1. Grateful to God and all who help me
2. Grateful to Sacha's article in CJR
3. Grateful to NPR and Terry Gross and Fresh Air
http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/casus_belli_by_proxy.php
Columbia Journalism Review is running Sacha's piece on Casus Belli By Proxy about the Georgian-Russian conflict.
McCain and Obama are taking different approaches on this. McCain is emphasizing that we will step in militarily if needed. Obama is saying there must be a way to stop this war through negotiations and a coalition approach.
Fresh Air's story on journalist David Carr was called checks his own story. David has a lot of ups and downs in his life and is now working with NY Times. The Night of the Gun is his new book.
Fresh Air's story on Zack Hample and his new book on baseball covered items such as why baseball players spit so much. Spitting is part of baseball's culture is part of Hample's answer. He says another part is that there is a lot of waiting in baseball.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Eastern Promises
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful that I have not seen anything like Eastern Promises in real life
3. Grateful to the Comedy Channel and The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
4. Grateful that I found a list of the 7 deadly sins to remind myself - envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, wrath.
We tried to catch up on the Comedy Channel shows we recorded and watched some Colberts. His guests included Kevin Costner and someone who wrote a book about branding. Kevin Costner has a new movie out - Swing Vote. He talked a little about how every vote counts. The person who wrote the book about branding had examples like Kool Aid promoting shoes. What does Kool Aid have to do with shoes? Nothing. The endorsement should mean nothing to the purchaser as well. But it does and this he argues is wrong.
Colbert (along with a lot of other people) is talking about the ad McCain is running that compares Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in that they are all celebrities. Colbert agrees that they are all very similar. For example, they were all teachers of constitutional law at the Unversity of Chicago. On Meet the Press, Leiberman was McCain's representative and was asked if the ad is effective. Leiberman said yes. It points out that Obama is not ready to lead. Kerry was the Obama spokesperson. He said the ad points out that McCain's only strategy to win is to attack Obama's character. I ask myself why Obama is so popular. It is because of his ideas and ability to lead. I wish people who recognize this.
8.08.08 is the date the Olympics started. The story about Eric Shanteau swimming even tho' he has cancer is inspiring. He made sure that the cancer was not spreading and waiting on his treatment would not hurt his chances of overcoming the disease.
About Eastern Promises, it is hard to know where to start describing this movie. I enjoyed the combination of English, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The violence in the movie was disturbing but it told the story properly. The violence was not there simply to entertain.
The cruelty of the people in the movie makes me wonder if it could be so.
Wikipedia notes that many critics put the movie in as one of the top 10 of the year. Rotten Tomatoes confirms this. While the movie was hard to watch, I'm happy that I saw it.
2. Grateful that I have not seen anything like Eastern Promises in real life
3. Grateful to the Comedy Channel and The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
4. Grateful that I found a list of the 7 deadly sins to remind myself - envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, wrath.
We tried to catch up on the Comedy Channel shows we recorded and watched some Colberts. His guests included Kevin Costner and someone who wrote a book about branding. Kevin Costner has a new movie out - Swing Vote. He talked a little about how every vote counts. The person who wrote the book about branding had examples like Kool Aid promoting shoes. What does Kool Aid have to do with shoes? Nothing. The endorsement should mean nothing to the purchaser as well. But it does and this he argues is wrong.
Colbert (along with a lot of other people) is talking about the ad McCain is running that compares Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in that they are all celebrities. Colbert agrees that they are all very similar. For example, they were all teachers of constitutional law at the Unversity of Chicago. On Meet the Press, Leiberman was McCain's representative and was asked if the ad is effective. Leiberman said yes. It points out that Obama is not ready to lead. Kerry was the Obama spokesperson. He said the ad points out that McCain's only strategy to win is to attack Obama's character. I ask myself why Obama is so popular. It is because of his ideas and ability to lead. I wish people who recognize this.
8.08.08 is the date the Olympics started. The story about Eric Shanteau swimming even tho' he has cancer is inspiring. He made sure that the cancer was not spreading and waiting on his treatment would not hurt his chances of overcoming the disease.
About Eastern Promises, it is hard to know where to start describing this movie. I enjoyed the combination of English, Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The violence in the movie was disturbing but it told the story properly. The violence was not there simply to entertain.
The cruelty of the people in the movie makes me wonder if it could be so.
Wikipedia notes that many critics put the movie in as one of the top 10 of the year. Rotten Tomatoes confirms this. While the movie was hard to watch, I'm happy that I saw it.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Future STC conferences
1. Grateful to God and that helps me get through a day
2. Grateful that future STC conferences to be in interesting places
3. Grateful for this blog
2009 Atlanta, GA 3-6 May
2010 Dallas, TX
2011 Sacramento, CA
2012 Rosemont, IL
2013 Atlanta, GA
Now it is getting to the point where there is not enough time to do all the blogging that I would like to. I want to blog more about the Comedy Channel news and commentary shows. HA HA! NPR shows are interesting also.
John Geddes was interviewed on Fresh Air. He wrote a book about being a mercenary in Iraq. Highway to Hell is the name of the book. He argues that mercenary soldiers can plan a role as important as that of UN peace keepers.
2. Grateful that future STC conferences to be in interesting places
3. Grateful for this blog
2009 Atlanta, GA 3-6 May
2010 Dallas, TX
2011 Sacramento, CA
2012 Rosemont, IL
2013 Atlanta, GA
Now it is getting to the point where there is not enough time to do all the blogging that I would like to. I want to blog more about the Comedy Channel news and commentary shows. HA HA! NPR shows are interesting also.
John Geddes was interviewed on Fresh Air. He wrote a book about being a mercenary in Iraq. Highway to Hell is the name of the book. He argues that mercenary soldiers can plan a role as important as that of UN peace keepers.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Grateful, health
1. Grateful to God and all who help me get through a day
2. Grateful there is still hope that letter and fax I sent to US Air may get the refund for the four charges
3. Grateful there is hope that letter to board of health about food illness may get some attention as email and telephone call so far has gotten no response
4. Grateful that CPR class and first aid class I took this week
5. Grateful that medical visit this week turned out fine (L. Moore, UHHS)
6. Grateful for CDs that mature 8/8 and 8/15
7. Grateful for idealist.org and jobs there
8. Grateful for ideas for Rick's birthday including dinner, an Indian's game, and botanical gardens
9. Grafeful for a nice trip to NYC with visit to botanical gardens, Central park, museum of natural history, cajun restaurant, Mexican restaurant, breakfast diner in Brooklyn, and restaurant called 212
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, Ohio 44130
2. Grateful there is still hope that letter and fax I sent to US Air may get the refund for the four charges
3. Grateful there is hope that letter to board of health about food illness may get some attention as email and telephone call so far has gotten no response
4. Grateful that CPR class and first aid class I took this week
5. Grateful that medical visit this week turned out fine (L. Moore, UHHS)
6. Grateful for CDs that mature 8/8 and 8/15
7. Grateful for idealist.org and jobs there
8. Grateful for ideas for Rick's birthday including dinner, an Indian's game, and botanical gardens
9. Grafeful for a nice trip to NYC with visit to botanical gardens, Central park, museum of natural history, cajun restaurant, Mexican restaurant, breakfast diner in Brooklyn, and restaurant called 212
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, Ohio 44130
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
STC 8/7 6PM
Thanks for taking a leadership role with NEO STC this year!
Our first NEO STC Board meeting is scheduled for August 7, 2008.
Location: Independence Public Library
6361 Selig Drive
Independence, Ohio 44131-4926
The library is located off of Brecksville Road in the Civic Center complex.
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Bring: A list of your committee's goals and an estimated budget for 2008-2009. Choose one representative from your committee to give a 5-minute report to the board. Handouts are optional.
Send: A copy of your notes to our NEO STC Secretary, Renee Murray.
A light dinner and beverages will be provided.
RVSP to Amy Vogt by August 5, 2008. If you are not able to attend, please send me a copy of your notes to present at the meeting.
Our first NEO STC Board meeting is scheduled for August 7, 2008.
Location: Independence Public Library
6361 Selig Drive
Independence, Ohio 44131-4926
The library is located off of Brecksville Road in the Civic Center complex.
Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Bring: A list of your committee's goals and an estimated budget for 2008-2009. Choose one representative from your committee to give a 5-minute report to the board. Handouts are optional.
Send: A copy of your notes to our NEO STC Secretary, Renee Murray.
A light dinner and beverages will be provided.
RVSP to Amy Vogt by August 5, 2008. If you are not able to attend, please send me a copy of your notes to present at the meeting.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Academy, green print
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Vice President, Business Development
Academy Graphic Communication
1000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44109
216-661-2550 xt.18
jeffparsons@agcinc.org
www.visitagc.com
Academy Graphic Communication is doing its part in ensuring a sustainable environment. We’ve obtained both Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody Certification and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain-of-Custody Certification. Ask today how you can begin labeling your marketing communication projects with the FSC or SFI label to help communicate your sustainability efforts.
Vice President, Business Development
Academy Graphic Communication
1000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44109
216-661-2550 xt.18
jeffparsons@agcinc.org
www.visitagc.com
Academy Graphic Communication is doing its part in ensuring a sustainable environment. We’ve obtained both Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain-of-Custody Certification and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain-of-Custody Certification. Ask today how you can begin labeling your marketing communication projects with the FSC or SFI label to help communicate your sustainability efforts.
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