Archives for July, 2004
July Surprise?
Is the War on Terror on a political timetable?
Skyboxes: The Gated Communities of Sports
Why regular fans don’t matter any more.
Furl - Your web page filing cabinet
Furl helps you save, share, and recall anything you find online. Also allows Blogger users to do a little sidebar thing on their site.
Spam Poison
Stolen
Was at the mall today with Wendy and Mark. Radio Shack had $15 electronic handheld synth’s on for 99 cents and I bought Mark one. (I am apparently preparing him to lead worship at a Willow Clone church when he is older) While he was sitting in the food court and I was about 10 feet away he started crying. I looked around and saw a guy and his daughter walk away. I was more preoccupied with his crying and so was Wendy to connect the dots. The guy walked by Mark, took his bag of stuff and kept going. What kind of depraved jerk steals from a four year old? The good news is that Radio Shack had another one and Mark was happy but still really upset from being stolen from.
The Bighouse!
New Homestar Runner cartoon. Strong Bad is in jail.
Neutrality
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has his foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
48 Hours
I have spent about 20 of the last 48 hours on Resonate. It’s getting closer by the hour but now I need to find a good book, some jazz music, and maybe a game of Age of Empires to play Wendy.
It’s my good friend Scott Williams birthday. Pop over to his blog and tell him how much you love him.
Ottawa won’t call Sudan crisis genocide
This is Canada at it’s worst
The crisis in Sudan’s western Darfur region is a humanitarian disaster to which Canada is paying close attention, but it is not a genocide, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said yesterday.While condemning Arab militiamen accused of committing atrocities against black Africans living in Darfur, top diplomats and world leaders are so far unwilling to designate the conflict a genocide. Branding the atrocities in Darfur as genocidal would oblige countries to take forceful action to stop them under their United Nations treaty obligations.
Asked specifically whether the crisis should be termed a genocide, Mr. Pettigrew yesterday did not reply directly.
“It’s a horrible situation where we are in danger of encountering humanitarian consequences that are absolutely unacceptable,” he told reporters in Montreal.
Apparently we didn’t learn that much was watching Rwanda up close.
Going Up the Country, but Keeping All Your Toys
What oppies are practicing, some critics say, is a kind of conspicuous anti-consumption. “People who are buying weekend houses, say, in Columbia or Dutchess Counties are putting as much of their land into conservation easement as possible,” said Louise Harpman, an architect with a New York office who also teaches at the University of Texas. “They’re saying, `no matter what sort of extravaganza I’ve built, I’m preserving as much land as possible,’ which is good for the earth. But it also protects the view.”
She wonders if there is not a degree of yuppie guilt in all the talk of green living. “People we see, they realize it is the right thing to do to be as kind to the earth as possible. But on the other hand, they’re not going to not have their Jimmy Choo shoes. Is this the penance we pay for Prada?”
Oppies tend to be staunch Democrats living among staunch Republican locals. Newcomers to the Hudson Valley, for instance, find the proposed St. Lawrence Cement plant a threat to their rural paradise, while many locals favor it for the jobs it promises.
“The change has been terribly dramatic in the last five years, and property values have absolutely skyrocketed,” said Jules Molenda, publisher of The Register-Star, circulation 6,000, in Hudson. The change has brought a clear culture clash, as well, he added.
“In Kinderhook, which is the largest town in the county, they wanted to put in a Hannaford supermarket along with a strip mall,” Mr. Molenda recalled. “They’ve been trying for two years, but the opponents didn’t want the strip mall to obstruct their view of the cows and the pretty farmland. The long-timers very much wanted the grocery store. This is a town of 8,000 that is served by one Grand Union right now.”
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New syndication feed
A lot of you are probably reading this via a feed reader. If you are, you may want to know that I am publishing a new and improved feed. It allows me to see the stats behind my feed which gives me an idea of the kind of content that you find worth reading. It’s all about me serving you.
Saddam’s people are winning the war
Article by Scott Ritter who feels that the longer the American army stays in Iraq, the worse the defeat will be for America.
Realizing the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture
How technology can help 200 million hungry Africans.
Resonate
Resonate is almost here. I can’t tell you much about it yet although I can recommend that you head to the website to sign up for the e-mail mailing list now.
I spent a while today working on the site. It is a collabrative effort but it is a lot easy to establish some of it which makes it go a little easier. Some content had to be drafted up so the masses could rip it apart which took a little bit of time but I am getting excited about it. Like I said, I can’t tell you much about it but I can suggest you sign up for the mailing list. It goes live September 1, 2004.
e-vangelism.com
Anrew Careaga, author, blogger, technologist, and all around great guy has relaunched e-vangelism.com. Vey cool.
Our Cabin Weblog- Recently listened to music
- David Gray – Be Mine October 19, 2008
- David Gray – December October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Knowhere October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Real Love October 19, 2008
- David Gray – Last Boat To America October 19, 2008
- Recently additions to my library
- Messy Faith: Daring to Live by Grace by A. J. Gregory October 28, 2008
- Rediscovering Church: The Story and Vision of Willow Creek Community Church by Lynne Hybels October 26, 2008
- The Teeth of the Tiger, A Novel by Tom Clancy October 26, 2008
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell October 26, 2008
- The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy October 26, 2008
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