I’ve been reading an analysis written by Belyn Rodgers of Edward Murrow’s Orchestrated Hell. The radio piece in question was an influential report delivered in 1943 by reporter and journalist Edward R. Murrow. As a piece of influential rhetoric and effective storytelling the report is interesting to listen to in its own right, but it is […]
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Jordan recently had a reader start spouting at him and generally hefting the law in his face, so he posted a link to a Legal Guide for Bloggers. I thought I’d post it here but skip the drama, at least for today.
What I find interesting is how often, when faced with someone willing to go public […]
The first of the fallout from the Va Tech shooting has hit the field of writing. A high school student in Cary, Ill. was arrested for a creative writing essay that his teacher found ‘disturbing’. The essay has not been released, so far as I know, but some of the content has been reported in […]
I’m Scared of Cops, Are You?
Published by April 14th, 2007 in The Human Condition and Rumblings. 0 CommentsI’ve lifted this message from the body of an email sent by a friend of mine. When I read of her ‘cop fear’, I had to confess that I have it too. Just this week I was followed a short way by a Sherrif, and was so busy checking my speed and watching him in the […]
This was a grea hoax, and a great article by the Washington Post. I am grateful to feel confident I would have stopped, because I always stop for the street musicians if they’re any good at all.
But that brings up a point.
You see, I’m not a commuter. I work from home, on a flexible schedule, and take […]
This story just blows me away. I generally try to stay clear of ‘current events’, esp. of a potentially political nature, but the idiocy of this is just too incredible.
If the kid’s dirt bike was illegal, why didn’t they take it up with the owner/his parents? A seven-year old didn’t procure a dirt bike on […]
I’m Awake! . . . awake . . .
Published by March 12th, 2007 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 0 CommentsWhat is the point of daylight savings again? And since when is daylight something we can ’save’ up? Here’s a link to a Slate report on what’s behind the clock changes. Daylight savings is supposed to get us up with the sun so we’ll use less energy, but there doesn’t seem to be much evidence to […]
Our recent travels left me with a mental picture in my mind in which an airport bigwig is directing his subordinate.
Bigwig: “We have a new rule. No more liquids carried on to flights.”
Peon: “Yes, sir. Does that include water?”
Bigwig: “Absolutely. Water represents a grave threat to our national security.”
Peon: “Even newly purchased, still sealed bottles?”
Bigwig: “Those especially.”
Peon: “Uhh […]
Am I the only one who doesn’t care a twit about the Oscars? I’ve never watched them yet, and don’t plan to unless someone I know personally is nominated–so I’m pretty safe. And while I did have an interest in movies/actors who won awards during the years that the LOTR movies were in the running, […]
Public vs. Private Schooling
Published by January 22nd, 2007 in Home in the Rookery and Rumblings. 5 CommentsWe’re hunting around the area for a good private school. With a plethora of options, it ought to be easy but is in fact a difficult deciscion. One factor complicating it for us is that our children are very different in their strengths and weaknesses, yet we’re hoping to put them in the same school. […]
