Archive for April, 2006

Bush “The Decider”

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Yesterday: My job is to make decisions, and his job is to help explain those decisions to the press corps and the American people. (Source: WhiteHouse.gov)
Today: I’m the decider and I decide what’s best. (Source: AP)
President George W. Bush wants the American people to know that he’s the one who decided to entangle us, indebt […]

Nominated!

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Four of my five entries to The 25th Annual EVVY Awards are nominated. This is a nice reversal of my luck last year.
For Best Website: Emersive.net and The 24th Annual EVVY Awards
For Best Interactive Project: Fireflies
For Best Photo Series: 2006 Hott Guys Calendar
Judging from the other sites nominated, I think Emersive’s site has a nice […]

The Breeze of Flip-Flops

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

More Massachusetts Flip-Flopping Department: Democrat Senator Kennedy opposes his own position on clean energy… when it might be come to his neighborhood. (more)
Neighborhoods all over the country should be so lucky as to even have a proposal for a wind farm. The spoiled brat won’t have a house with a view of the ocean at […]

Thank You for Sleeping

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

My favorite lines from Thank You for Smoking.

Jeff: [Talking to Nick on the phone, late at night] Gotta go. It’s 7 AM in the Old Empire.
Nick: When do you sleep?
Jeff: [Pause] Sunday.

Lately

Monday, April 24th, 2006

I know that my blog has been most impersonal lately. Apologies. School is busy. Life is busy. I’m so ready for the semester to end. But I know the summer will not bring relief.
Financial aid, the added expense of Emerson’s LA program, and the insulting audacity of David Griffin worry and anger me. I don’t […]

Global Dimming

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

NOVA sent chills over my body tonight. Global dimming is another major problem associated with burning fossil fuels. The visible pollutants of fossil fuel emissions get caught in the atmosphere and reflect sunlight before it gets to the earth’s surface. The result is a cooling of the earth.
Sounds good, especially with global […]

Quote

Monday, April 17th, 2006

The earth used to have 19% oxygen in its atmosphere and now it has 9%. Now, I know that’s not a fact you’ll find in the Bible, and I know it’s not a fact we should really care about like activist judges or boys kissing, but maybe it matters a little. — Bill Maher, Earth […]

I <3 EFF

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Emersive decided to donate some of the funds raised from its 2006 Hott Guys Calendar to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Emerson’s crazy financial policies require that I get some paperwork from the EFF before Emersive can make a donation.
When I went to check something on the site, I received a bandwidth exceeded […]

Quote

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

That’s one hell of a chipmunk! — Pete Chvany, after a loud dolphin noise echoed in the DPL hallway from an editing suite.

On New Server

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Howdy, I’m on a new server. Let me know if something doesn’t seem to be working.