I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is Poem Hunter.
Doug Templeton: As near as I can tell, there are no such things as traffic laws here. You are supposed to have a license, but I’m told that with the right bribe you can skip the test and be on your merry way — and from what I’ve seen I have no doubt this is true. I am told there is a traffic light in Afghanistan. One. And it doesn’t work. I have yet to find a…
Part of being a good citizen of the blogosphere is visiting, reading and, most importantly, taking the time to leave a comment on other’s blogs. It’s all about the conversation. In the interest of setting an example I’ve decided to link to those blog posts that have compelled me to leave a comment.
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph Keyes.
All he knew for sure about Carol was that she didn”t want to wind up in a book. p. 52
Today I’m at Border’s making use of its extensive magazine rack to look at the next magazines on my list. The goal here is to further winnow my list by deciding which magazines I’d be willing to read at least a year’s worth of issues to figure out what’s been done and what the editor might think of as interesting for an upcoming issue.
Today’s list includes:B”nai B”rith Magazine, Body & Soul, Boys” Life, Business 2.0 Magazine, Chatelaine, Chemical Heritage, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Reader, Child and Cigar Aficionado.
Butt… Chair… Write…
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.
1SG Troy Steward: This video was created by Smoke before he left country to return home at the end of his tour here. Because he was the Artillery company mentor, it has more of an Artillery focus, and offers a different perspective from the video I posted last week, MY YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN. He also spent some time at the Kabul Military Training Center at the…
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph Keyes.
“I don”t see how you can write fiction honestly and ably without interfering with serious relationships,” concluded [Gordon] Lish. p. 48
Today I’m at Border’s making use of its extensive magazine rack to look at the first ten magazines on my list. The goal here is to further winnow my list by deciding which magazines I’d be willing to read at least a year’s worth of issues to figure out what’s been done and what the editor might think of as interesting for an upcoming issue.
Today’s list includes:AARP The Magazine, Adbusters, American Archeology, American Educator, American Forests, Ann Arbor Observer, Archeology, Atlanta Life Magazine, Atlanta Magazine, Better Homes And Gardens and Better Nutrition.
Butt… Chair… Write…
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever, With Videos.
Part of being a good citizen of the blogosphere is visiting, reading and, most importantly, taking the time to leave a comment on other’s blogs. It’s all about the conversation. In the interest of setting an example I’ve decided to link to those blog posts that have compelled me to leave a comment.
Capt Mike Toomer, USAF: I have been in country for over nine months, spending just about every day with Afghans, either the ANA or interpreters. I spent six weeks “down range” in the Gardez area training the ANA on logistics, and had the opportunity to interact with other ANA soldiers and mentors. I shared my observations with them and listened to them…,
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.
This is a passage I copied from The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear by Ralph Keyes.
Authors always feel in danger of being abandoned by loved ones. This is a potent fear Yet it”s as inevitable as writer”s cramp when we presume to write words for others to read. p. 45
I’ve broken the list into 10-magazine chunks. As I went through I recognized that I was marking quite a few titles that I’m just plain curious about. I probably won’t end up exploring them once I see what the magazine is actually about. A number of the titles are what I’d call Yuppie books; magazines about buying things to make you happy lifestyle.
Butt… Chair… Write…
I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is How to Solve the New York Times Crossword Puzzle.
It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees, Robert Feinman, Peter Sayles and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.
IT”S BEND-OVER DAY AT WAL-MART… While Marketplace Morning Report let listeners know this morning that this is Wal-Mart”s first Associate Celebration Day, readers of The Writing On The Wal, via Stockboy, know that the real story is that Wal-Mart figured out a way to cut bonuses. Keep reading…
CHRIS FARRELL LIKES WAL-MART BANKING… Chris Farrell, the economics correspondent for American Public Media”s Marketplace, likes the idea of Wal-Mart opening it”s own bank branches around the country. Marketplace Morning Report host Scott Jagow asked Farrel this morning: Keep reading…
$100 REWARD… There”s a crisp new Benjamin Franklin Hamilton waiting for the first sharp eyed The Writing On The Wal reader who can spot either the words Yes or No in this exchange between CNN senior writer Parija B. Kavilanz and Wal-Mart spokesperson Robert Traynhman. Keep reading…
IT SMELLS LIKE… WAL-MART… As a college freshman, Hanna Ricketson headed to Wal-Mart when she got homesick. She was comforted by the familiarity of the store – the $5.50 movie bin that rarely holds anything worth watching and the giant wire tower of bouncy balls… Keep reading…
ONE OF THOSE INTERCEPTED PHONE CALLS… My apologies to Someone in USA. I asked last week if I could cross-post this and then I let it slip through the crack. In case any of our readers has wondered what was on those intercepted double-top secret-phone calls, our own Deep Throat has the scoop. Keep reading…
WAL-MART ABANDONS LOW PRICES… No. Wal-Mart is not about to reverse gravity and send Smiley soaring to the ceiling. Instead Wal-Mart has decided to abandon its silly attempt to trademark the phrase: Everyday Low Prices. In July of 2005, Wal-Mart applied for a U.S. trademark on the ubiquitous phrase. Keep reading…
AT THE WALLY PLEX… There are sound stages on Hollywood”s back lots smaller than Bentonvile”s behemoths, so it”s no surprise that budding video talent has been sneaking cameras in at odd hours. And now for the midnight show at the Wally Plex featuring makemagazine. Keep reading…
ARE THERE ANY SMALL-TOWN BANKS LEFT…? In recent month I”ve written a great deal about Wal-Mart”s attempted foray into banking. My opposition has never been to competition in banking per se, only that I”ve never trusted Wal-Mart to do anything more than crush all competition in the market. Keep reading…
CHINA”S UNION… NOW WHAT…? John Ruwitch asks the question of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions penetration of Wal-Mart”s stores in that country.Ruwitch writes, labor experts wonder if – and how – the union will leverage its foothold and newfound clout nationwide. Keep reading…
TV ALERT…! LEE SCOTT ON FAUX NEWS… Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott will sit in front of the camera tomorrow afternoon – Tuesday, 27 March at 4 p.m. EDT – on the Faux News program Your World With Neil Cavuto. Wal-Mart is faced with a media feeding frenzy over the container-inspection campaign. Keep reading…
A CHILLING REPORT… That”s the term that Andrew Sullivan uses to describe the New Yorker article on Wal-Mart. Sullivan was particularly taken the flackish runaround given writer Jeffrey Goldberg”s attempts to interview the now infamous Latoya Machato. Keep reading…
REMEMBER THE POISONED PET FOOD…? Last week Jonathan remarked in regards the poisoned dog and cat foods: Of course, we all know how well that sales restriction thingy worked out for those Nazi t-shirts. Yes, Jonathan, we do, and so did one lady in Beufort, South Carolina. Keep reading…
WAL-MART TO NEW YORK: FUGEDDABOUDIT… That”s the lede in this morning”s New York Times for a story reporting on a sit-down by its editors and reporters with Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. Scott told the journalists: I don”t care if we are ever here… I don”t think it”s worth the effort. Keep reading…
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