Buying stuff...and a quiz!
2009-09-22 04:28:00 It's Monday evening, 60 degrees and what has been a mostly dreary work day has turned into quite the tedious night....
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
2009-09-16 20:06:00 I could talk about how my school district wants to bus my kid out to another district ’cause they can’t handle him. Too frustrating, raw, and in flux. Could talk about Poe’s continued unemployment. But really? Haven’t you heard that one before? Could talk about certain theories about 2012, Israel peace treaties, 7 horses, and survival… But you’d think I was a true nutcase. Could tell you about how my father drunkdialed me last night. Instead, I’ll tell you this. I’m 34 years old and I’m going to be adopted. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to be legitimate. Back when I was 4, and Jeannette abandoned me, my parents couldn’t adopt me because of a combo of Jeannette saying no, and my mother’s health. All this time, I’ve been legally their great-niece. They (and I) treat me as, and consider me as their daughter. All the good and bad that entails. My children are their grandkids. They are, &ldquo...
Top BASS angler has parlayed enjoyment into stuff of legends - ESPN
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2009-09-11 21:10:00 PORCUPINE TREE - THE INCIDENT On 14 September modern prog icons Porcupine Tree release their highly anticipated new album, The Incident on Roadrunner Records. To celebrate the release we are giving you the chance to hear clips from the album, watch the video of our Steven Wilson prog quiz and win framed artwork and copies of the album. CLICK HERE TO WIN ARTWORK & CDS This is a content summary only. Visit Truth In Shredding to find out more!
Why the Hate Stuff?
2009-09-08 22:06:00 I can understand why people are anxious about their financial situations amidst our economic problems, possible loss of jobs, uncertainly about sufficiency of retirement funds, and resentments of people better off. But I cannot comprehend the bitter hate things that are being circulated by Republicans and others. When I was a college student Republicans were ...
Cool Stuff: Honda Concept Car Honda RA-X
2009-09-07 14:53:00 Check out this super cool Honda Concept Car , Honda RA-X Honda RA-X is the latest concept sportscar inspired by the beginning of motorsport competition during the 60s, and hence was named as RA similar with the first F1 cars in distinctive white and yellow colors. The inlets are merged with optical groups on ...
Revista: Stuff
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Randy Miller wrote a new blog post: Tokyo stuff that bugs me
2009-09-02 07:38:00 Randy Miller wrote a new blog post: Tokyo stuff that bugs me Hi Everybody, I really like living in Tokyo. I really do. That does not mean that everything is perfect. Very often when the teachers go drinking together we talk about things that bug us about life in Tokyo It bugs me when people walk through a busy station like Shinjuku playing a video game or typing on ...
Some Funny Stuff
2009-08-31 16:16:00 Gordon Lightfoot Sinks Michael Jackson. If you don’t know Gordon Lightfoot, then you might not find this all that funny but I find this one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard. It’s Quicktime.
AstroDad wrote a new blog post: Amazing stuff!
2009-08-22 10:40:00 AstroDad wrote a new blog post: Amazing stuff! I admit it. I’m a space geek. Given this nugget of info, you won’t be surprised with my fascination with the Apollo program - certainly the finest engineering achievement of Mankind, but also some of the best ever space science as well, particularly during the J-class missions (Apollos 15-17). NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is ...
By: BackBeat
Random blabber time: Underwater cameras, vacations and other stuff...
2009-08-20 22:15:00 Canon has announced the release of the new Canon G11. I've been using a G9 for a couple of years now and love it, but the housing's getting a bit beat up and occasionally the buttons stick and lock up the camera at depth... so the obvious cheap solution is to shop for a new/used housing... but man, I'm really wanting to get into an Olympus or Panasonic micro four thirds camera and housing some time in the next year as the line develops and the new models come out (but we're talking some $$ though, and I've got more than enough other things I need to spend it on for a while already). Now Canon announces the new G11... a few less megapixels than the G9, but an improved sensor and processor for less noise and improved low light performance... hmmm, might be more affordable sooner in my case... hmmm....Summer vacations seem to be ending, we're still going out nearly every day but the numbers on the boat are down. We're actually in the prime season for diving Kona for the next ...
So what's this Theatreland Glasgow stuff?
2009-08-15 17:38:00 Yup, apparently there's a Theatreland District in Glasgow - I found it when I was researching for the best hotels in the City, and right at the centre of it is the Express by Holiday Inn City Centre Glasgow Theatreland.What a title eh?So here's my wee page on the place, and you should find that it's a perfect hotel to rest your head after a great performance.
Comic Con Stuff?. (Spoilers)
2009-07-28 13:24:00 Hey everyone!! As usually, I have done some digging and came up with some scoop on 24 for y?all! It?s all about Comic-Con today. I know I mentioned it before and what the schedule of shows would be. Now that it?s over, all kinds of stories are surfacing about what was said at the event ...
By: Watching 24
What's all this dry cup stuff?
2009-07-27 03:05:00 Now that I'm in my dotage, I've taken up baking (Actually this started when my wife walked into the TV room and caught me drooling over Rachel Ray and I had to quickly say it was the foccacia loaf that I was interested in). Anyway, the recipes have these really strange (to me) measures, involving dr
Frugal Stuff to Read While I'm Busy Bonding
2009-07-18 05:13:00 OK, I'm totally phoning this one in, but remember I've got a 1-week-old baby at home and only get to sleep in 90-180-minute increments. Lately I've lying around reading the paper a lot while snuggling the baby, and here are some frugal tips I've noticed in the Trib and online: Cook Once, Eat Twice in the Chicago Tribune: Cooking large batches to feed the freezer is one of the prime frugal directives, but somehow I never thought of buying two fresh chickens and roasting them both at once. My family's not big enough to plow through a whole chicken in one Sunday dinner, but I would totally be down with cooking a second bird just to carve up into slices...
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Yuri Doujinshi, Lesbian Comics and Other Neat Stuff
2009-06-15 20:12:00 Well, the first two event-filled weekends of my event-filled June are over and I thought I'd take a moment to review some stuff I have sitting here that doesn't fit into neat categories and, incidentally, ramble on a bit about related things.Let's start with the concept of Doujinshi. As you can see, we defined this in the Okazu Glossary as: Small-press or self-published works. Doujinshi are sometimes parodies of existing anime, manga, novels, games and even popular celebrities, but are also often original works. In Japan, there is a well-accepted undermarket of these works which often violate copyright as it is understood in the west.Here in the west, we also have doujinshi, which we often refer to as "Indie comics" or sometimes "Comix." Indie, short for Independent, which is shorthand for saying "Marvel and DC aren't hiring." lol Kidding, kidding. Comix are often meant to be alternative, underground or otherwise not for kiddies.The best Indie comics are incredible. Good or bad,...
By: Okazu Reviews
Wednesday Stuff
2009-06-11 05:46:00 "Worst Persons" (Joseph Farah at World Nut Daily accuses K.O. "putting targets on the backs" of people he doesn't like, among other alleged misdeeds - that would be laughable under ordinary circumstances, but it's in particularly bad taste given the shooting at the Holocaust Museum today; and speaking of that tragedy, Flush Limbore mentions the supposed mystery of Obama's birth certificate - this is really old, people - and then, an hour later, the shooting takes place allegedly by a white supremacist who believed the same thing; but Michele Bachmann takes it for reasons that give me more of a headache than usual with her, so I'll just let Keith describe it..."economists," huh? I knew Paul Krugman was powerful, but not THAT powerful)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and this song fits more than usual today.
Tuesday Stuff
2009-06-10 05:56:00 And would you believe that the New York Times actually reviewed this idiot's act the other day (which I guess was a public service when you think about it)? He needs an intervention instead of an audience......and RIP, Kenny Rankin.
Monday Stuff
2009-06-09 05:41:00 "Still Bushed" (I swear, I don't think we'll ever stop having to deal with this crap one way or another...if you thought the contractor recordkeeping under Former President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History was utterly nonexistent...well, you're right, but think again anyway; and Ok, so we give our former pal Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan $7 bil to fight al Qaeda, and he uses a lot of the money to build weapons systems to threaten India - guess P.M. taught Dubya a thing or two about "bait and switch" here for a change; and Keith tells us the story of plaintiff in the Boumediene v. Bush case - somebody else who got rounded up for no good reason, by all accounts)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and I don't know how much of a parallel you can draw between K.O.'s clip and this vid, but all I know is that I like it because it rocks.
Stuff you can do with Twitter: A WATBlog Super List
2009-06-08 10:44:00 Twitter is becoming one of the most important platforms to share information quickly and easily over the web. Using the Twitter API, developers have found a lot of innovative ways to keep the users hooked on to the service by packing hundreds of  services. Sometimes, less is more. Here, just 140 characters are more than enough I’d say! So I thought of compiling a super huge list of things you can do with Twitter, that you had no idea about as a newbie. Of course, the possibilities are huge, and I might have left out something, do add on in such a case. Desktop Applications Tweetdeck This is the most used desktop client out there and brings all the features of Twitter on the web and more right on your desktop. Operated by Adobe AIR, it lets you tweet, manage friends, view profiles, search for keywords/hashtags and it even shows you the trending topics, shortens your URLs for you (via bit.ly) lets you favourite tweets etc. It even has a really nifty button via Twitpic to upload yo...
By: WATblog
Friday Stuff
2009-06-06 03:19:00 I posted earlier about Reagan, and then I happened to find this - I always thought this was hilarious, by the way, showing off, among other things, the genius of the late, great Phil Hartman......and hopefully it will dry out enough around here for us to enjoy the weekend - we'll see.
Randy Miller wrote a new blog post: Stuff I heard today
2009-06-05 05:04:00 Randy Miller wrote a new blog post: Stuff I heard today Hi Everybody, I am always wondering what to write about on this blog. Living in Tokyo and being an English teacher here for so long I have a lot of stuff that is interesting to me as a foreigner. Some of the stuff I have heard today is: Snail mail: I will snail mail the report. Snail ... By 'randyscc'
Thursday Stuff
2009-06-05 04:37:00 "Worst Persons" (Wingnut U.S. House Rep Lamar Smith of Texas says that "liberal media bias" is the greatest threat to America - yeah, I'll remember that while I'm enduring Tweety and Joe Scar on MSNBC, with more on the latter in a minute or two; Elisabeth Hasselbeck of "The View" and someone named Michael Rubin of NRO said that Obama didn't mention democracy in his speech today - uh, no...and why exactly should anyone take Hasselbeck's word for anything anyway? What else did she do but appear on "Survivor" a few years ago, without even winning; but Jill Stanek of World Nut Daily takes it for publishing personal information on doctors who, like the slain George Tiller, also perform third-trimester abortions...and as Keith tells us, Stanek ends up promoting something she opposes - intolerant AND stoo-pid, people)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and speaking of "Morning Joe," Jon Stewart quite rightly takes them to task for fluffing the...
Wednesday Stuff
2009-06-04 04:58:00 So you're wondering what the House Repugs think of trying to develop "green" jobs to help rebuild our economy? Well, think no more (can't come up with a word to describe the hypocrisy of these asshats pretending to care about "taxpayer dollars" when they spent us into a deep, dark hole during 2000-2006 from which we're still trying to climb out)......K.O. talks to Chris Hayes of The Nation about more revelations concerning "Darth" Cheney and torture...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and I thought this was a good interview of Dan Rather by Rachel Maddow on much the same subject...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and RIP, Koko Taylor.
Tuesday Stuff
2009-06-03 04:54:00 The first "Worst Persons" following the K.O. pledge not to play Billo The Murder Encouraging Clown for laffs (George Jackson of the Detroit Economic Development Corporation decides to bulldoze Tiger Stadium and, with it, over 100 years of baseball tradition in the process, and depriving inner-city kids of the chance for some diamond fun, as it were; Stuart Taylor of The National Journal says that Sonia Sotomayor's incredibly obvious observations about women and minorities while at Princeton should be held against her, but anything along those lines by "Strip Search Sammy" Alito should be ignored - Atrios is always after this guy, and I'm starting to find out the reason; but the owners of Burger King stores in Memphis, TN get the nod for their "Global Warming Is Baloney" signs...uh, I've eaten their food in the past, and sometimes I wondered if that was the substance they snuck into the bun, covering it with the condiments so as not to give it away)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking ...
Monday Stuff (update)
2009-06-02 04:44:00 I have to tell you that I have ideas for videos that I usually put here, and I will get back to that stuff soon, but I don't want any of that stuff to detract from what Keith Olbermann has to say here in response to the murder of Dr. George Tiller.And this is game, set and match in the matter of Fix Noise and their foul influence here. If I may turn the McCarthyite phrase "jackal pack" the other way towards them, I think it fits for the ravening, inhuman hyenas that these life forms truly are.And by the way, I'm sure it goes without saying here that, inasmuch as Fix Noise deals in facts (not much, I know), they're wrong on the matter of Tiller performing third-trimester abortions for any woman seeking one. And far be it for them to deal with that pesky fact that Tiller was acquitted by a jury on charges of performing abortions illegally (not deal with it honestly, I mean - that and more is noted here).And as you watch Keith's segment, you realize that, though O'Reilly (with an ...
Sunday Stuff
2009-06-01 03:17:00 Aside from the utterly repugnant and insulting notion that Dr. George Tiller's "notoriety apparently cost him his life" (uhh...gee, maybe he lost his life because of a MURDEROUSLY DERANGED WINGNUT, and there's no equivalency between his "notoriety" and whether or not he deserved to die...ugh - more from Hunter here at The Daily Kos...and if anyone thinks Operation Rescue isn't at least tangentially involved here, think again).Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Friday Stuff
2009-05-30 05:07:00 Bye Bye Phil, and thanks for the memories (here's "River Deep, Mountain High" with Tina Turner and her late ex Ike, with the Ikettes)......and yeah, what BarbinMD sez here, concerning Robert Gibbs' reaction to Faux News humanoid Major Garrett's attempt to generate "Drudge bait," though his boss uttered similar sentiments; I don't recall a Bushie ever showing contrition for anything, let alone a speech from eight years ago (if "white males" are upset - GOOD!)......and speaking of the prior ruling regime, here's some first-class debunking of their disgusting talking points about torture and the "ticking time bomb" scenario by K.O. (kudos to Carl Levin also for a refreshing dose of reality)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and as I watch this, I find that I'm so glad that more bands don't play in a public restroom.
Explain Stuff - Fact of the Day
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Helpful Tips on Buying Maternity Clothes
2009-05-29 12:44:00 Excited about your maternity, but do not know how to look good?! Looking for the perfect, maternity clothes to stay stylish even when your figure is anything but perfect? Read ahead for some helpful maternity clothes fashion tips:1. Selection of the right fabric- Opt for a fabric that does good to your appearance. Fabrics with ...
Thursday Stuff
2009-05-29 05:17:00 Step right up for more of your "public healthcare will be run by government bureaucrats" lies right here, ladies and gentlemen (more here - and in a related note)......"Worst Persons" (haven't heard from Mann Coulter for a little while now, fortunately, but she's back, confusing K.O. with the spot-on Ben Affleck parody about the cat, which was really funny by the way; and unbelievably, the human train wreck that is Dennis Miller continues to steal precious cathode rays from our viewing screens in search of some feeble means to try and justify his existence in our electronic universe; and Mark Krikorian apparently doesn't like Judge Sotomayor because she isn't "Anglo" enough for his tastes - yep, take a seat with that Tancredo maniac, and thanks once more for helping to give bloggers a bad name)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and I dedicate this to Miller and Krikorian, though I'm sure that, even if they were to ever watch it, they ...
Wednesday Stuff
2009-05-28 05:27:00 Here are a few things to keep in mind while the media circus spins into overdrive concerning Judge Sotomayor, courtesy of People for the American Way......and speaking of human rights, Rachel Maddow tells us here that Bushie Ted Olson is teaming up with David Boies to fight the recent California ruling in favor of Proposition 8, though it thankfully kept existing gay marriages in tact; Olson has had a bit of an iconoclastic streak on other issues also, but it's still a bit shocking that he's actually "left" of Obama here, as Rachel notes...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and this has kind of a '60s feel, but I think I liked this better with Anouk Aimee and Jean-Paul Belmondo; God, is he wearing a Banlon shirt AND a turtleneck sweater?......and I hope J.B. really does feel good in the "great beyond" over this.
Prisoners Smuggle In Stuff with a Toy Chopper
2009-05-27 15:12:00 From Neatorama: Remember the story of how prisoners in Brazil have been smuggling in cell phones using pigeons? Well, that's low tech compared to what these other prisoners did: Four suspects were arrested late on Sunday outside a maximum security facility in the southern town o
Tuesday Stuff
2009-05-27 05:32:00 Still shooting for a return tomorrow - we'll see...In the meantime, it looks like The Poor Man Institute beat me to the punch here (h/t Atrios), but here I go anyway (with former pretend presidential candidate Mike Huckabee channeling Richard Beymer a bit here)......"Worst Persons" (TV blogger David Zurawik of The Baltimore Sun tries to make fun of K.O. and Rachel Maddow by comparing them to Nazi propagandists in the '30s - nice; Lt. Pete Hegseth is next with more of this "eight-plus-years-of-safety-sin-ce-9/11" crap - yeah, usually we should leave our service people alone, but this clown is an exception, and a nod to Atrios to boot; Laura Ingraham takes it, though, for alleging that torture is somehow OK if it only happens three times...wonder if she got her law degree from the same place as Christine Flowers - really don't want to contemplate the bizarro universe of these people)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and by the way, consid...
Monday Stuff
2009-05-26 05:24:00 Oh, and just for the record, I should let you know that Mrs. Doomsy and I were privileged to spend a few wonderful days in New York City from which we have just returned, and we can assure you that nothing blew up and no "terrists" ran rampant at all (though the Yankees didn't do a whole hell of a lot against the Phils' pitching for the most part and managed to lose two of three at home, so I guess that counts as a tragedy - heh, heh)......and I may not be able to get back to the whole posting thing tomorrow, but hopefully no later than Wednesday.
Sunday Stuff
2009-05-25 05:11:00 Here' K.O.'s Special Comment last Thursday highlighting the murderously insane lunacy that put our people in harm's way particularly in Iraq but also in Afghanistan; I feel I must put this up because, if nothing else, Keith's last six words express my most earnest wish...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and don't worry, I won't say anything about how metaphorical this song really is, even though it really is (this replaces the Osgood video, by the way; got sick of trying to fix the autoplay screwup - nice job, "Third Eye" Network!)
Tuesday Stuff
2009-05-20 04:48:00 I'll bet you never imagined that Rummy had a role in the Bushco Katrina frackup, did you? Well, along with the bit about the biblical verses on the intelligence briefings for Dubya and his pals, we learn that also from Rachel Maddow and author Robert Draper (giving Dubya the "Heisman" - heh)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and wow, I'll bet you also didn't know Chris Christie was a closet "teabagger" (from here). Color me shocked!......and I thus have a reason to put this up again......and I think these guys will be coming to the area in July, and here are the words.
Monday Stuff
2009-05-19 05:33:00 ?Worst Persons? (Harold Jackson of the Inky continues to sink in doo-do over the hiring of Torture Yoo, with K.O. drawing an apropos parallel to the mob here ? by the way, Will Bunch had a great rebuttal on this today - h/t Atrios; Sean Inanity criticizes Obama for replacing some U.S. Attorneys ? God, please let one of them be Mary Beth Buchanan! ? attempting to draw a parallel to Bushco?s politically motivated firing of nine of its attorneys?nice try, numb nuts; but Bill Orally wins it again for bemoaning the lack of privacy due to technology ? yeah, it?s not the fault of your ?stalker? producers, Falafel Boy, it?s the fault of ?technology??and by the way, utter no-class to cheer the demise of newspapers, you welp!)Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy?and maybe posting for one more day tomorrow and a little on Wednesday before I shut down for a few days for some R&R, as of now.
Friday Stuff
2009-05-16 05:06:00 Yeah, you knew I was going to include this, didn't you - kind of scuffling a bit at the moment, but it's early yet......"Still Bushed" (former Bushie Charlie Millard of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation moves $2 1/2 bil into the stock market just before it crashes, hitting about 44 million in this country, through Goldman Sachs and BlackRock - gee, wonder if that has anything to do with his attempts to get a job at those two firms?; Turd Blossom gets grilled for four hours over the U.S. Attorneys scandal before he's due to meet with a congressional committee over the matter; and Obama will proceed with "less than 20" of the 241 planned tribunals for the GITMO prisoners, this time with real courts and real due process, with information obtained through torture thrown out...for real - by the way, MSNBC, I'm getting pretty damn sick of that Applebee's ad I have to watch first before I grab these things)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Eco...
I go in big for the tourist stuff.
2009-05-15 20:30:00 We went to Florida last year for our family vacation, and it was one of the best vacations ever.Most of the vacation was centered around theme parks -- two in particular: SeaWorld and Gatorland. Between petting sting rays and riding roller coasters and walking through the phenomenal shark exhibit at Seaworld, then watching the gator show and feeding alligators and looking at giant pythons and the other exotic animals at Gatorland, we could have been happy for the whole four days we were there.But we didn't stop at that. We also went to two different malls for Sweetie and the girls so they could shop while me and The Boy and the Babies! bummed around and looked at the stores where you can go surfing IN THE STORE, and we enjoyed the sun and warmth while swimming in the pool at our resort, and we went out to eat three meals a day, and packed in a lot more sightseeing then someone should be able to do in four days.In fact, we ran out of time, because we didn't get to try the golf co...
Thursday Stuff
2009-05-15 05:06:00 I'm still pretty damn angry at Joke Line for his insulting post yesterday, but I'll let former Brigadier General Janis Karpisnki explain once more what an idiot he is, as well as those who feel as if they don't want to see the horrors committed in their name, and I realize that includes most of this country - dear God (and she's spot-on once more about having international representation on this)......and at this point, I usually include a video pointing out once more how the Repugs are corrupt idiots who want to do nothing except consolidate power for their "base" and wage war on the middle class, but I think that, at the moment, that would demean the importance of contemplating what former Brigadier General Karpinski said, so I won't do it for now - instead, I'll just include this vid, for the benefit of probably the ten people out there who didn't get my reference in the "Army Experience Center" post title.
Wednesday Stuff
2009-05-14 05:01:00 Thank you, Mr. Zelikow, for using the expertise you have and I don't to make the case for closing Guantanamo that I tried to make earlier today through criticizing Mitch McConnell......and oh noes!!! It's TEH SCARY GAY!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! (hat tips for these two to The Daily Kos)......and if that doesn't call for this response from Lewis Black (from "Red, White and Screwed" in '07), then I don't know what does - warning: bad words ahead......and after last night, I think I should keep it in a "family values" mode - won't say which "family," though; somewhere, I think Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill are smiling.
Constance Hays wrote a new blog post: Why can't we get rid of our stuff??
2009-05-13 17:52:00 Constance Hays wrote a new blog post: Why can't we get rid of our stuff?? Do you have Hoarding Syndrome? We Americans love junk. Admit it. Somewhere in your home, boxes reside, untouched, (but you know what is in them!) waiting for the next move..  My friend, Isabel spent her childhood making excuses as to why friends could not visit. In 10th grade I finally got a peek inside her house-three bedrooms ... By 'onepooldlady'
By: BackBeat
Collage: the Stuff of PoMo
2009-05-13 13:21:00 Administrator's Note: One of my Corcoran College undergraduates wrote the following essay on collage as ?the reproduction and recontextualization of signs.? The student has requested me to list the author's name as ?Yon Zois.?I asked Zois for permission to post the paper here because of its fascinating theories on visual art expressed as ?message? and a novel (if somewhat brutally cynical) depiction of the malevolent inclination of that message. The assaultive aspects of representation are too often critically neglected and Zois suggests interesting possibilities for further investigation of the ?dominant discourse? of media communication. For within the verbal structure of semiotics lies an implicit coercion that Zois reveals to be a profound interpretive mode for considering visual art as postmodern address._______________________-_______________________________-____?[Collage is] an organization of already organized elements.? - Damien Hirst Quoting others? words in one?s own wri...
By: Theory NOW
Tuesday Stuff
2009-05-13 05:15:00 "Worst Persons" (well lookee lookee here, boys and girls, we have the Inky making the list for giving a monthly feature to Torture Yoo - by the way, and don't tell anybody, but I just went to the paper's Opinion page online, and Yoo still doesn't have a pic with a legend telling readers that he's a contributing columnist...I can't think of a word to describe how sad it is to see Harold Jackson, and especially Bill Marimow, who once won a Pulitzer for God's sake, toeing the Tierney line like this; Eric Bolling of the Fix Business Channel - heh - first criticizes K.O. and the like for "frat house humor" when justifiably lampooning the "teabaggers," but he then ranks his guests as if they're on a baseball team and says that Barney Frank should be the "catcher"...the laughs never stop with these cretins because they never begin in the first place; but Greta Van Susteren of Fix Noise takes it for criticizing The Politico for an ambush interview of Todd Palin...aside from the hypoc...
Monday Stuff
2009-05-12 05:12:00 I think K.O. did something really special here in his methodical destruction of more stupid talking points by Bill Orally, this time about a certain Winston Spencer Churchill fellow (the wingers apparently feel a sense of kinship to the legendary Brit, and as usual, they're wrong on the facts yet again)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy...and oh yeah, it's another rockin' Monday (song ends about 30 seconds early, though).
Saturday Stuff
2009-05-10 01:12:00 Posting is questionable for the early part of next week, by the way - lots of stuff "up in the air" at the moment.In the meantime, Fix Noise is BUSTED by Media Matters here......and in the immortal words of Frank Sinatra, "Happy Mother's Day to all you muthas out there."Update: Oh, and by the way, that stupid White House Press Club dinner is tonight, which means that this is an opportunity to view how Stephen Colbert made his mark three years ago (here).
Friday Stuff
2009-05-09 05:11:00 K.O. talks with Jonathan Landay of McClatchy over this whole non-story of what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew, or didn't know, about Bushco torture based on a September 2002 briefing (Pelosi told Rachel Maddow that she wasn't told that waterboarding was going on, but apparently it was being considered, and there was a supposed legal rationale for it from Bybee, Yoo, Addington and the other "usual suspects" of our formerly ruling cabal...I think Landay does a good job here zeroing in on what really matters)...Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy..and yes, "Still Bushed" is still with us (more on the sham of Dubya's "Office Of Faith-Based Initiatives"...the only "bone" tossed to the Dubya "values voter" dead-enders out there was that idiotic conscience rule, supposedly allowing medical providers not to provide abortion counseling, and even THAT didn't happen until he was just about out of office...kudos to Keith for saying straight up about ho... |
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