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I’m adding my friend Susana’s site (Chimera Cucina) to my hot blogs list on the right. Go check out her “crazy kitty” and his mystical accoutrements. Cruising around reading the answers to yesterday’s Tuesday Too revealed folks in the middle, folks on one side, and folks on the other. I’m not surprised. One article I came across that very much captured my interest, and raised my question level is here from Julie.
What else is happening?
On Thursday I’ll be getting some pictures of ruins in Italy taken by a friend. I saw them last week, and I got very excited about using them for paintings. And speaking of ruins, the mayhem and destruction in my neighborhood continues at an astonishing rate. There is one last stand of 6 row houses still to come down on 33rd St. and that’s it. Soon what were once large homes with huge beautiful gardens running an entire city block will be the Giant and the parking lot.
I thought you said you were adding your friend to the list on the right?
Well maybe it’s time for me to do the blog roll thing, because I’m having a hell of a time trying to make that happen. I don’t think it’s me; I think it blogger having a fit for whatever reason. I’ll have to tackle this later. I’m also trying to change Julie’s Chaotic Neutral to it’s new name Neoluddite.net.
1.) Where do you stand on the eve of war, and why? If you wrote about this already, point to your post.
Recently (see post below) I’ve been struggling with not having a position, but leaning toward NO WAR. I do not want the United States to be the aggressor, but at the same time I’m frightened of doing nothing as dictator regimes arm themselves with powerful weapons. Then I ask myself, if it’s the weapons I/we are afraid of, why not North Korea? And “all it took” for 9/11 was a handful of men with box cutters? Yes I know, it seems I’ve always got more questions than answers. They are not actors; real people will be fighting and dying on both sides. FYI: are you interested in what Bill Clinton said today in the Guardian?
2.) Has your position caused arguments with friends or family?
No my position, or lack there of to firmly land on one side, or the other has not caused any rifts as of yet
3.) Is there some other issue that has you grinding your teeth? What is it?
The destruction of the victorian houses in my neighborhood to make room for a Giant.
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.”
–John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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The King of Hearts
I saw The King of Hearts yesterday. It’s probably been 20 years since I last saw this movie.
So what?
I posted (see post) not too long ago about feeling guilty that I had not taken a position on the war. The movie reminded me how insane war is, but can I take a position based on an old movie, set in World War I that’s based on fiction, not fact?
Why not?
I suppose there are some with less logical reasons, who insist one way, or the other. However, perhaps I should watch another film from “the other side,” before rendering my final verdict.
Can’t you just make up your own mind about it?
It’s the making up part that bothers me. And then as I read over this post I see the word remind. What the hell does that mean? re: mind? as in calling this to your attention? or re a prefix signifying back. Back of my mind all along, and I might add in back of what exactly? What is behind my mind?
Don’t you think we make everything up?
I think we are responsible for what has meaning in our lives. We imbue with meaning those things that are important to us, but as to how they became significant in the first place, I lose my place.
Yes I think you’ve lost your place alright; you’re veering off topic.
Not really, the topic is how, or why we “make up” our minds.
“One’s mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.”
–A. C. Benson
Where did those victorian houses go?
The Giant food store chain bought a huge parcel of land in the Waverly district of Baltimore. The parcel includes property running from 32nd Street North to 33rd Street, and stretches three blocks to the East. Four large old victorian homes are/were on Gorsuch Ave. Click on the images to see the before, and fall of the last standing home.
Something to get excited about
I dreamt last night of many blogger type tools, some of which already exist, and other which do not. The only thing is, this morning I can’t remember what they were. Yesterday I heard about a job opening with requirements that I meet, except that I don’t know anything about ASP driven sites. Well as my geekier friends know that’s a microsoft [thingamybobbie]. Oh, and excellent written communication is also a requirement.
And you’re going around saying thingamybobbie?
It’s microsoft, so it’s a bit complicated. I’ve taught myself Flash, Photoshop, HTML and taken classes in C and C++; however, it seems ASP development comes out of Visual Basic which I don’t know. One thing I’ve learned is there is a difference between ASP and ASP.NET. Anyway, enough of that. What I wanted to tell you was that my searching around on the web for ASP information is what I think led to dreaming about blogger tools/applications.
But who cares if you can’t remember them?
I’m hoping they might pop back into consciousness over the next few days, as I try to learn something about ASP using Dreamweaver MX.
Why Dreamweaver?
Because that’s what I have, and I think it’s comparable to Adobe GoLive, which is what was used to generate the existing site. Also, I don’t think it’s reasonable to figure I can get myself up and running on VB, in just a couple of days. However, if I spend some time on Dreamweaver I might be able to come off as knowing something about ASP.
What’s else is new?
I helped my friend Su set up her blog over the weekend; please stop over there and give her the “hi sign.”
1.) What’s your take on this article from the New York Times today?
“…Several privacy and security experts said that Mr. Kapor’s decision was significant and was indicative of the kinds of clashes between security and privacy that could become increasingly common.” (The New York Times, March 10, 2003) Mitchell Kapor is/was from Groove. I posted about the stability and security of Groove software not too long ago. I see his decision to resign as a flag/signal of the erosion of rights we take for granted. Somewhere Chad had a good post on rights, and just what are they anyway? If you are here Chad point to that post. Do I have a right to privacy? Do I have a chance to say I’d rather not give it up, even for the “good of the country?”
2.) Network television is swimming in “reality” shows. You are the creator of the latest show to hit the circuit. Give a brief description of your show. Sarcasm welcomed.
We’ve come full circle from Joe Millionaire to Married by America. I created Married to Dwarfs; a show full of enchantment and magical growth hormone injections.
3.) What do you really wish you were doing today?
I’d rather be painting. I’d rather be having a second cup of coffee, with cream which I’ve run out of.
“There’s a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.”
–Christine Lavin, Prisoners of their Hairdos
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