Will journalism go the way of the clothing we wear, made in third world countries, sometimes from factories with questionable labor practices, and often of lesser quality. …
This is My Song On Old School Friday
Welcome to Old School Friday. The theme this week is a song people would be surprised you know. Are there really surprises anymore? We know all music, on some plane, if we chose to. Technology gives us the prerogative to know the old, and the obscure, and make them new …
Freedom Of Speech Compensates for Seldom Used the Freedom of Thought, and Other Expostulations
My Tuesday tankful of tidbits and annoyances. 1. Thanks to an anonymous tipster, who for some unknown reason was looking up wonderlandornot/images, I discovered my old Flickr account, titled wonderlandornot. The contents are meager — a couple of shots from Oahu in 2006. I can’t access the account, because it …
Distracted From When We Were Psychos, William Calley Apologizes
In a rare, if ever, interview, former Army lieutenant William Calley, who was convicted on 22 counts of murder for the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, sort of apologized for the first time last week, at a Columbus, Georgia, Kiwanis Club where he was speaking. “In March 1968, U.S. soldiers …
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-a, Wipeout.
I’m wrung out, hollow, yet so full of school, work, and future research projects that I’m ready to explode. Or is it implode? Could be either I suppose. The results, compared, would be similar. I read the hurricane reports, a well meaning friend sent them to me via email late …
Old School Friday and the Mutual of New York Building
Old School Friday goes nostalgic this week with the theme of prom, or school dance. I’m nostalgic, though not for prom. I spent more time at restaurants in D.C. or Baltimore (depending on the year), than I did at the prom. I wasn’t lacking school spirit, but I was more …
