Bill has a wonderful post on writing. The entire thing is worth reading but this one got me thinking In 2004, Nielsen BookScan tracked the sales of 1.2 million books and found that nine hundred and fifty thousand of them sold fewer than ninety-nine copies. So we are looking at author royalties of a couple [...]
August, 2009:
Wendy on the social web
Over on her blog Several years ago someone got very angry at Jordon because he never phoned someone. Jordon’s reply was, I e-mail regularly and I don’t really call anyone anymore. The person was quite upset and ranted and raved about how stupid e-mail is. Now the situation was more complicated than that but Jordon [...]
Cheney: Upset that Bush showed an independent streak
From the Washington Post Cheney’s disappointment with the former president surfaced recently in one of the informal conversations he is holding to discuss the book with authors, diplomats, policy experts and past colleagues. By habit, he listens more than he talks, but Cheney broke form when asked about his regrets. "In the second term, he [...]
How green is ethanol?
The Economist has a good article on what impact that farmers now growing corn for ethanol has on the global economy and also the environment. Adding ethanol to the traditional markets for maize (food and fodder) inevitably pushes the price up. That encourages farmers, including those in poor countries, to boost production. If some of [...]
Back to Church Sunday
I have never liked the idea that churches took the summer off and I like the idea of a Back to Church Sunday even less. By doing this in September it communicates that it’s expected that you’re going to take the summer off from church and gives the wrong impressions about what a church community [...]
Maybe the recession isn’t over yet
From Bob Herbert in the New York Times For those concerned with the economic viability of the American family going forward, the plight of young workers, especially young men, is particularly frightening. The percentage of young American men who are actually working is the lowest it has been in the 61 years of record-keeping, according [...]
Now on Twitter
The last couple of days I have been having a running discussion with Karen over at The Hedge Society on Twitter about why Apartment Therapy doesn’t use Twitter. Several of my favorite design sites all use Twitter and I follow many of them over at The Cooper Cabin. During our discussion made me realize that [...]
Contextless Links
Tiny Home on eBay Living in a Recycled Grain Silo Balloon down! Balloon down! The CTV hot air balloon goes down in Saskatoon. How to find a new job The tragedy of the coffee shop Here, in no particular order, are the 100 best Twitter users in international affairs according to Foreign Policy ESPN’s policy [...]
Kyle Orton will do fine…
For those of us who are trying to tell ourselves that things in Denver will be fine without Jay Cutler and Josh McDaniels will be great, here is are some stats to think about. Super Bowl wins for Mike Shanahan without John Elway: 0. Super Bowl wins for Chuck Noll without Terry Bradshaw: 0. Super [...]
