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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Despite being three years old, the “Dear Red States” Craigslist posting from 2005 is suddenly circulating again.  I guess it must be election season that has revived this.  But I figured I’d take a quick shot at a response.
Dear Red States… We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking [...]

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

One thing I really dig about Twitter is the fascinating links people share.  Today I got into a discussion with Kevin McCann about a snippet from this TED talk on moral foundations and the difference between liberals and conservatives.
Sports is to war as pornography is to sex.
The speaker’s point was we live out our collective [...]

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Friday, September 12th, 2008

Up until today I had a lot of respect for Geoff Livingston.  His book “Now is Gone” is an excellent read on new media that every executive should consume.  However, his latest attempt to wade into political waters makes him look truly out of his element.
This week’s lipstick incident demonstrates The GOP has brought back [...]

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Friday, August 15th, 2008

Little Quip has reached that age where everything is fascinating.  He is intrigued by damn near anything.  That often results in him telling me, as he did last night, “I want to be an Olympic jumper”.  (He calls the gymnasts jumpers and was particularly enthralled by the pommel horse.)
As a parent I find myself telling [...]

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Jeff Simmermon, a blogger at And I Am Not Lying, and a fellow cable industry shill, links to what may now be my favorite stop action animation piece of all time.  It’s a music video for Zombie Zombie’s Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free.  The video, features footage of the band performing interspersed [...]

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