Category: Culture

  • Don’t give a damn

    Apparently the Republican debate via YouTube is back on.  At first the candidates complained about it and thought it was demeaning, according to Mitt Romney.  Between their hesitation to participate in truly democratic forums like this one, and their outright disregard for the GLBT community’s Visible Vote forum, I think any sensible person with an…

  • Oakland Open House

    I’ll be there, as usual.

  • Nature and Nurture

    I think people sometimes take for granted the kind of environment they grow up in, and how it plays a part in shaping who they become. Of course we all know that’s a given, that we’re influenced by our environment, but I myself can sometimes get caught up in what-might-have-beens. Usually when people get caught…

  • Beginnings and endings

    I came across this really good interview with my city’s mayor (click on the February 8th Smart City radio interview under the Broadcasts section), talking about the history of Youngstown and the current situation here, as the community attempts to restructure and revitalize after decades of economic and political disintegration.  It’s a very different story here…

  • From a previous notebook

    I’ve had several “journals” online and one that was short-lived but managed to capture in the two months I used it an interesting turning point in my life (at least looking back on it retrospectively) was the one I kept at Journalscape.  On a whim, looking back through that small pile of posts tonight, I came…

  • Advice we should take now, too

    Gwyneth Jones is so smart: Much of the science-fiction establishment hated the cyberpunks. Science fiction was supposed to be about progress, and how advances in technology will inevitably create a better world. But they were right, and the truth they told is highly relevant to this new century of sci-fi come true. If a child…

  • Super powers

    This made me laugh today.  More, please. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr0MLl-fxuo] Also, apparently Bill Clinton thinks Al Gore may run for president again.  I wonder if he’s guessing or knows something we don’t know.

  • A question

    I’ve been thinking a lot about blogs and online journals recently.  To be honest, not in any consideration of what I’m doing with my own so much as just being very interested in them as a form or mode.  I’m interested in knowing what other people think about them.  What are they for?  What are…