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Flight Deck: Frame of reference
On those long coast-to-coast runs, Captain Dan has had some time to think about his frame of reference.
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Indigestible Appalachia
Hillary won West Virginia yesterday. It doesn’t mean a thing for the nomination, the mathematical stakes were settled long ago, what even the narrative crafted by the press. It doesn’t mean a thing for the general election, Obama has plenty of suction in swing states all across the country. The win only has significance for a single constituency, ( Read more... ) -
All over but the crying?
My brothers and I are very political - if sort of heterodox and roll-your-own in our political positions. But with my brother dave's background as an activist, my brother John's work as a political analyist and campaign manager for the NRDC and my own background in strategic planning, it all makes for some pretty awesome (and awesomely informed) ( Read more... ) -
Why I quit MoveOn.org
crossposted from appliedsemiotics.com
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I unsubscribed from MoveOn's email list today. For whatever reason, this last email was the one that broke the camel's back. I didn't even scan it for content. When I saw the message from "Nita Chaudhary" it offended me - as an interactive marketer.
MoveOn continuously generates these emails. My ( Read more... ) -
GRDP Day 8: page 217
Just did a big post to "Slow Match" - a criticism blog that my buddy Kiki and I started a while back. I talk about my personal history with GR a bit.
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GRDP Day 5 - pg 139 (pace +14)
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GRDP: Day One - the paceline
So here we are, huddled in the shelter at page zero.
31 long days from now, will we be singing "happy birthday, motherfucker!" to each other, by candlelight?
My edition, the Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century printing of 2000 is 776 pages long - that comes out to about 25 pages a day... but wait! we aren't all reading the same editions. The ( Read more... ) -
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So, our own Mr. Hawkins was kind enough to send me my inaugural five questions. Since he is one of my best friends and I pathetically begged someone to ask me five questions, I will take time out of my busy schedule as a high-paid corporate operative to give these queries my best shot...
1. You've been given the opportunity to adapt any novel for ( Read more... )
