Off the Mark

‘Cept You & Me Babe - Greg Brown from Covenant, RHR CD 148
half the people you see these days are talkin’ on cell phonesdrivin’ off the road and bumpin into doorspeople used to spend quite a bit of time alonei guess nobody’s lonely anymore‘cept you & me babe‘cept you & me ‘cept you & me [...]

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Wow, have I ever been remiss lately.  My sincerest apologies to Mike!Carnival #7 is up over at Mikes Musing’s.
Mike has done an excellent job and really got into the spirit with his descriptions of posts.
And for those who are unaware, our little carnival is being tracked by Blog Carnival, which links to all sorts of [...]

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I see from the BBC that Hurricane Rita has reached Category 5 and that parts of Houston are being evacuated along with many other areas. 
I sure hope that everyone who can is doing what they should, and that those who can’t are better taken care of this time.
I want to give a shout out [...]

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Interesting article on the political power of blogs.
Peter Daou comments on the triangle of blogs, the media, and the political establishment:
How influential are bloggers?
It’s a difficult question to answer. First, there’s no consensus on metrics. Second, blogs serve many purposes, some of which are more social than political. Third, the use of the Internet [...]

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I haven’t really been as productive as I’d like lately as far as the blog goes.  I’ve been sick and am now getting worse after a small upswing.  I’ve also gotten depressed again for many reasons, only a few of which I can put my fingers on.
Reading
I have been reading articles over the past week. [...]

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US Census Press Release Facts for Features "Unmarried and Single Americans Week" Sep 18-24, 2005.
"National Singles Week."  As if I wasn’t depressed enough.  I’m supposed to be happy about this?
OK, I got one question?  Why, if the median age for first marriages in 2003 is 25.3 years for women and 27.1 years for men is [...]

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van der Laan, J. M. "Plastic Words: Words Without Meaning." Bulletin of Science Technology and Society, Oct 2001 21: 349 - 353.
Taking as its point of departure the works of Jacques Ellul, Sven Birkerts, George Steiner, Uwe Poerksen, and others, this article explores the status of language in a technicized civilization. It is argued that [...]

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where do you go little birdwhen it snowswhen it snows
when the world turns to sleetdo you knowdo you know
is it something in the windbrings a chill in your heartand life in your wings
does it whisper start againstart again
where is the sun in the nightis it coldis it cold
does it feel left behindall aloneall alone
does it [...]

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For all you students or potential students out there today’s lesson is on how not to succeed in graduate school.
For my collection development class we have to provide 6 “reading commentaries” over the course of the semester. Each is worth 2.5% of our grade, and yesterday was the 1st week we could turn one [...]

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The Carnival has just opened to the public, so why do I feel like I’m driving out of town? 
Maybe it’s because I hit post, sent the trackbacks to the four that I could discover had them, and posted a comment on all the others.  I believe I was succesful everywhere except at The Creative [...]

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