Whenever I ask for interesting examples of google maps in advocacy or organizing, I get referred to the Chicago crime blotter. Aside from the fact that they don't propose any actual action, and so hardly qualify as either advocacy or organizing, I am consistently amazed at how uncritical my ...
By popular demand (that means two people asked for it ...), I am blogging the presentation I gave in Toronto, cleaned up and filled out (I don't actually write a whole script when I make a slide show, I swear.) You have to at least skim down if you ...
My attempts to dodge volunteering at the TA Century this year have come to naught, so I'll be at Canarsie Pier at 6:30 in the AM on September 10. Should anyone be interested in joining me, the big perk is that there is nothing quite so pleasant as being ...
Now that I've got an incredibly flattering photo to show off, I figure I ought to say something about my recent trip to Toronto, where even the junkies, nodding off on the curb somehow look cared for. [*] Many thanks to Philip and Melanie (sorry Melanie--do ...
I said I was going to blog it and then I got lost commenting about expats and now I need to leave my study until the damn noise truck stops whatever the hell noisy nonsense it is up to. Here is the thing. We have a rainwater catchement system in ...
My mother has this good story, her 'always ask why' story, about chopping the end off of a bird before putting it in the oven. She did this because her mother did this (I don't really understand birds or cooking them, so don't ask me which end) and one day ...
I started this blog thinking I was going to write a lot more about food and diet and the basic theory that groundbreaking study upon earthshattering discovery seems to consistently confirm: that a balanced diet and some decadences in moderation are good for you. This shocking study has found that ...
Me next blog post was going to be "I totally hate ubuntu and I want flash that works and I am sick and tired of FOSS gnu/geeks who are always acting like there is something wrong with me for needing a computer with a working Skype installation and a working ...
I haven't had much to say about the war in Lebanon. I'm not even sure it is a "war". It is, obviously, but for some reason (maybe because the US media doesn't say "war") I don't think of "war." I think of conflict. Trouble. Violence. But war? War is a ...
Coming Soon: I heart Beirut stickers. For now see The Lebanon Chronicle. But first, I give you Radio Beirut. From Ziad: A few weeks ago, prior to the war starting, I was contacted by a german public radio called Zündfunk. This lovely guy 'Frederik' told me ...
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