Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

Blah Blah Blah Blog

Statistics will tell us that the majority of blogs are personal in nature. Millions of people around the world take to the typepad every day, twittering away about the dullest details of their daily lives.
Opening my Facebook page each morning, I am greeted with a news feed of non-noteworthy activity of faint friends and business [...]

April 22, 2008

Happy Earth Day

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Happy Earth Day
Back in 1970
we saw the big blue marble
circling the heavens
and we knew
our goddess gaia
deserved a holiday, too.

April 15, 2008

Unwitting Twittering

It has long been known that on the Internet no one knows you are a dog.
Today, with the widespread adoption of web 2.0 tools and technologies, the rapid dissemination of false and malicious misrepresentation and the attendant fallout can be widespread and instantaneous.
Two episodes this week bring this home for me. One, well-known in the [...]

April 13, 2008

Support the Indianapolis songwriter community!

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Support the Indianapolis songwriter community!

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Support the Indianapolis songwriter community!

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April 4, 2008

Martin Luther King Remembered

I was only 8 in 1968 when Dr. King was murdered, but I clearly remember watching the images flicker across the black and white set in my parents’ bedroom. My family stood around open-mouthed, not fully understanding the impact of the events in Memphis.
First the shock that another voice of peace had been silenced, then [...]

April 2, 2008

Happy 26th Anniversary!

from Don Berry

Don Berry
Today at 3:18pm

Happy anniversary, Dave! Here’s a small item that ought to be in a blog somewhere:
“26 years ago yesterday marked the premiere edition of the first (and last) issue of Rot Potato, the infamous April Fool’s Day parody of Hot Potato. This Dud Spud Publication featured the first article I had [...]

April 1, 2008

April Fools

One day each year
we drop pretense
we mumble and stutter
and jabber without relent
we joke, we chortle
laugh till we choke and drool
and say ‘just kiddin’
it’s April Fools!