Reblogging: Jon on John on Sean
Jon, TPM and others watched Keith Olberman read this on the Countdown
Here’s Keith with the backstory and the poem, complete with mood lighting, All I can say is Wow….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZVuRmoJXA
Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You’re a profanity
Hannity
- John Cleese
Perspectives on What’s Been Lost on Wall St.
The NYTimes has a phenomenally useful infographic up on their site at present. The ‘Graphic shows what has been lost since the stock market peaked in the US financial Sector. As people dump billions into gold and securities that grow at <1% in their flight to find safe places to keep their money, I found […]
Go Ride a Bus
My procrastination on a recent trip back to see the family in Saint Louis, MO forced me to spend $240 on a bus ticket ($80 more than the plane ticket I found the week before but didn’t purchase - Curses!). And I’ll tell you what, I couldn’t have guessed at the amazing amount of perspective […]
Why stay up all night?
There’s nothing quite like working late into the night on a project you believe in. At the end of it, not the end of the project mind you, just the end of the evening. When I crawl, mealy-eyed and caffeine frazzled into bed, it’s great to feel like, ‘Hey! I wouldn’t have it any other […]
Farmer John?
…Just finished ‘The Real Dirt on Farmer John‘, an autobiographical documentary that takes us from Family Farm Failure to CSA Success Story. While I enjoyed the story of struggle and perserverence (and no small amount of indomitable spirit and soul searching by the films flamboyant central figure and narrator), I find myself wishing for […]
Alex Telthorst lives, works and plays in Buena Vista,
Colorado. He likes thinking about the
future of technology, progressive community growth, short kayaks, and
electronic music among many many other
things. His friends get it right when
they call him the random pile of facts.