Weekly Musing 07/26-08/01
Not very much this week at all. Been too busy to go to all my sources.
Internet:
Americans Have Fewer Friends Outside the Family, Duke Study Shows. It compared data from 1985 and 2004 and found that the mean number of people with whom Americans can discuss matters important to them dropped by nearly one-third, from 2.94 people in 1985 to 2.08 in 2004. [I think I would atrophy if I only had 2.08 people to discuss my stuff with.] I am truly blessed.
News item for vsprtn. Daniel Radcliffe, better known to millions of youngsters as Harry Potter, will be “waving his other wand” in a new stage production of the Peter Shaffer play Equus.
Internet video:
The man lives. Glorious Redemption.
Consumer Whore:
Turn your water bottle into a lantern. Could be good for the playa.
Photography:
Photojournalist David Burnett.I wasn't familiar with him, but the images look surreal. Landscapes look like dioramas, and objects look more toy-like than real. Awesome.
Books:
Finally read my first Jonathan Carroll book From the Teeth of Angels. The basic premise is that death can take the form of anyone you know and if he likes you, you die well, but if he doesn't, you suffer. It was good, but I definitely think his writing has gotten better since 1995 as I do read his http://www.jonathancarroll.com/blog1/archiveMain.htmlblog every single day and love it. I have now moved onto another one of his.
Internet:
Americans Have Fewer Friends Outside the Family, Duke Study Shows. It compared data from 1985 and 2004 and found that the mean number of people with whom Americans can discuss matters important to them dropped by nearly one-third, from 2.94 people in 1985 to 2.08 in 2004. [I think I would atrophy if I only had 2.08 people to discuss my stuff with.] I am truly blessed.
News item for vsprtn. Daniel Radcliffe, better known to millions of youngsters as Harry Potter, will be “waving his other wand” in a new stage production of the Peter Shaffer play Equus.
Internet video:
The man lives. Glorious Redemption.
Consumer Whore:
Turn your water bottle into a lantern. Could be good for the playa.
Photography:
Photojournalist David Burnett.I wasn't familiar with him, but the images look surreal. Landscapes look like dioramas, and objects look more toy-like than real. Awesome.
Books:
Finally read my first Jonathan Carroll book From the Teeth of Angels. The basic premise is that death can take the form of anyone you know and if he likes you, you die well, but if he doesn't, you suffer. It was good, but I definitely think his writing has gotten better since 1995 as I do read his http://www.jonathancarroll.com/blog1/archiveMain.htmlblog every single day and love it. I have now moved onto another one of his.