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Thanks, Tom.

I prefer mussels, but those look tasty.

Tom--

I adore you. Let us discuss this more through the use of telecommunication with video soon, mmkay?

xo,
Rachel

A couple weeks late and a bit of coherence short, but good post, Jarred! I went to a panel discussion (http://www3.davidson.edu/cms/x34706.xml) yesterday on new media, and it's fascinating how the older generation is so terrified that we're going to personalize our info intake to the point of becoming idiots. The thing I can't get past is: how is this new? The panel discussed how to save newspapers for a long time, and my thought: people who wanted to only read the entertainment section were going to do so. People have been selecting their media a la carte for a long time--much like any type of technology, the advent of "new media" just makes the process more efficient.

Oh man, I'm not sure I could hang with that--it's hot but makes me dizzy.

Yeeeeeeees.

Oh my God. When WWZ is upon us, I do know that money will be out the window--capitalism crumbles in the face of braaaaaaaaaaaains.

(but seriously, there are whole bits of the book about the crumbling economy, it's amazing)

Eventually, I wasn't allowed to watch this show because Cousin Larry said "Oh my Lord!" all the time, and in repeating him, I was apparently both slightly blasphemous and impolite.

Also a good one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSYD0dQCAw

One of my greatest weaknesses is baby videos on YouTube. This is one of my all time favorites. It's as though this child is trying to communicate that his brother is hemorrhaging to death, and his parents won't put down the goddamn camera. His cries scream, "I CANNOT COMMUNICATE THE SEVERITY OF THIS SITUATION MORE THAN I AM RIGHT THIS INSTANT."

Baaaabies.

@ Ashish: Time travel is awesome. And EVERYONE knows that James T. Kirk was the biggest offender that the Federation had ever known when it came to screwing with timelines--the temporal police hated that guy! So it makes sense that time travel would be at the heart of this story.

</ geek >

Goddamn I love Star Trek. My mom is a big Trekkie (she says she'll put a down payment on my house if I get married in Vegas, on the bridge of the Enterprise) and she flipped over the trailer.

Hm. I'm not sure I get what you're saying: "it arises as legitimate because of its mere arising." I mean, doesn't the willingness of participants to use any particular tool validate its existence?

I think it "works" because people pay for it. For better or for worse, we human types need a push to get ourselves to do things that we deem unpleasant or potentially awkward--dating can be both of these things, and *blind* dating is definitely both of these things. When you have to make an actual investment of money, you're more likely to make an investment of time; you take it a little more seriously. I think that's why match.com "works" (people meet other people with few murders occurring)--everyone there has paid $40/month because they're legitimately curious about what will happen, and are willing to take a risk. The same can't be said for every schmuck you meet in a bar (or at a small liberal arts college...)

God, I hate that I'm a match apologist. Dang.

Oh my God, that's brilliant.

Nah. I don't think that it "works better"--I mean, I think that most people who use an online dating service "find someone." But how do we classify something as "working?" If it leads to a wedding and little sprogglings? Shmeh, I don't know. I do think it cuts to the chase, and is rather more mercenary than meeting people in the conventional (read: normal) way. It's also a little more vulnerable--people don't pay for a match.com account if they want to be douchebags. These are people interested in relationships. So...yeah, I dunno. :D

Babar bored me to tears. For that, he must PAY (by being subject to my inane ramblings online).

I do adore Fraggle Rock, so maybe redirecting our energies toward all things Muppet-centric is a good idea. ;P

C'mon! I thought, by attacking Babar, I already WAS ripping on the French! I hope you know that I interpret your defense of Babar as an overwhelming vote in favor of imperialism.

(P.S. am a big fan of Alf and lemonade, fyi. :P)

That is a really, really interesting observation. I've had a similar experience with my parents while watching a movie. "Isn't that somebody?" is my dad's favorite mantra while watching a movie---he'll happily spend the rest of the movie hypothesizing what else that actor has been in. He makes me feel like quite the spoil sport when I easily IMDB it.

Late to the game on this, but I got so used to sleeping with my fan on last summer that I invested in a sound machine--white noise is awesome. I use Noise on my computer when I need to get some serious writing done. Silence can be a real downer when you're trying to productive. Weirdly, I find white noise to also make me feel more comfortable--maybe because it sounds like an air conditioner? Bah.

Oh man, Iron Man was positively phenomenal. I agree with everything you said here...except I dug Indiana Jones. :P

That's hilariously ridiculous. Just further proving the fact that our nationwide Fake News has a lot more integrity than the real thing.

Buhzactly. There's so much information out there, I find myself reading blogs not so much for the information contained within, but for the personalities they're filtered through. If I want to read the Entire Internet every day, I will, but most likely, I'm going to find a handful of internet personalities I enjoy and I'll peruse what they happen to be interested in at the moment.

Oh my God, this is something I struggle with so constantly.

1. Writing. Reading. Lame though it sounds, I want to be a writer and only continual practice can make that possible. Not being able to fit The Writer's Life into my work schedule is the biggest problem I have right now. In an effort to focus myself, I've instituted a schedule and everything, with a small measure of success.

2. I used to play the flute, but gave up freshman year at Davidson. It's a shame because even though I played for 10 straight years, I don't think I'd be able to read music any more.

3. Definitely with the writing. If I could afford to spend 8 hours a day writing poetry, I'd be the happiest, best, and potentially craziest possible me. Which is why I'm starting to make preliminary plans to head back to school...

We have a Gormley piece in the sculpture garden here on campus, did you know? Lots of people rag on the art they picked, but I kind of dig the Gormley.

Agreed. As my dad often says, "bacon is good food."

Now the question is: are bacon and cookies two great tastes that taste great together?

http://neverbashfulwithbutter.blogspot.com/2007...