Poems about my 5-year-old
Two little verses inspired by a 5-year-old. Continue reading Poems about my 5-year-old
Category: Media
Damn it, Dick!
Dick Cheney finally talked to the press today about his hunting accident. Well, sort of. He talked to Fox News. One news outlet. Damn it, Dick, you’re the vice president of the United States! You’re responsible to all of us! We all want to hear from you, in a general press conference with all the … Continue reading Damn it, Dick!
Hacking Google
The NSA, when it feels the need, listens in on our phone conversations. This so-called wiretapping takes many forms: bugging, tapping, intercepting, snooping through phone company records, etc. The technology these days is diverse and extremely sophisticated. It is all too easy, then, to imagine that if Google, for example, refuses a government request for … Continue reading Hacking Google
Bad writing
The entry below (Dancing with the wind) is true. It happened, it was charming and memorable, and I really wanted to capture it so that I could revisit it. But I read it now and it sounds stilted, contrived, overly dramatic. I wish I could figure out why, but I just can’t seem to put … Continue reading Bad writing
Rather embarrassing
It’s sad, really, to see someone of Dan Rather’s stature lose his journalistic judgment in the twilight of his career. He and Mary Mapes should resign from CBS, if they aren’t fired first. Burkett, their source for the Bush National Guard story, was known to be unreliable long before they accepted those documents from him. … Continue reading Rather embarrassing
In the beginning…
Hello, world. It’s me again. Perhaps only briefly this time, but who knows. I need someone to talk to, and have no one, so maybe here I’ll just talk to everyone. Or to no one. If a blog is written but never read, is it truly a blog? Or is it only a typing exercise … Continue reading In the beginning…