Monthly Archives March 2012

Saturday Snaps – Telemiracle, Telemundo, Tell A Kid To Do Something

Due to a couple large corporate donations and a $1.4 million bequest from a retired farmer, last weekend’s Telemiracle was the most successful of all-time. (Minor claim to fame – I was the guy who added the annual totals section to the Wikipedia entry – yay me!) One of the highlights of watching this show […]

Friday Fun Link – The Personal Analytics of My Life (Well, Stephen Wolfram’s Life)

Stephen Wolfram is a famous computer scientist/physicist (though not everyone is a fan) who is behind the Wolfram Alpha search engine.  He recently released some analysis of data he’s been collecting about his personal computing and productivity habits since the early 1990’s. Although MetaFilter has its usual snark in talking about this release (“All that data […]

The Greatest Quote about Librarians Ever?

This still isn’t my ever-percolating rant about e-books and libraries but I wanted to show how the bar has been raised by this awesome post which includes the great passage: And if you thought about it for more than five seconds, you’d understand what the real purpose of the library should be. And it ain’t […]

Kony 2012 (and some thoughts on Inactive Activism)

If you’re like me, you probably woke up yesterday to find your Facebook, Twitter and other social feeds flooded with links to a video called “Kony 2012“. Most people posting it didn’t have much more info than that so I didn’t watch it right away – partly because its length (half an hour) and partly […]

I Love George Carlin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTayQhIkB58

Music Monday – How Could I Ever Forget the Happiest Day of My Life?

Well, other than wishing you a Happy Anniversary on Saturday.  😉 But when you have three anniversary dates to keep track of, that’s to be expected.  In fact, re-reading that entry about our three anniversaries, it looks like this wasn’t the first time I was early with my anniversary wishes! Anyhow, nine years and counting […]

If The Beatles Were Less Subtle

If you’re a big Beatles fan and know the stories behind what inspired many of their songs, you’ll get lots of laughs out of these re-imagined titles. Some examples: Cheer the Fuck Up, Julian (Hey Jude) Please Please Just Give Me A Blowjob (Please Please Me) A bunch of weird shit because we want people […]

FTRW 2012 – Saturday Snap – Pace’s First Book

Last year, I capped my week-long Freedom to Read Week series with a post where I mentioned that Pace had written his name for the first time ever.  That led me to ruminate on what a major milestone this is and how illiteracy is another “big picture” form of censorship beyond the “banned books”-type issues […]

Friday Fun Link – “God Bless America” Trailer

My prediction?  This new movie from comedian Bobcat Goldthwait won’t cause any controversy at all. 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul4CZrnEFxU

FTRW 2012 – The E-Book as A Form of Censorship

I’ve already mentioned that I’ve got a longer post on e-books and libraries percolating. This post isn’t it. But, as I’ve ended up doing “big picture” censorship topics for Freedom to Read Week this year compared to my usual stories about books that have <gasp> swears in them and movies that have <double gasp> boobies, […]