March 22, 2005

Grand Rounds

MY DOG IS TOM CRUISE: "I am passionate about this lamb-and-rice recipe. What's been going on? haha! I'm so in love with this bitch! hahaha! I can't . . . I'm so . . . I can't restrain myself. hahahahahaha! We met at the park. She was in the run for little dogs . . . 'cause she's, well . . . ha! She's petite. And I was over in the big run and . . . I am in love. I can't be cool. This bitch is . . . I have total respect for her."

WHEN THE TIMES SAYS IT IS UNLIKELY, BET ON IT. Where Does Google Plan to Spend $4 Billion? - New York Times:

"The idea that Google might try to build an independent national Wi-Fi network has been discussed, but network industry specialists say that such an idea is far-fetched.

"Why would they want to get into the customer service business?" said Michael J. Kleeman, a telecommunications industry expert who was chief technology officer for Cometa Networks, which undertook an earlier national Wi-Fi network effort. He noted that two-thirds of the costs involved in such retail businesses are in customer acquisition and support.

"When was the last time you called Google with a problem?" he said.

And this means Google is no good because?

THE OBVIOUS NEXT STEP in cutting movie costs.Movie industry not advertising anywhere anymore.
THEN AGAIN THERE MAY BE NOTHING LEFT in which to advertise: "For the first six months of the year, celebrity and gossip magazines such as Us Weekly posted double-digit newsstand gains while newsweeklies such as Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report saw single-copy sales dip 3.4% to 16.6%."
EXCEPT, OF COURSE, .... Google! which will not simply be the Master of the Universe, but the Universe itself.

OTHER SIGNS PUBLISHING IS IN THE TANK: From Publishers WeeklyJob Zone: "All Available Positions: We have found 38 jobs."

HEY, DARWIN, LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!: This is a dangerous world in which to propagate a doctrine of cosmic nihilism, which, unfortunately, is what the modern interpretation of Darwin comes down to, especially in the hands of evangelical atheists like Richard Dawkins. Indeed, it is almost beginning to appear as if Darwin's great work is no longer being treated by some of its more enthusiastic defenders as a scientific theory, but simply as a weapon in the culture war between those who wish to eradicate Christianity and all religion, like Dawkins, and those who want to resist the imposition on their children of the doctrine of cosmic nihilism under the guise of a biology lesson. How much better off both sides would be if they had the intellectual honesty to declare, as Darwin did, "my theology is a muddle," and that our science will always remain hopelessly hypothetical. -- Lee Harris - Why 'Theology Is a Simple Muddle'

AND THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM NEWSPAPERS BECAUSE? "Already, many political blogs are so predictable and formulaic it's hard to tell whether the author is a person or a machine." -- Washington Post, The Tail That Wags the Blog

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Posted by Vanderleun at March 22, 2005 9:30 AM | TrackBack
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If there's another blog that cites so many fascinating bloggers and fascinating posts as yours, Gerard, I'm sure you would have found and cited it by now. Even then I'd have to keep coming here first in order to get your take on them.

Posted by: Levans at August 22, 2005 3:51 PM

Many thanks for the compliment. I truly appreciate it.

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