I am. Today, at least, I am. Many things have happened this week which would be sufficient to induce that misanthropic state of mind. But this week the straw that broke this camel’s back came with the story of Grayson Smith, a terminally ill three year old who suffers from more life-threatening medical conditions than most people […]
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The hack of AshleyMadison.com accompanied by the world’s smallest violin
As you have probably heard, the sleazy-cheat-on–your-significant-other website AshleyMadison.com was hacked recently and the personal data of thirty-seven million cheaters and would-be cheaters (more than the population of Canada!) was leaked online. Please pause for a moment as we allow Mr. Krabs to share his thoughts. Mr. Krabs may not be very sympathetic, but Avid […]
Inane Pop culture Top Ten Lists and the Top Five New York Songs
It was September, 1983 and my brother and I were just sitting down to watch the pilot episode of a new sitcom called “We’ve got it Maid” about two guys and their maid. However, we never got to watch the show because my mom came in at the last moment and told us we were […]
The Meaningless Post or the tyrrany of running a blog
It has been a busy day. So busy that I have been kept from blogging. This is a bad thing, because in the merciless world of the internet — as in the wider world as any advertising agency will tell you — attention spans are short. Thus, if the side show is interrupted, even for […]
The Wikipediazation of the World
While digging through old notes for a new semester I came across this graphic that I had found somewhere at some time in the dim past. I don’t actually think “postmodernism” is the issue here. But the graphic does effectively capture the “Wikipediazation” of discussion and debate, particularly in the internet sphere. And it alludes to […]
