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Benzinha, I tried out his website
It tried to stick tracking cookies on my computer (succeeded), managed to get two popups past my blocker, and the thread I tried to follow lead in circles. Nuff said.
posted by
majroj
on June 3, 2007 at 6:36 AM
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Benzinha they could digitally voice over the news as though...
...Mr Hasselhoff were saying it.
On the other hand, than God for distraction TYV. Imagine if everyone who was watching it passively decided to turn it off, down their remotes, get in their cars and go DO something. Holy crap...
posted by
majroj
on June 3, 2007 at 6:21 AM
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I read this fellow and actually periodically paypal him $25 when I have it.
He writes about Africa and is upset with National Geographic NEVER doing any real stories, only covering the touchy feely feel good Pollyanna stuff, for example. As you cited National Geo. to Pat B... He is ranting on gorilla and primate worship and exposing the neo con, as in new con game of conservationism, to the extinction of the humans in the vicinity of any primates.
keith harmon snow, his online site.
Why is everything hyperlinked? Cavewoman strikes again........
posted by
benzinha
on June 2, 2007 at 2:09 AM
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maj crotchety roj, you are turning into me !!!
Your last paragraph and ending sentences are all that I can ask of America anymore, because, no other request matters as much.
Maybe if David Hasselhoff spoke about real news information while plastered on some floor, someone might just hear and believe and repeat some vital info.
Maybe if Brittany tattooed the definition of Habeas Corpus on her head, people might find out that it is now gone.
I hate to be one of those who actually voices the opinion that America will reap what it has sown, but we will. As far as I can see, we only sow gossip and silly sound bytes, frivolities and trivia, so some deep thinking country will take over as leader of the world.
OR, some dictatorship, which removes tv stations which do report the real news from the airways, will prevail, as we don't seem to care much about anything but drug and alcohol choices and booty calls.
Who is Brittany dating now anyway??
posted by
benzinha
on June 2, 2007 at 1:58 AM
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afzal50, you have very wide ranging reading habits.
Thinking is the cheapest of pasttimes, but the most dangerous.
posted by
majroj
on May 31, 2007 at 10:51 PM
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Azur, I can think of something(s) that tick(s) you off more...
Being smart enough but not obtaining the information, or having it but lying/acting stupid to garner attention.
posted by
majroj
on May 31, 2007 at 10:49 PM
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Pat_B, it's like this...
1. A magazine winds up rehashing old shit (a terrible mixed metaphor) time and again to make deadline and hold readers. That or go around kicking shins. There are some exceptions (Nat. Geographic, Scientific American, Smithsonian for three), but for most it's Paris/Hasselhoff/Lohan or some such. Or selling snake oil (subsidized). I tried it as a late-adolescent, nearly-man when you did layout with razorblades and rubber cement.
2. Actually, not much writing got done at the Algonquin table. Anytime people try to make a safe little commune for writers (architects, paintersd, etc) to colonize, and the grabass/inebriation go up while the output goes down. Here it's more like the Marx brothers' stateroom on the Love Boat.
3. I'm burned out generally. Take the opportunity to meet people and save the good chats for emails with one another. Not ENOUGH networking going on, I'd say. Like herding cats.
Welcome aboard, no matter how long you've been here!
posted by
majroj
on May 31, 2007 at 10:46 PM
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Whysper, you got the duck? You must be "Pippin"!
Read the play. Don't bother with the video.
posted by
majroj
on May 31, 2007 at 10:37 PM
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You have a goat?
Crap, all I got was this half dead duck.
posted by
Whysper
on May 31, 2007 at 6:02 AM
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Nothing gets my goat more than people spouting poor information
when good information is at their fingertips.
posted by
Azur
on May 31, 2007 at 5:57 AM
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Just browsing through and bit on your title.. snake oil is one of my things
went back to review several of your posts -- the magazine thing interested me the most. I want to start a magazine. What's stopping me is knowing how much work is involved, how many details must be herded like cats. What's keeping me thinking about it is knowing how satisfying those 80-hour weeks could be.
So how's this Algonquin round table thing working out for you?
posted by
Pat_B
on May 28, 2007 at 8:46 AM
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I love to think . Thanks!
posted by
afzal50
on May 28, 2007 at 8:22 AM
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