For the first time this year the temps hit the 60s and I couldn’t resist spending time outside lounging with my best friends, caffeine and nicotine. A little rest is always in order for the weary. I hope y’all have had a great weekend. Regular blogging will start tomorrow, with no posts on the following… Continue reading this entry
Regular readers of mine know that I comment on gay marriage on a regular basis. After having gone through both intense and sombre rhetorical and logical exchanges, and having written some insightful perspective (which may be called “talking points” by some) of my own, I’m taking a step back from this issue because there can… Continue reading this entry
Having returned from Iraq, Chief Wiggles has quite a mouthful for his dear readers: In the whirl wind of political debate that is circling around the president regarding his motives for going to war, I find it curiously strange that no one has asked the opinion of those of us who have put our lives… Continue reading this entry
Deb Yoder is examines her dearth of posting on her blog: I’ve decided that the problem is that the news just isn’t that exciting at the moment. I’m very grateful for that, but it’s playing hell with my writing. Seems pointless to be one more voice talking about what an asshat John Kerry is, and… Continue reading this entry
Matt Mullenweg recently came up with a collection of links from all over, which led me to this Joe Clark guy’s entry about using BBEdit. In it is this one gem that has helped me for the past few days work faster and better in my word processing and other typing work. Says Joe: I… Continue reading this entry
Chelle has come up with a very useful gimmick of her own, featuring not “good and cheap” software, but free software. This week she’s featured Color Selector 3.0 and Filezilla. Go there to read her take on these utilities, the former of which I have been using for a while now, thanks to her. Later… Continue reading this entry
Volokh Buddy Tyler Cowen, citing a long post on Crooked Timber about writing style in the blogosphere: There is no blogger we would compare with Keats or Montaigne for style. Perhaps style in the blogosphere is a bit like drama on TV. We perceive it only in cumulative fashion. (Few people “get” the very first… Continue reading this entry
I’m not a regular reader of James Lileks’ so I wouldn’t know head from tail the ends to which he wrote today’s bleat, especially his rant regarding Howie Stern’s suspension from air (definitive info from Jeff Jarvis, although I really find him very, very cranky on this topic). Says Lileks: Look: this isn’t cable, which… Continue reading this entry
I have had it with bloggers who whine about other bloggers not “making the cut” in terms of partisan and ideological standards. Many, and I mean many, of the thingsthat we put out on the web are opinions. They are matters of rhetoric — some more eloquent and clear than others — but as far… Continue reading this entry
The first comic in this entry by Rev. Chapin makes clear to me something that I have missed, considering how I didn’t go to college here in the United States. I was not politically active in college save for some socialist-leaning discussions that I had with a few friends during rides home. I was, back… Continue reading this entry