A friend sent me this link which is an episode of Rachel Madoow’s show that touches on the Budget protests in Madison, Wisconsin. She breaks the issue down and shows that the budget issue is Wisconsin is not about a budget crisis but about the continued effective existence of the Democratic Party in this country. […]
I got a link to this video today from a friend. It’s on “The Future of Publishing”. If you’ve been seeing the recent bru-ha-ha about ebooks and their various readers and the pricing of ebooks for consumers, it’s possible to get the impression that books and reading are a thing of the past. Roll this […]
When I saw this article on BoingBoing, I could not believe it. Evidently, the laptops that students received from the school also contain software that allows school administrators to spy on them and their families. There is now a class action suit against the district because: The issue came to light when the Robbins’s child […]
It was the blurb for Waking Life that got me interested: Product Description From Richard Linklater comes one of the most imaginative animated features ever made. This funny, ingenious film, which Rolling Stone Magazine calls “nothing short of amazing,” explores the fascinating question: “Are we sleep-walking through our waking state or wake- walking through our […]
I’m beginning to think all my life is about time. Time to work. Time to sleep. Time to play. Hours. Minutes. Seconds. Years. Decades. A lifetime. All these small bits of time make up our lives. We treat life like it is infinite, but we all know there’s an end. Every minute is precious and […]
I usually keep my eye on global warming related reports and spotted these articles (Google News’s “Sea Rise from Antarctic Ice Melt Overestimated“, Christian Science Monitor’s “If W. Antarctic Ice Sheet melts, how high will sea levels rise?”, and Science’s “Ocean Science: Ice Sheet Stability and Sea Level” (link takes you to the abstract, you […]
I’m not sure how we got on the topic but, while trapped in the car for some long driving as we ran errands today, Hyperion and I got to talking about positive thinking sort of as an off-shoot of wishful thinking being related to quantum physics (which is for another post). Anyway, in kicking this […]
Many times in my life I’ve found myself out of sync with my friends, companions, family members, coworkers, or what have you. Some times, I just shrug and let it go because it isn’t that important to me. Other times, I’ll stick to my point — mostly I’ll stand pat if the issue is one […]