart people pushing them. "
An excellent read, with much else besides...
Tim Porter, who will be attending BlogNashville from California, as he puts it: "interviewed several hundred journalists - reporters, photographers, copy editors, executive editors, designers, graphic artists. I've been in newspaper newsrooms of more than 500 people and in newsrooms of less than 50. It has been an immersion course in the mood of the press - and much of it hasn't been pretty."
He goes on the surmise the following:
Here is the litany of shame that echoes in newsroom after newsroom:
We don't have the money.
We don't have the time.
We don't have the people.
We have lousy editors.
We have lousy reporters.
We can't communicate.
We don't talk.
We don't listen.
But he also shows some bright spots, such as Greensboro.
"There are plenty of ideas for change out there and some very smart people pushing them. "
An excellent read, with much else besides...
Going to BlogNashville
Are you going?
It has been a while since I looked at the list of folks already signed up to "please come to Nashville for the springtime", and so I am going blog my perusal of the additional folks I have yet to discover...
I peeked earlier and saw that the legendary Dana Blankenhorn is planning on attending, which spawned my excitement of yet other possibilities. I have read Dana's work since the mid-90s, and hope to get an opportunity to speak with him.
Now...whom else??
Weel, there is chris muir of daybydaycartoon.com who is coming up from Melbourne. Maybe he can bring my dear old friend, Ken Phillips, who lives right down the street in Palm Bay. He and I held each other's hand during the learning phases of the Internet, back in 94...when I decided to climb back in. An idea anyway. Carpooling is healthy.
Ross Myers from Greensboro! Awesome! Is Tara coming too? Hmm...
Minky Worden, from Human Rights Watch, and so many more. Too many to name really. Over 200. Maybe I'll just stay at home.
Naa.
Maybe YOU should come, instead! Can I git a witness!
It has been a while since I looked at the list of folks already signed up to "please come to Nashville for the springtime", and so I am going blog my perusal of the additional folks I have yet to discover...
I peeked earlier and saw that the legendary Dana Blankenhorn is planning on attending, which spawned my excitement of yet other possibilities. I have read Dana's work since the mid-90s, and hope to get an opportunity to speak with him.
Now...whom else??
Weel, there is chris muir of daybydaycartoon.com who is coming up from Melbourne. Maybe he can bring my dear old friend, Ken Phillips, who lives right down the street in Palm Bay. He and I held each other's hand during the learning phases of the Internet, back in 94...when I decided to climb back in. An idea anyway. Carpooling is healthy.
Ross Myers from Greensboro! Awesome! Is Tara coming too? Hmm...
Minky Worden, from Human Rights Watch, and so many more. Too many to name really. Over 200. Maybe I'll just stay at home.
Naa.
Maybe YOU should come, instead! Can I git a witness!
Saturday, April 23, 2005
NO BLOG? NO BUSINESS.
Blogs will change your business.
Are you prepared?
Stamping out shitty businesses
Business Week: Our advice: Catch up...or catch you later
excerpt:
I'm reminded of the updated...
UNIVERSAL BUSINESS BLOG MANTRA
Authenticity.
Passion.
Transparency.
Originality.
Integrity.
Interactive Community.
If your business does not have a blog, or its equivalent, the assumption will be that you are inauthentic, you lack passion, you are hiding something, you are unoriginal and lack integrity, and you are not community-friendly.
Well...maybe it is true! And perhaps you deserve to lose customers to more receptive, friendly, and open providers. Maybe business blogging will help weed out those who are only in it for themselves anyway. Everyone learns from each other. Or at least they could, if they factored in sharing.
I hear that the Blogfather, Mister Ed Cone, is going to take the matter even further in the upcoming ZD publication. We'll let you know when that one comes out. These are exciting times!
Are you prepared?
Stamping out shitty businesses
Business Week: Our advice: Catch up...or catch you later
excerpt:
Go ahead and bellyache about blogs. But you cannot afford to close your eyes to them, because they're simply the most explosive outbreak in the information world since the Internet itself. And they're going to shake up just about every business -- including yours. It doesn't matter whether you're shipping paper clips, pork bellies, or videos of Britney in a bikini, blogs are a phenomenon that you cannot ignore, postpone, or delegate. Given the changes barreling down upon us, blogs are not a business elective. They're a prerequisite. (And yes, that goes for us, too.)
I'm reminded of the updated...
UNIVERSAL BUSINESS BLOG MANTRA
Authenticity.
Passion.
Transparency.
Originality.
Integrity.
Interactive Community.
If your business does not have a blog, or its equivalent, the assumption will be that you are inauthentic, you lack passion, you are hiding something, you are unoriginal and lack integrity, and you are not community-friendly.
Well...maybe it is true! And perhaps you deserve to lose customers to more receptive, friendly, and open providers. Maybe business blogging will help weed out those who are only in it for themselves anyway. Everyone learns from each other. Or at least they could, if they factored in sharing.
I hear that the Blogfather, Mister Ed Cone, is going to take the matter even further in the upcoming ZD publication. We'll let you know when that one comes out. These are exciting times!
CNN Guerrillas in the Midst: A Viral Marketing Campaign Exposed
This is CNN: the only major news network using your blog for an experimental guerrilla marketing campaign.
Nick Lewis
excerpt:
This week, CNN broke ground as the first news network to attempt a viral marketing campaign in the blogosphere. But the sophisticated, insightful, deceptive, and even aggressive tactics that I’ve unearthed are all part of a much bigger story: CNN is gambling that they can use the blogosphere to gain a competitive advantage over their seemingly invincible arch rival Fox News[5].
If CNN’s viral marketing tactics succeeded [1], than make no mistake: Fox will retaliate; and they are likely to use the exact same methods. Allowing these guerrilla marketing campaigns to continue could result in our blogs -- leftwing and rightwing alike -- to become the battlefield in ratings war between two of the largest media giants.
Nick Lewis
excerpt:
This week, CNN broke ground as the first news network to attempt a viral marketing campaign in the blogosphere. But the sophisticated, insightful, deceptive, and even aggressive tactics that I’ve unearthed are all part of a much bigger story: CNN is gambling that they can use the blogosphere to gain a competitive advantage over their seemingly invincible arch rival Fox News[5].
If CNN’s viral marketing tactics succeeded [1], than make no mistake: Fox will retaliate; and they are likely to use the exact same methods. Allowing these guerrilla marketing campaigns to continue could result in our blogs -- leftwing and rightwing alike -- to become the battlefield in ratings war between two of the largest media giants.
Friday, April 22, 2005
"I'm in the blogosphere to escape from this degradation of values." - David Weinberger
Joho the Blog: The spit fight that ended my career at MSNBC
(hat tip to Ed Cone)
"I'm in the blogosphere to escape from this degradation of values." says David Weinberger, citing one of the reasons he has said No to the MSNBC.
(hat tip to Ed Cone)
"I'm in the blogosphere to escape from this degradation of values." says David Weinberger, citing one of the reasons he has said No to the MSNBC.
Starting Monday...The Myth Of Charlotte Pollution
The Charlotte Capitalist (TM)
I went ahead and tossed out the following questions:
A few questions you might wish to answer:
1. It is somewhat understandable how someone would defend polluters when they are paid to do so. How do you explain unpaid defenders of polluters?
2. On more than one occasion, Charlotte has had a "Code Purple Race Week" (or "Code Purple" "Race Week", if you don't like the implication of the former). How much air pollution is added to Charlotte's air because of car racing? Will Charlotte be the first city to host Solar car racing? (It would be nice to go to a race and not choke on the air.)
3. Certainly one of the worst-smelling air polluters in the area is the Pipe & Foundry, just across 277 from the Bank of America Stadium.
Higher Standards would also demand higher air quality standards. When will the stadium folks tell the polluters to put a cork in it?
4. Is our addiction to cars chaining us to a future of greater congestion, in traffic and in health, because of the concomitant air pollution?
5. Why is it that polluting, and the defense thereof seems to be a peculiarly Republican activity? How much money is spent by polluters to defend and distort the truth?
A concerned citizen
-anonyMoses
I went ahead and tossed out the following questions:
A few questions you might wish to answer:
1. It is somewhat understandable how someone would defend polluters when they are paid to do so. How do you explain unpaid defenders of polluters?
2. On more than one occasion, Charlotte has had a "Code Purple Race Week" (or "Code Purple" "Race Week", if you don't like the implication of the former). How much air pollution is added to Charlotte's air because of car racing? Will Charlotte be the first city to host Solar car racing? (It would be nice to go to a race and not choke on the air.)
3. Certainly one of the worst-smelling air polluters in the area is the Pipe & Foundry, just across 277 from the Bank of America Stadium.
Higher Standards would also demand higher air quality standards. When will the stadium folks tell the polluters to put a cork in it?
4. Is our addiction to cars chaining us to a future of greater congestion, in traffic and in health, because of the concomitant air pollution?
5. Why is it that polluting, and the defense thereof seems to be a peculiarly Republican activity? How much money is spent by polluters to defend and distort the truth?
A concerned citizen
-anonyMoses
Spiritual Leaders Speak out on the Religion of the Future
A Dialogue with Andrew Cohen and Rev. Michael Beckwith
Andrew Cohen (l) - Rev. Michael Beckwith (r)
“If we are willing to let go of our biases and our prejudices and appreciate someone else’s stance, and then begin to see that, in essence, religions are the same, there will be a revolution in the evolution of religion,” Beckwith said in his recent interview in What Is Enlightenment? magazine. “If you start to break down the shell of religion, then this essence will be more available to everyone.”
Lenox, Mass., April 4, 2005 – Andrew Cohen, editor-in-chief of Lenox-based What Is Enlightenment? magazine, and Reverend Michael Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, will explore “religion of the future” in their first public dialogue together. The event is Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30pm at the Foxhollow Forum, 4 Foxhollow Dr., Lenox, MA, and is presented by the Voices from the Edge speakers series, which is sponsored by What Is Enlightenment? magazine. Tickets are available online at mktix.com (recommended) and at the door: $12. For more information log on to wie.org/voices or call 800.376.3210.
Andrew Cohen (l) - Rev. Michael Beckwith (r)
“If we are willing to let go of our biases and our prejudices and appreciate someone else’s stance, and then begin to see that, in essence, religions are the same, there will be a revolution in the evolution of religion,” Beckwith said in his recent interview in What Is Enlightenment? magazine. “If you start to break down the shell of religion, then this essence will be more available to everyone.”
Lenox, Mass., April 4, 2005 – Andrew Cohen, editor-in-chief of Lenox-based What Is Enlightenment? magazine, and Reverend Michael Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, will explore “religion of the future” in their first public dialogue together. The event is Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30pm at the Foxhollow Forum, 4 Foxhollow Dr., Lenox, MA, and is presented by the Voices from the Edge speakers series, which is sponsored by What Is Enlightenment? magazine. Tickets are available online at mktix.com (recommended) and at the door: $12. For more information log on to wie.org/voices or call 800.376.3210.
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
U2 coming to Charlotte's new uptown arena
U2 will play Dec. 12 in Charlotte, in the first concert announced for the city's new uptown arena...
Tickets for the U2 concert, which start at $49.50, will go on sale Saturday, team officials said. For more information, go to www.newcharlottearena.com
Robarchek writes his Living Will
via Charlotte Observer
Charlotte's master of risibility, Doug Robarchek sets the record straight...
Let's make it clear here
We don't know who was "right" in the Terri Schiavo case. Personally, we can't imagine anyone wanting to go on indefinitely in that twilight between life and death. For ourself, to be perfectly clear in case the question ever arises:Unplug me. Turn me off. Unhook the tubes. Shut down the machinery. Cash me out. Write a big "30" at the bottom of my paper. Call the game on account of darkness. The last one out, turn out the lights.
Cancel my subscription. Shut down the power plant. Pull me out of the game, coach, and clean out my locker.
Give me the deep six. Hang up the phone. Cancel my card and close my account. Take the coffeepot off the stove. Take me off the clock and retire my number. Announce that "Doug has left the building."
Tell the milkman no more deliveries. Turn off the camera, cut the film, send the crew home and say, "That's a wrap." Throw my glass in the fireplace and pass around what's left in the bottle.
Wish me a peaceful rest and don't set my snooze alarm. Make my bed, light the light, tell the blackbird I said bye-bye, and don't wait up.
Are there any questions?
Charlotte's master of risibility, Doug Robarchek sets the record straight...
Let's make it clear here
We don't know who was "right" in the Terri Schiavo case. Personally, we can't imagine anyone wanting to go on indefinitely in that twilight between life and death. For ourself, to be perfectly clear in case the question ever arises:Unplug me. Turn me off. Unhook the tubes. Shut down the machinery. Cash me out. Write a big "30" at the bottom of my paper. Call the game on account of darkness. The last one out, turn out the lights.
Cancel my subscription. Shut down the power plant. Pull me out of the game, coach, and clean out my locker.
Give me the deep six. Hang up the phone. Cancel my card and close my account. Take the coffeepot off the stove. Take me off the clock and retire my number. Announce that "Doug has left the building."
Tell the milkman no more deliveries. Turn off the camera, cut the film, send the crew home and say, "That's a wrap." Throw my glass in the fireplace and pass around what's left in the bottle.
Wish me a peaceful rest and don't set my snooze alarm. Make my bed, light the light, tell the blackbird I said bye-bye, and don't wait up.
Are there any questions?
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Red State/Blue State
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't.
-Robert Benchley, Benchley's Law of Distinction
-Robert Benchley, Benchley's Law of Distinction
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