Monthly Archives: February 2010
Chile Earthquake: Stupid Headline Winner!
The answer is “yes.” http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100227/sc_livescience/chileearthquakeismothernatureoutofcontrol
Vancouver Olympics: Great TV in an Era of Awful
For those critical of NBC or the Vancouver Winter Olympics, I offer these words: “Two and a Half Men”, “Gay, Straight or Taken”, and Fox News. From start to finish, this has been one of the most exciting live events … Continue reading
Depression’s Upside: New York Times, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” Make It Good to Be Sad Again
“Hail divinest Melancholy/Whose saintly visage is too bright/To hit the sense of human sight.” - Milton, “Il Penseroso” Is there an upside to everything “bad”? The atomic bomb? Animal testing? The Chicago Cubs? In journalism, you’re taught to look at every … Continue reading
Schreiner Productions Adds Solar Hot Water; Still the Only Solar-Powered Video Production Facility on Earth
Here’s the installation of the solar hot water panels (above) at our home/my business in Salt Lake City this week. Rule of thumb is one panel per person so we have two of them. Below is in the installation of … Continue reading
Shocking Revelation: Glenn Beck Goes Green; Apocalyptic Panderer or Al Gore as Grim Reaper?
“I’m willing to do anything but use the CFLs… I put them in once and couldn’t stand the way they lit up the room.” – Glenn Beck A headline is supposed to shock you into reading the article. And the … Continue reading
SeaWorld Orca Kills Trainer: Some Animals Just Don’t Belong
Another in a long list of incidents involving killer whales happened in Orlando today. Reading about the incidents in the linked article, you get the impression orcas might not LIKE being held captive for human amusement. One thing about the … Continue reading
China’s Minority Museum Turns Tibetan Genocide into Family Fun
“The culture here is the same as inside the park. “You’re getting cheated inside. You come out here, you can see everything for free.” – Ai Yong: (minority) rubber farmer in China It used to be called, in English translation, … Continue reading
Vietnam’s Fishing Community Honors Dead Whale
Scanning the volumes of information that counts as news, it’s rare I find something as unique, meaningful and touching as this story about Vietnamese fishermen giving last rites to a dead whale. This form of honor is as old as … Continue reading
Vancouver Olympics Update: Bode Miller Wins Gold in Redemption
The word this Olympics is “redemption.” Redemption for Lindsey Vonn, redemption for the Canadian hockey team- the list goes on and on and… Sometimes I think these so-called “heroes” are merely competing to escape prosecution, pay off gambling debts, or … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: Tiger Woods Moralizing Continues While Corporate Media Break Every Code of Decency
If the corporate news media are good for one thing, it’s hypocritical, pointless and incessant moralizing on subjects they know nothing about. So the deconstructing of Tiger Woods’ fake news conference is rampant in this morning’s paper and electronic rags … Continue reading
