March 20, 2004
Someone took the cartoon right outta my mouth.
Simply Great. Saw the link over at Mr. Panel's place.
Box Office Mojo > Daily Box Office > 03-19-2004
Yah, well, as numbers 1-4 go, so goes American culture.
Make your own jokes. Me? I never thought I'd see Starsky and Hutch rise from the dead.
Make your own jokes. Me? I never thought I'd see Starsky and Hutch rise from the dead.
Kombinat! Ask for it by name.
Multiple Noise Streams = Multiple Sales Cchannels = Multiple Profit Avenues. Marek can tell you how. Conversations --> Waste --> Commerce --> Conversations. Send $9.95 today.
Common Me
I'm not sure, but I think Tom is saying He's become a French Communist. That has to be hard to do from Mexico. That Tom.
March 17, 2004
It's Not Easy Being Green
Well, it's Dead Dad Day--I mean St. Patrick's Day--again. I don't feel like writing about it this year, this day that sneaks up on everyone else each year as they look for the obnoxious green sweater stashed in the bottom drawer of some out-of-the-way dresser.
I've lived this day every day for the last 36 years, between moments and among seconds that carry me forward. And of course, many of you have lived it with me, in so many posts, on any given day, a random Tuesday perhaps, when the sun insists on jabbing me between the ribs, urging me to just be happy, come on, will ya? it's a nice day out here.
Some wounds need no medical attention because there is no remedy--they simply become part of your constitution.
03/17/02
03/17/03
Father
School of the Dead - Orientation
School of the Dead 1
School of the Dead 2
School of the Dead 3
School of the Dead 4
School of the Dead 5
School of the Dead 6
Children's Grief
The Living Dead
I Hear You Hear Me
Nina June
Panic Remembered
The Revelation
March Madness
Being Dad, Being Mom
You Don't Have to Die to Live Up to His Image
The Piano
Attention Defecit
The Body Bears the Burden
Freeze Frame
Grieving
What I Don't Remember
I've lived this day every day for the last 36 years, between moments and among seconds that carry me forward. And of course, many of you have lived it with me, in so many posts, on any given day, a random Tuesday perhaps, when the sun insists on jabbing me between the ribs, urging me to just be happy, come on, will ya? it's a nice day out here.
Some wounds need no medical attention because there is no remedy--they simply become part of your constitution.
03/17/02
03/17/03
Father
School of the Dead - Orientation
School of the Dead 1
School of the Dead 2
School of the Dead 3
School of the Dead 4
School of the Dead 5
School of the Dead 6
Children's Grief
The Living Dead
I Hear You Hear Me
Nina June
Panic Remembered
The Revelation
March Madness
Being Dad, Being Mom
You Don't Have to Die to Live Up to His Image
The Piano
Attention Defecit
The Body Bears the Burden
Freeze Frame
Grieving
What I Don't Remember
March 15, 2004
Cracking the Egg
In other DeanNews, Dean Landsman wonders a.) if there would have been weblogs if not for Dave Winer's initial vision and product push, and b.) what the purpose is for the blog chicks session at the upcoming conbloggercon.
I'm glad that Lisa and team are doing the women and blogs roundtable at bloggercon, specifically because it's bloggercon, and if you know those who float around the meniscus of bloggercon, you too would be glad women have a foothold there.
The point for me isn't to question whether or not there's a women and weblogs session at bloggercon. It's to question why we insist on capturing and locking weblogging up inside our stupid old business-as-usual rituals, like conferences, which blogging is really an antidote for. By joining us together through conversation in a space that is anything but physical, blogging is different. Why can't we just let that be so?
No one (except maybe the product folks) grabbed on to blogging because they thought one day they might get to sit on a panel of influential business people. We grabbed onto weblogging because it was the answer to the kind of back-patting traditional snoresville we'd had to suffer in business.
That's not to say I don't think bloggercon will be fun. I know it will be--for crying out loud--you have bloggers there! What's not to be fun about that! Stealth discoing and stuff. That's funny. I dig that.
But I continue to fight the trend I see for us to get a little too carried away with our bad selves, ladies and gentleman.
I'm glad that Lisa and team are doing the women and blogs roundtable at bloggercon, specifically because it's bloggercon, and if you know those who float around the meniscus of bloggercon, you too would be glad women have a foothold there.
The point for me isn't to question whether or not there's a women and weblogs session at bloggercon. It's to question why we insist on capturing and locking weblogging up inside our stupid old business-as-usual rituals, like conferences, which blogging is really an antidote for. By joining us together through conversation in a space that is anything but physical, blogging is different. Why can't we just let that be so?
No one (except maybe the product folks) grabbed on to blogging because they thought one day they might get to sit on a panel of influential business people. We grabbed onto weblogging because it was the answer to the kind of back-patting traditional snoresville we'd had to suffer in business.
That's not to say I don't think bloggercon will be fun. I know it will be--for crying out loud--you have bloggers there! What's not to be fun about that! Stealth discoing and stuff. That's funny. I dig that.
But I continue to fight the trend I see for us to get a little too carried away with our bad selves, ladies and gentleman.
The Passion of the Bin Laden
How many evengelical Christians would have flocked to see The Passion if the actor playing Christ looked more like Osama Bin Laden than a Vietnam Vet? I'll tell you how many. Lots less.
How many would have had to look into their own souls a little bit harder after seeing the selfless suffering of a man of color and compassion realizing that he is indeed their Lord and Savior, but he isn't from Plymouth Rock? Too many, that's how many.
Too many for the movie to make an impact on the RIGHT people. Too many for the movie to make millions (and counting).
The truth about Gibson's The Passion is that it is little more than a white lie.
How many would have had to look into their own souls a little bit harder after seeing the selfless suffering of a man of color and compassion realizing that he is indeed their Lord and Savior, but he isn't from Plymouth Rock? Too many, that's how many.
Too many for the movie to make an impact on the RIGHT people. Too many for the movie to make millions (and counting).
The truth about Gibson's The Passion is that it is little more than a white lie.
March 14, 2004
Panel on Being White in Dull Colors--Don't Miss It!
This SXSW (south by so white) panel is apparently addressing the emergent trend of white people to dress in dull colors.
I hear Halley may fly out there in her fucia sweater to demonstrate how white people can effectively add color to any outfit. She will be bringing one of Shelley's brilliant flowers with her to share as a best practice in color mapping.
As for adding any real color to these conferences, well, that'd be interesting.
I hear Halley may fly out there in her fucia sweater to demonstrate how white people can effectively add color to any outfit. She will be bringing one of Shelley's brilliant flowers with her to share as a best practice in color mapping.
As for adding any real color to these conferences, well, that'd be interesting.
Power to the People
In a fit of conference cluelessness dejour, the attendees of SXSW were required to pay $90 to hook up to power. But all's well now since the bloggers there asked, WTF SXSW? I hear cameras are also prohibited, but that hasn't stopped some folks.
Good. Conference freaks, rockon. We'll save you a place on the phone, where you are allowed to tape, take pictures, and plug into your household outlets (cordless only).
Good. Conference freaks, rockon. We'll save you a place on the phone, where you are allowed to tape, take pictures, and plug into your household outlets (cordless only).
Burningbird: Magic of Orchids
Shelley's Burningbird: photos of flowers are nothing short of erotic. Look. The insides unfold in curls, welcoming the fuzz and stingers of bees. What you're looking at, sweetness unfurling, flower tongues, and open arms.
It's rare to see the shere joy, magic, and poignence of nature captured in a shutter-click, an ordinary flower on an ordinary day evoking extraordinary emotions.
No one does this like Shelley.
It's rare to see the shere joy, magic, and poignence of nature captured in a shutter-click, an ordinary flower on an ordinary day evoking extraordinary emotions.
No one does this like Shelley.
March 12, 2004
unplugged
I've been working on getting untangled from these wires at home. Just got the t-mobile aircard which it seems can hook me up wherever I may be. Problem is, I don't have a working battery for this dell, but once I get that, I'ma have my home office on wheels.
Also grabbed a new sidekick. I jumped on the sidekick bandwagon early and have had my black-and-white sidekick since they came out, even after it took a 14 mile ride on top of my car and spilled onto a four-lane road, screen down, no worse for the wear. I didn't think the color sidekick would be much different, but it really is sweet. It's faster, brighter, with just enough upgrades to make it worth the buying.
Now I'm going through that dizzy spell I go through whenever I spend on new technology: Oh, what have I done? Oh, where am I? Oh, everything looks different--i'm so confused.
Just now, Jenna's little friend Maddy's over and they're building a pillow fort in the living room. Or, might be better to say they're building a pillow fort OF the living room. From one end to the other, no less than 10 pillows six blankets, seven stuffed animals, two cheeseburger happy meals (one no pickles, one extra pickles), a sprite, a diet coke, four sneakers, a footstool, a notebook, pens, pencils, and partridge in a pear tree.
Life is good.
Also grabbed a new sidekick. I jumped on the sidekick bandwagon early and have had my black-and-white sidekick since they came out, even after it took a 14 mile ride on top of my car and spilled onto a four-lane road, screen down, no worse for the wear. I didn't think the color sidekick would be much different, but it really is sweet. It's faster, brighter, with just enough upgrades to make it worth the buying.
Now I'm going through that dizzy spell I go through whenever I spend on new technology: Oh, what have I done? Oh, where am I? Oh, everything looks different--i'm so confused.
Just now, Jenna's little friend Maddy's over and they're building a pillow fort in the living room. Or, might be better to say they're building a pillow fort OF the living room. From one end to the other, no less than 10 pillows six blankets, seven stuffed animals, two cheeseburger happy meals (one no pickles, one extra pickles), a sprite, a diet coke, four sneakers, a footstool, a notebook, pens, pencils, and partridge in a pear tree.
Life is good.
March 10, 2004
March 08, 2004
PhoneCon 1876
WELCOME TO PhoneCon, 1876!
Please join us at the second annual PhoneCon conference in Boston, April 18-22, where we'll be bringing together some of the smartest minds from across the Harbor to talk about talking on the Telephone.
As you know, the emerging power of the Telephone as a tool to shape democracy, our flour and cotton mills, and our understanding of Rhode Islanders, is just beginning to be understood. That's why it's so important for telephoners to get together in person to talk about talking on the phone.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
-Do you have a telephone?
-Do you talk on your phone regularly?
-Do you wonder where the telephone's headed?
Then PhoneCon is for you.
Please note, this is a user's conference. Its focus is on people who use phones. It will address my invention only as my invention plays a role in letting people talk to one another over the telephone.
We hope you enjoy some of the exciting sessions we already have planned. The cost of PhoneCon is free. So get on your horse, put some Paul Revere in your giddeyup, and hurry on over to Boston.
--Alexander Graham Winer
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tilden for America -- How the Telephone Will Affect the Hayes-Tilden Presidential Campaign of 1876. Keynote Speaker: M. SO. Trippy.
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
More tracks are being added every day. Here's what we have so far...
Track 1 - We Got Phone - How Telephones Are Changing Our Culture -- Rebecca Sweatn Tears
Track 2 - The Telephone and God -- AKMABCD
Track 3 - Telephones in Business and Schools: Hello? -- David Weinsausage
Track 4 - Social Phoning: Use the Phone to Call Others -- Ross Mayforrest
Track 5 - The Phone and Emerging Democracy -- Joi Neato
Track 6 - It's All One Big Game -- Stewart Buttercup
Track 7 - PHOAPH - Phone of a Phone -- Marc Gallop
Track 8 - Alpha Males: Don't Wait for the Phone to Ring, Baby -- Hally Sue
Track 9 - Hey, Let's start a Revolution! -- Chris Rock
THIS YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR'S EXCITING GATHERING!
Last year, at PhoneCon 1875, there was no phone. I hadn't invented it yet. But we were already thinking about the phone. One exciting panel demonstrated a prototype telephone and discussed its implications on the future of our nation and the world. The demonstration transcript is provided here:
Bob: Hello?
Tom: Hello?
Bob: HELLO?
Tom: Huh?
Bob: Can ya hear me?
Tom: Pardon?
Bob: Can ya hear me?
Tom: Eh?
Bob: NOW can you hear me?
Tom: YES! YES!
Bob: YES!
Tom: Hi.
Bob: Hi.
Tom: We're talkin.
Bob: Yep.
Tom: My voice is coming out of my mouth and goin' across this here wire to your ear.
Bob: Yep. My voice is coming out of my mouth and goin' across this here wire to your ear.
Tom: What'd ya know. We're talkin.
Bob: I reckon.
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PhoneCon: RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY!!!
[[inspired by RB.]]
Please join us at the second annual PhoneCon conference in Boston, April 18-22, where we'll be bringing together some of the smartest minds from across the Harbor to talk about talking on the Telephone.
As you know, the emerging power of the Telephone as a tool to shape democracy, our flour and cotton mills, and our understanding of Rhode Islanders, is just beginning to be understood. That's why it's so important for telephoners to get together in person to talk about talking on the phone.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
-Do you have a telephone?
-Do you talk on your phone regularly?
-Do you wonder where the telephone's headed?
Then PhoneCon is for you.
Please note, this is a user's conference. Its focus is on people who use phones. It will address my invention only as my invention plays a role in letting people talk to one another over the telephone.
We hope you enjoy some of the exciting sessions we already have planned. The cost of PhoneCon is free. So get on your horse, put some Paul Revere in your giddeyup, and hurry on over to Boston.
--Alexander Graham Winer
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Tilden for America -- How the Telephone Will Affect the Hayes-Tilden Presidential Campaign of 1876. Keynote Speaker: M. SO. Trippy.
CONFERENCE OUTLINE
More tracks are being added every day. Here's what we have so far...
Track 1 - We Got Phone - How Telephones Are Changing Our Culture -- Rebecca Sweatn Tears
Track 2 - The Telephone and God -- AKMABCD
Track 3 - Telephones in Business and Schools: Hello? -- David Weinsausage
Track 4 - Social Phoning: Use the Phone to Call Others -- Ross Mayforrest
Track 5 - The Phone and Emerging Democracy -- Joi Neato
Track 6 - It's All One Big Game -- Stewart Buttercup
Track 7 - PHOAPH - Phone of a Phone -- Marc Gallop
Track 8 - Alpha Males: Don't Wait for the Phone to Ring, Baby -- Hally Sue
Track 9 - Hey, Let's start a Revolution! -- Chris Rock
THIS YEAR WILL BE EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR'S EXCITING GATHERING!
Last year, at PhoneCon 1875, there was no phone. I hadn't invented it yet. But we were already thinking about the phone. One exciting panel demonstrated a prototype telephone and discussed its implications on the future of our nation and the world. The demonstration transcript is provided here:
Bob: Hello?
Tom: Hello?
Bob: HELLO?
Tom: Huh?
Bob: Can ya hear me?
Tom: Pardon?
Bob: Can ya hear me?
Tom: Eh?
Bob: NOW can you hear me?
Tom: YES! YES!
Bob: YES!
Tom: Hi.
Bob: Hi.
Tom: We're talkin.
Bob: Yep.
Tom: My voice is coming out of my mouth and goin' across this here wire to your ear.
Bob: Yep. My voice is coming out of my mouth and goin' across this here wire to your ear.
Tom: What'd ya know. We're talkin.
Bob: I reckon.
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PhoneCon: RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY!!!
[[inspired by RB.]]
The Sendoff
Scott on Drifting with the tide:
Tipping the bag, his ashes began to spill into the river, and as quickly as it started, it was over; the bag was empty. Looking down, I could see that Dad was now forming a cloud in the water, spreading out as he embraced his return to the sea. Slowly, everyone lined the docks, watching as the cloud continued to spread as well as cover the bottom near the dock. Flowers began to fall into the water, as each of us said our farewells. Gerry commented on how the tide was returning Dad to the marina, upriver from where we stood and that seemed right to me.
Tipping the bag, his ashes began to spill into the river, and as quickly as it started, it was over; the bag was empty. Looking down, I could see that Dad was now forming a cloud in the water, spreading out as he embraced his return to the sea. Slowly, everyone lined the docks, watching as the cloud continued to spread as well as cover the bottom near the dock. Flowers began to fall into the water, as each of us said our farewells. Gerry commented on how the tide was returning Dad to the marina, upriver from where we stood and that seemed right to me.
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