This tragedy has served as another reminder of how amazing the weblog form is. Mike’s recollections, Haidi’s anger at ignorance and prejudice, Melissa’s painting, Xkot’s calls for comfort – these and many more show how weblogs can enlighten and inform much more than any TV coverage or news web site can. Watching endless hours of horrifying news footage can only numb; participating in real reactions can maybe bring us some perspective.
Month: September 2001 (Page 5 of 7)
“I’ve just spoken with the vice president…”
Xkot hit the nail on the head in an e-mail to me today when he said Bush “looked like a frightened little boy” in the face of this monumental crisis. I saw Bush on TV at lunchtime, and when he said, with his Alfred E. Newman face screwed up in an expression of utter bewilderment, “I want you to know that I’ve just spoken to the vice president,” I thought, yeah, I bet you have.
He’s not up to the job, folks. Let’s face up to that.
Leave it to Melissa to write the most heartfelt, gorgeous post you’ll read about this whole mess.
All the news sites are unreachable, the cell phone networks are jammed. This is scary and surreal. This makes Oklahoma City look like a fender bender. Xkot and friends are talking about this unbelievable carnage on his message board.
Get To Know Me! Part Deux
If those last pics of me and my pad left you wanting more – well, then you need some professional help. But until your next appointment, you can look at this little gallery I put together today depicting my condo building and environs. The sign above is at the edge of Orton Park, which is the next block over from my house. I just cadged the gallery together using Photoshop Elements, and I haven’t added comments on the pics yet. But I think you get the general idea. It’s a nice place to live.
I must admit I felt a white-hot spear of envy go straight to my heart when Miguel announced that he had been named a Blogger Blog of Note. I mean, where’s my fame? Where’s my online adulation? Where’s my A-list weblog traffic and hundreds of e-mails saying how great I am and begging for links? *sniff* So imagine my surprise when I learned…..oh now I’ve already said too much.
Yesterday I bought a box of Boo Berry cereal at Target. I had two bowls. It was quite nostalgic – I felt like a little kid. Now if I could just find a box of King Vitamin, my life would be complete.
Apparently those scary super-geniuses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have finally revealed their true agenda: subvert the prevailing Christian ideology in America, replacing it with unsavory Eastern mysticism. I guess we should have known that someday, those adorable moppets would rip off their false, smiling faces to reveal the leering devils beneath. Better sooner than later, if you ask me.
From the desk of Miss Cleo
Dear Adam,
We must speak with you. I don?t usually take the time out to write a personal note, Adam, but your name was provided by someone you had recently spoken to. We believe your vibrations to be so strong that I?ve endorsed a free Tarot reading with one of our elite psychics! It?s urgent, however, that you call immediately?I can only reserve this number for a limited time. Call toll-free 1-800-256-0408, now!
She’s persistent, I’ll give her that. But I think I have a pretty good idea how my life is going without her help. And it’s going well. 🙂 (She told me not to reveal this number to anyone else. But I figure she wouldn’t mind if you called it. Tell her Adam sent you.)
You want funny? You got it.