Rayne TodaySearching for dharma, in spite of the weather... Proud member of the Reality-Based CommunityJust plain wrong- November 25, 2004 Unfortunately, holidays in America means television viewing -- like watching the parades in the morning or ball games in the afternoon or semi-traditional tear-jerker seasonal movies in the evening. It also means exposure to advertising. I could ordinarily tune it out, being little more than background noise -- but one advertiser has gotten under my skin. It's just plain wrong to use Aerosmith's "Dream On" in any ad. Let alone for a freaking Buick. I suppose the next thing they're going to.http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/25.html#a1652 Last evening- November 25, 2004 At 5:16 pm, the house went dark. The power flickered off then on several times between 5:10 and 5:16, as if to provide advance warning. It really wasn&146;t a surprise, though; the warning wasn&146;t necessary. The snow was wet and heavy, streaming out of the northeast from off the lake. Just the kind of storm that might load up trees with ice and slushy snow, snapping off branches and taking out the power. Northeasters here.http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/25.html#a1651 Greening- November 24, 2004 We live in a lawless place; we are living amidst a lawless society. I can agree with Charles Reich on this. A place where there is no taxation with representation. My children have each been handed a bill for $140,000 for the national debt and taxes to pay it off by a government for which they cannot even vote. A place where where what passes for representation continually violates our privacy, sneaking in legislation to spy on us without any consideration for our personal.http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/23.html#a1650 Now Reading: The Greening of America- November 23, 2004 "Viewed in a broader perspective, it can be seen that for each status, class, and position in society, there is a different set of laws. There is one set of laws for the welfare recipient, one for the businessman. There is one set of laws for the government employee, another for the congressman. There is one set of laws for the farmer, another for the writer. These differences are not limited to any particular area or subject matter; for example, the constitutional...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/23.html#a1649 WYSIWYG- November 23, 2004 There is nothing fake about this guy. He is, in the flesh, the very same person you see on television. But that's what I've always dug about this guy -- utter candor, total frankness. Completely refreshing in politics. It was a great privilege to get to meet him and talk about the future. Anybody can find somebody who'll lie and prevaricate about what's ahead. Not this guy. Dialogue with a couple dozen activists here in Michigan about the...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/22.html#a1648 Juggling- November 20, 2004 There are too many balls in the air here. We've got an executive spouse who's either on the road visiting clients or on the cellphoneBlackberry or at the construction site pulling cable and phone wire or up north trying to squeeze in hunting. We've got a less-than-full-time spouse who's either at the office or escorting kids to and from school or sports or off to the construction site to check on contractors and the building inspector or headed to meetings for activists...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/19.html#a1647 Barbaric Yawp: Life is funny...- November 19, 2004 Forwarded by Christopher Key, our beloved Barbaric Yawp: Life is funny &169; 2004 Christopher Key The year was 1971. I was a young journalist on the East Coast. Still bitter from my experiences in Vietnam, I was out for revenge against the government that had sent me there. Egil &145;Bud&146; Krogh was only a few years older than I. He was White House Deputy for Domestic Affairs. Another young man, Daniel Ellsberg, had written a government...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/18.html#a1646 A parent's hardest job -- part 2- November 17, 2004 The kids were in the back seat of the car, my daughter still unwinding from basketball practice and my son just nodding off in the warm, dark, closeness of the car. The BBC news is on NPR. They are reporting on the murder of the aide worker Hassan and the shooting of an Iraqi prisoner in a mosque. Two sides of the same hideous coin. Fortunately, my son was too dozy to hear the report; fortunately, I turned down the volume before my daughter got fully settled into the car after pick up...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/16.html#a1645 Turkey preparations- November 16, 2004 Somebody asked me today what we were doing for Thanksgiving. I have no clue. It will involve a turkey, I'm sure. With the house under construction and the weirdness of our schedules, it's hard to say what will happen this week let alone next week. In the mean time, assuming you have a clue as to what you're doing for Thanksgiving and it also involves a turkey or at least cooking, give the Bookslut a visit on this subject. What the heck. You'll enjoy the snarky review of this...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/16.html#a1644 A parent's hardest job- November 16, 2004 It was coming. I knew it was. I'd managed to put it off for a long time, for as long as possible. But it had to be dealt with. There are times when the truth can no longer be avoided. I had to have a heart-to-heart tonight with my daughter. It was time to make sure she knew the whole truth. I know what you're thinking: It's the birds and bees thing. If only it were that easy. The door to the opportunity slammed open as we sat here on my bed this evening,...http://blogs.salon.com/0001549/2004/11/15.html#a1643 |