A few thoughts from today…
1. We saw this bumper sticker at the beach near my father’s house in Fairfield. I laughed. It reminded me of how many people think the world is “dog eat dog,” and, in fact, it just might be. There is some funny dialogue on this topic in Rabbit, Redux, which I’m currently devouring.
2. I’d been meaning to find this Garfield website for a long time, and it did not disappoint. It’s called Garfield Minus Garfield, and the creator takes every Garfield comic strip and simply removes Garfield from the frames. From the website:
Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb.
Here’s an example:
3. In the jealousy department, the lead story of the Connecticut section of the New York Times was “Voices From The Suburban Blogosphere.” Many of my Stamford blogging online friends were mentioned, including Manager Mom, Always Home & Uncool, and Stamford Talk.The writer talks about hyperlocal journalism and mentions a dozen upstart blogs and news sites that are practicing journalism. With the oft-heraled demise of local journalism, blogs like this and this will continue to spring up.Now we just need to find better ways to make money online, so these sites can continue their great work protecting democracy (link to my ppt presentation). It’s not easy.
4. Greta came up with yet another new expression today. I asked her whether she thought Turquoise Spa had steam rooms, and she said, “It’s a brand new facility, so I would think ‘yes,’ but I’m not getting paid to think.”I’m not getting paid to think.Maybe you had to be there. Share This
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