Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Games On The Brain

Games On The Brain

I realized I've been playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas too much when on my drive into work this morning, when spotting some graffiti on a bridge, for a second, just a split second, I considered turning around (on the highway), going back and spraying Grove Street 4 Life over it.

I gotta get out more.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

A person born into a system can't be objective about that system and as a result has difficulty recognizing the dangers.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Naked Blogging

Naked Blogging

Certainly I'm not the first to do it but this is a special occasion. Mrs. Lock is certified pagan and in addition to today being our wedding day (a day Mrs. Lock specifically picked) it is also the summer solstice. This is the Thanksgiving of the pagan holidays. A day to celebrate life and nature that supports life. And tonight is very special because as I type this, we are watching a full moon rising in the south east.

The proper way to ring in the summer solstice is to do so without clothes. To celebrate nature, you must be natural, as you were born into the world and sure enough, I have my laptop (something I wasn't born with actually) sitting in my uncovered lap and I sit on the back porch outside behind my house writing to you. I did run a few laps around the yard a few minutes ago. Mrs. Lock said all she saw was a white streak. Streak is definitely the word.

I don't personally subscribe to the pagan beliefs myself, but they seem like a good cause and my expression of freedom from clothes in the name of a pagan ritual is just an excuse I use to indulge a complex I have.

Blessed Be.

Monday, June 20, 2005

First Father's Day

First Father's Day

Yesterday was my first Father's Day. I felt like a cheat since I've only been a father 4 months. The other dads have done it all year. Next year will I'll be full fledged.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Looking For Connections That Aren't There

Looking For Connections That Aren't There

Has anyone noticed that President Clinton's auto biography has the same title as Adolf Hitler's autobiography?

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

The Good And The Bad

The Good And The Bad

There are good things coming from bloggers who have become a threat to traditional media outlets. Blogs are becoming part of the media itself, but here's the downside to running with the big dogs

Blogs Face Possible FEC Regulation
Friday, June 03, 2005
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission is considering whether to require political bloggers to disclose whether they are receiving funds from a political campaign, the latest step in a larger debate over whether political activity on the Internet should be regulated by the government.

Friday is the deadline set for the FEC to receive public comments on a number of proposed regulations dealing with Internet activities. The commission will hold hearings on June 28-29 in Washington, D.C., before deciding on final action.

One of those new rules, the disclosure requirement, has many bloggers bristling, accusing the government of unfairly targeting them and impinging on free speech. But other political activists say that blogs can act as secret cover for political smear campaigns and create a Potemkin village of grassroots support. They say if that's the impact, then the Web logs should be required to disclose whether their operators are on a campaign payroll.

"I think there is a benefit for voters when they find out that something they find on the Internet is more of a paid advertisement than independent analysis," said Rick Hasen, a Loyola Law School professor who has been one of the more vocal proponents for disclosure requirements. "We have all sorts of rules regarding television advertisements; I don't think this is going too far."

Monday, June 06, 2005

I Wonder

I Wonder

Do celebrities have a personal list, a deal with their spouses, of people they can sleep with? And are those people on that list non celebrities?

Friday, June 03, 2005

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
- Sydney Smith