KML's MonoblogWriting about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions. ~ Mason CooleyArmed America- April 18, 2007 ARMED AMERICA Portraits of Gun Owners in their Homes In the 48 hours since the Virginia Tech massacre I have heard several radio reports in which different witnesses described their experiences. Not a single journalist or interviewer has felt it necessary to define the word "clip", which strikes me as significant. I don't think I have ever seen a "clip", and yet I too know what it is. Clearly, America's gun culture has had a significant influence on everyone. Thanks are due to Hollywood, I.http://www.kevinlaurence.net/2007/04/armed_america.html links for 2007-04-12- April 12, 2007 There and Back Again In the last few months I have been working on a project based in Brighton, and so occasionally commuting there from London. I was just beginning to relate to this interesting article about commuting in The New Yorker, when I read the following lines: "The next morning, she caught the six-fifty-four out of Port Jervis. The train was nearly empty. The conductor sat in the row in front of her, looking through a catalogue advertising semi-automatic weapons." Once again...http://www.kevinlaurence.net/2007/04/links_for_20070412.html Easter on eBay- April 9, 2007 It's been a fairly glorious Easter weekend here in the UK, with the temperature reaching 17&0176;C yesterday afternoon. Easter is still an important event in the British calendar. It's the only official, four-day weekend, and very many people plan extended holidays around it. Apparently, Heathrow airport served 212,000 passengers on Thursday alone (see Easter getaway congestion begins), which is equivalent to evacuating the entire population of Kitchener, Ontario, in a single day (and Heathrow..http://www.kevinlaurence.net/2007/04/easter_on_ebay.html A seamless transition- April 9, 2007 Tyler Br&251;l&233; is a famous Manitoban (one of 45 apparently, if you exclude the less well known members of Bachman Turner Overdrive, but include Winnie-the-Pooh) who has just launched a new magazine on the world. Prior to launching this latest advertising vehicle, he wrote (among other things) a weekly column for the Financial Times titled Fast Lane. For reasons that are unclear, he left the FT at the end of 2006, and moved his column to the International Herald Tribune, but the content...http://www.kevinlaurence.net/2007/04/a_seamless_transition_1.html links for 2007-04-01- April 1, 2007 BBC NEWS Programmes From Our Own Correspondent This week's From Our Own Correspondent included a report on longevity in the Caribbean island of Dominica. Apparently, there are 3 times as many people over 100 years old as there are in most developed countries. The Dominica report begins at 16:43 into t (tags: BBC Dominica Caribbean)http://www.kevinlaurence.net/2007/04/links_for_20070401.html |