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In no particular order:
1. My sister and her kids stayed over last night. They left this morning (for a family vacation) before I got up. The kids made cards for me saying goodbye and they'll miss me. Which was really sweet. My niece drew a picture on her card of the two of us standing together. I'm wearing a Superman belt buckle and a t-shirt with a dog on it. Oh, how she knows me. :D
2. A link came up on my twitter stream about net neutrality. A petition to support it, anger about House democrats not supporting it, talk about how it's selling out to the big communication companies, etc. Nothing unusual there (though it is an important cause). The unusual thing is that this petition is backed by a mobile communications company (i.e. cell phones, but these days that includes a lot of 'net access).
3. The AP tweeted a link to this article: As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief at UK yacht race. Which would be jaw-droppingly bad PR if not for the fact that most jaws have metaphorically been continually open over BP's handling of the spill, the lead-up to the spill, their PR as regards the spill, and basically everything else even tangentially related.
On the other hand, stuff like this is planned far in advance, and his not going isn't exactly going to help anything, so maybe it's not such a huge deal, after all. I dunno.
4. I'm sort of vaguely toying with the idea of creating a new community on Dreamwidth. It's a whole big thing which probably deserves its own post. But it probably won't happen because (a) I don't have it in me to whip up interest to get things rolling, (b) I don't have it in me to stand up and fight the inevitable trolls, (c) I'm worried that it doesn't have anything to drive it - I know what I want it to be, but not what it should be about.
( So it looks like I more or less ended up making that entry here, after all... )
5. I keep feeling like there was something else. But I'm very tired (what else is new), and if there is anything else, I can't remember. If I do, I can always come back and edit it in or post again. Time to head off and see if I can help out a bit around the house. We've got company this week, and plans for a get-together tomorrow.
6. ETA: There was something else. A couple of quick Clarence Darrow quotes. First is about a client he's defending:
So... he's trying to start a newspaper (it's his life's ambition), but he insists that actually working would never get him anywhere. He wants to spread his ideas, but has no education. In order to spread Socialism, he... tries to take someone else's property.
Other quote is about World War One:
He goes on to talk about the wider issues and his efforts to do the right thing even when it contradicted one side or the other and so on. Being for the war but against the propaganda that supported it, etc. Interesting stuff. But that line there just tickled me.
Meantime, I find myself surprised that at the beginning of Chapter 26 (where I most recently left off reading) he's at the end of WWI (1918 or so - he does do some jumping back and forth as he tells his stories), but only 44% of the way through the book. He's covering his life from 1857 through about 1930, but he's already up to 1918 and he's not even halfway through? I wonder what the other half of the book will be like.
7. ETA 2: Just read this post on Scans Daily. If you know anything about Barbara Gordon, go read it. So much love.
1. My sister and her kids stayed over last night. They left this morning (for a family vacation) before I got up. The kids made cards for me saying goodbye and they'll miss me. Which was really sweet. My niece drew a picture on her card of the two of us standing together. I'm wearing a Superman belt buckle and a t-shirt with a dog on it. Oh, how she knows me. :D
2. A link came up on my twitter stream about net neutrality. A petition to support it, anger about House democrats not supporting it, talk about how it's selling out to the big communication companies, etc. Nothing unusual there (though it is an important cause). The unusual thing is that this petition is backed by a mobile communications company (i.e. cell phones, but these days that includes a lot of 'net access).
3. The AP tweeted a link to this article: As oil spews in Gulf, BP chief at UK yacht race. Which would be jaw-droppingly bad PR if not for the fact that most jaws have metaphorically been continually open over BP's handling of the spill, the lead-up to the spill, their PR as regards the spill, and basically everything else even tangentially related.
On the other hand, stuff like this is planned far in advance, and his not going isn't exactly going to help anything, so maybe it's not such a huge deal, after all. I dunno.
4. I'm sort of vaguely toying with the idea of creating a new community on Dreamwidth. It's a whole big thing which probably deserves its own post. But it probably won't happen because (a) I don't have it in me to whip up interest to get things rolling, (b) I don't have it in me to stand up and fight the inevitable trolls, (c) I'm worried that it doesn't have anything to drive it - I know what I want it to be, but not what it should be about.
( So it looks like I more or less ended up making that entry here, after all... )
5. I keep feeling like there was something else. But I'm very tired (what else is new), and if there is anything else, I can't remember. If I do, I can always come back and edit it in or post again. Time to head off and see if I can help out a bit around the house. We've got company this week, and plans for a get-together tomorrow.
6. ETA: There was something else. A couple of quick Clarence Darrow quotes. First is about a client he's defending:
I asked him why he tried to burglarize the house. He replied that he had wanted to start a Socialist paper, and as he had no education he could never get the necessary money by working.
So... he's trying to start a newspaper (it's his life's ambition), but he insists that actually working would never get him anywhere. He wants to spread his ideas, but has no education. In order to spread Socialism, he... tries to take someone else's property.
Other quote is about World War One:
When Germany invaded Belgium I recovered from my pacifism in the twinkling of an eye. It came to me through my emotions, and it left me the same way. I discovered that pacifism is probably a good doctrine in time of peace, but of no value in war time.
He goes on to talk about the wider issues and his efforts to do the right thing even when it contradicted one side or the other and so on. Being for the war but against the propaganda that supported it, etc. Interesting stuff. But that line there just tickled me.
Meantime, I find myself surprised that at the beginning of Chapter 26 (where I most recently left off reading) he's at the end of WWI (1918 or so - he does do some jumping back and forth as he tells his stories), but only 44% of the way through the book. He's covering his life from 1857 through about 1930, but he's already up to 1918 and he's not even halfway through? I wonder what the other half of the book will be like.
7. ETA 2: Just read this post on Scans Daily. If you know anything about Barbara Gordon, go read it. So much love.