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The Lens

Introduction to the Lens Concept [http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2005/10/10/squidoo/] Internet experts think a new trend could sweep the Internet soon: Lenses. What is a lens? The following is summarized from Seth Godin's ebook, Everyone's An Expert (About Something) [http://www.

Kurt Vonnegut is Still Alive

Still alive and still unhappy. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101844.html] . > He's seen Slaughterhouse-Five get the Hollywood treatment. He's seen it selected No. 18 on the Modern Library's list of the hundred best English-language novels

The Triumph of the Therapeutic

As religion's proper practice disappears, other practices arise to fill the resulting void. One of the most popular: therapy. Therapy this, therapy that. Just don't fall down on your knees and pray: > The Internet is now teeming with some 15 million blogs. Although the medium

Weekly Features Post

It's been awhile since I ran one of these. I can't promise you that it will resume as a weekly feature, but I'll do what I can. For newer readers, the Weekly Features Post is just an amalgam of notes and quotes from my

Porn Sunday

It's an event performed by an organization that calls itself xxxchurch.com. I can't vouch for it, but it certainly sounds like these people are onto something. If we're going to kill the scourge of pornography, I suspect it'll take something like

My Link Policy

It's been awhile since I mentioned my link policy, so I'll repeat it: The Bloghorn: If you're a blog and you link to me, I'll link to you, unless your site is disagreeable. Just e-mail me and let me know that you&

Kill the Smurfs

Odd choice of advertising. Using children figures in a way that makes the ad unacceptable for viewing by children. > The people of Belgium have been left reeling by a public service commercial featuring the Smurfs, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters' village is annihilated by warplanes. > The

I'm Not Surprised

I actually watched much of the Fantasia Barrino phenomenon, and I didn't like it. She was sassy and exhibited a trashy disposition. After one American Idol performance, she brought her illegitimate son onto the stage. Even though she was probably the best singer of the finalists, she finished

Digital Essay: Give Us Hockey . . . Or Not

Hockey came back this week. Canadians watched in force. Americans didn't: > The Outdoor Life Network's first telecast, a Philadelphia-New York Rangers game, was seen in 268,000 households (just barely beating “Quite Frankly,” we might add). In Los Angeles? A zero rating. Zero. Link [http:

Gay Opinion

The Editor of the Express Gay News rails against Pope Benedict XVI. Link [http://www.dallasvoice.com/articles/dispArticle.cfm?Article_ID=6694]. It's full of insight, like this comment: > This latest anti-gay move by the Catholic Church is less likely to result in affecting political policies