Jul 26, 2007
Jun 20, 2007
A funny read on smells
--is it a pleasant food smell (cheese?) or is it the disgusting aroma of
vomit? the answer? it maybe both...
vomit? the answer? it maybe both...
read on...
May 17, 2007
I'm finished w/ the NBA
At least until the next compelling series. D Stern has me by the huevos...lovin' b-ball and the 'compelling narratives' that come through during playoffs w/ enough consistency to hold my Attention(DHD). Then...following the world against the suns officiating, suspends benign respondents as opposed to dirty combatants. Enough said. I'm disgusted. At least until the suns untrack the spurs for 2 straight, and D Stern has to show up at a Suns game during the Western Conf. Finals...Over under on the dB of the boos? Anyone?
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May 11, 2007
Victims of Communism
Memorial To Be Dedicated June 12
"The world has been reluctant to acknowledge the horrors of Communism... Now at last they will be memorialized." - Washington Times
The groundbreaking starts. Joseph Lawler, NPS; Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky; VOCMF Chairman Lee Edwards; Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
The Victims of Communism Memorial will be dedicated on Tuesday morning, June 12, 2007. Invited major speakers include President George W. Bush, honorary president of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Congressional leaders, members of the diplomatic corps, ethnic leaders, foreign dignitaries, and Memorial supporters are also expected to attend.
The dedication will take place at the Memorial site at the intersection of Massachusetts Ave., N.W., New Jersey Ave., N.W., and G St., N.W., two blocks from Union Station and within view of the U.S. Capitol. A reception will follow the ceremony.
The day's activities will conclude with a gala dinner at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, at which a Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom will be presented to William F. Buckley, Jr., and the late Senator Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson. Senator Joe Lieberman will present the Medal of Freedom to Senator Jackson's daughter, Anna Marie Laurence. Lady Thatcher, the former British prime minister, has also been invited to receive an award.
To make reservations for the day's events and for further information, please contact Anne Meesman at 703-525-4445 or tuckintl@radix.net.
June 12 will be an historic day for the victims of communism and for those who love liberty. We hope to see you there!
perhaps it goes w/o saying, but i'm posting this b/c its fascinatingly weird and propagandaish - in that oh-so soviet/evil-empire sort of way. Rall's comic conveys the stinging with i can only aspire to.
---b
Apr 12, 2007
Imus in the mourning
This is probably a better written and more informed piece than I could have pulled out of my ass, so if anyone out there in cyberspace is listening...'this dude totally said it in an interesting way'
Apr 7, 2007
The dumbest song ever & newfound respect for A Morrissette
make sure to watch them both...is this for real?
Mar 19, 2007
Mar 13, 2007
Mar 12, 2007
Ravens, Mt. Wrightson, Sunday Afternoon.
Birds at play - checked us out for a little while....
There were at least 30, tried to film a couple..
some photos...
cash
grody
melissa
pete
bernd
b
There were at least 30, tried to film a couple..
some photos...
cash
grody
melissa
pete
bernd
b
Mar 7, 2007
Mar 2, 2007
Why I love/hate listservs..
So the following exchange took place today on a listserv i'm on...the names/emails have been changed to protect the ______ (you decide)
Hello everyone and sorry to be so last-minute, I did not realize that I
was to organize a meeting for us at the SfAA, assuming that some of us
will be attending. Please let me know as soon as possible if and when
you will be at the meeting and the best day/time for us to meet, given
your schedule. Ruthbeth Finerman would like to meet with us concerning
the 2008 meeting in Memphis. Apologies again--I can now unequivocally
state that it is a bad idea to spend two weeks in Timbuktu at the
beginning of the semester, in case anyone was considering doing so. It's
very disruptive to one's schedule! Best, C
>>Ok, so there was a mistake, and the email was sent out to the entire membership...no biggie, right?
To everyone who got this email by mistake: it was intended for the SMA
Board Members, so please don't worry about obligations if you are NOT a
boar member. C
>>A quick email to fix the problem - clearly explaining that the prior email was a mistake
To the SMA members who probably wonder why they elected me: I do NOT
think you are all boars. I probably need to take a nap. Sincerely,
C
>>Small joke about a typo - not a big deal, but may have broke the seal..
But: some of us will be at SfAA meeting - so can
those of us there meet with Rutbeth about the
memphis meeting - seems sensible.
L1
>>Honest question about the meeting...
D P wrote:
are we gonig to have a meeting
>>Again
LM wrote:
some members of the board will meet with Ruthbeth - as I understand it - not an SMA general meeting though .. L
>>More clarification
I am not on the board so you may want to take me off this list.
E
>>1st Email to hit 'reply-all' to the members listserve (plus a few other addresses) - thereby sending their request to get off the (nonexistant) board-only email to the entire group + some extras
It's a delight to hear from people I've lost touch with and to find out their new email addresses, but everyone should know that when you hit "reply all," everyone gets your email--including those of us who are not on the Board.
L1
Could you please remove the smamembers when you send this email.
We are all getting spammed
-----Original Message-----
are we gonig to have a meeting
>>Quickly explained - one would thing 'reply all' would be stopped
I also should not be on this list.
Thanks,
L2
>>But they keep coming
Yes, me too please.
>>And Coming
Me neither. Tom
>>And Coming
Please remove me from the list as well.
Thank you,
L3
>>And Coming!!
Hello, friends,
Please change my email address in your system to -------@msn.com so you
messages don't get blipped out by my spam machine. Thanks.
W
>>And Coming!!!!!!!!
Yes, me too!
>>And Coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not on the board and should not be on this list. Thank you, K
Please remove me too. Too many emails.
L4
Me too. Thanks.
me neither B
Me, too, thanks
Colleagues,
Please take me off this email exchange!
Thanks,
S
lease take me off the list as well. B
me too--thanks!
>>By this point not only does every email go to the members listserv, but to a cascading number of individual emails who are caught up in a feedback loop in the reply-all function...the rolling snowball of reply-all replies...
PLEASE, STOP SENDING THESE MESSAGES TO EVERYONE ON THE LIST!!!! If you want your name off a list,
contact the responsible person in a direct email. This is becoming very annoying.
>>A brief explanation...
Excuse me… but I’d like to recommend that everyone stop responding to these emails (even if to be asked to be removed from the list). I think the SMA members list-serv is supposed to reach of all us – it’s simply that many of these emails were intended for the board and NOT for the SMA members list.
I don’t think asking the whole SMA-list-serv to be removed is helping the issue (this means each message is reaching 100s+ of people, I imagine).
Perhaps a list-serv moderator can identify themselves so that people who would in fact like to opt out of the SMA members list-serv can do so by contacting them directly.
>>The longer expanation - sent only to the members list (a good start)
Hello!
Sorry to interject another message here, but please believe me, we can
all ignore (do not respond) to the recent spat of emails regarding the
SFAA meeting.
I'm not an SMA board member. However, the recent message regarding the
SFAA was clearly accidentally sent to the general SMA membership (as
opposed to the SMA board).
Things like that happen.
Best regards,
K
>>Yet another explanation - ironically sent using the reply-all function...
To the Membership: PLEASE do not hit reply to tell me you would like to
be removed from this list. I meant to email the SMA Board and emailed
the entire membership. I will never do this again!!! Presumably you do
not want to be removed from the SMA list. I am not removing anyone but
DO NOT reply to all. Thanks so much. C
>>The official response/apology - so it can finally end...right?
Ok,
Everyone please stop replying to this. I hope this is the last email of this series
R
>>Another reply-all recognition - oxymoronic by this point
Me too.
J
Take me off too.
L
>>AND COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello everyone and sorry to be so last-minute, I did not realize that I
was to organize a meeting for us at the SfAA, assuming that some of us
will be attending. Please let me know as soon as possible if and when
you will be at the meeting and the best day/time for us to meet, given
your schedule. Ruthbeth Finerman would like to meet with us concerning
the 2008 meeting in Memphis. Apologies again--I can now unequivocally
state that it is a bad idea to spend two weeks in Timbuktu at the
beginning of the semester, in case anyone was considering doing so. It's
very disruptive to one's schedule! Best, C
>>Ok, so there was a mistake, and the email was sent out to the entire membership...no biggie, right?
To everyone who got this email by mistake: it was intended for the SMA
Board Members, so please don't worry about obligations if you are NOT a
boar member. C
>>A quick email to fix the problem - clearly explaining that the prior email was a mistake
To the SMA members who probably wonder why they elected me: I do NOT
think you are all boars. I probably need to take a nap. Sincerely,
C
>>Small joke about a typo - not a big deal, but may have broke the seal..
But: some of us will be at SfAA meeting - so can
those of us there meet with Rutbeth about the
memphis meeting - seems sensible.
L1
>>Honest question about the meeting...
D P wrote:
are we gonig to have a meeting
>>Again
LM wrote:
some members of the board will meet with Ruthbeth - as I understand it - not an SMA general meeting though .. L
>>More clarification
I am not on the board so you may want to take me off this list.
E
>>1st Email to hit 'reply-all' to the members listserve (plus a few other addresses) - thereby sending their request to get off the (nonexistant) board-only email to the entire group + some extras
It's a delight to hear from people I've lost touch with and to find out their new email addresses, but everyone should know that when you hit "reply all," everyone gets your email--including those of us who are not on the Board.
L1
Could you please remove the smamembers when you send this email.
We are all getting spammed
-----Original Message-----
are we gonig to have a meeting
>>Quickly explained - one would thing 'reply all' would be stopped
I also should not be on this list.
Thanks,
L2
>>But they keep coming
Yes, me too please.
>>And Coming
Me neither. Tom
>>And Coming
Please remove me from the list as well.
Thank you,
L3
>>And Coming!!
Hello, friends,
Please change my email address in your system to -------@msn.com so you
messages don't get blipped out by my spam machine. Thanks.
W
>>And Coming!!!!!!!!
Yes, me too!
>>And Coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not on the board and should not be on this list. Thank you, K
Please remove me too. Too many emails.
L4
Me too. Thanks.
me neither B
Me, too, thanks
Colleagues,
Please take me off this email exchange!
Thanks,
S
lease take me off the list as well. B
me too--thanks!
>>By this point not only does every email go to the members listserv, but to a cascading number of individual emails who are caught up in a feedback loop in the reply-all function...the rolling snowball of reply-all replies...
PLEASE, STOP SENDING THESE MESSAGES TO EVERYONE ON THE LIST!!!! If you want your name off a list,
contact the responsible person in a direct email. This is becoming very annoying.
>>A brief explanation...
Excuse me… but I’d like to recommend that everyone stop responding to these emails (even if to be asked to be removed from the list). I think the SMA members list-serv is supposed to reach of all us – it’s simply that many of these emails were intended for the board and NOT for the SMA members list.
I don’t think asking the whole SMA-list-serv to be removed is helping the issue (this means each message is reaching 100s+ of people, I imagine).
Perhaps a list-serv moderator can identify themselves so that people who would in fact like to opt out of the SMA members list-serv can do so by contacting them directly.
>>The longer expanation - sent only to the members list (a good start)
Hello!
Sorry to interject another message here, but please believe me, we can
all ignore (do not respond) to the recent spat of emails regarding the
SFAA meeting.
I'm not an SMA board member. However, the recent message regarding the
SFAA was clearly accidentally sent to the general SMA membership (as
opposed to the SMA board).
Things like that happen.
Best regards,
K
>>Yet another explanation - ironically sent using the reply-all function...
To the Membership: PLEASE do not hit reply to tell me you would like to
be removed from this list. I meant to email the SMA Board and emailed
the entire membership. I will never do this again!!! Presumably you do
not want to be removed from the SMA list. I am not removing anyone but
DO NOT reply to all. Thanks so much. C
>>The official response/apology - so it can finally end...right?
Ok,
Everyone please stop replying to this. I hope this is the last email of this series
R
>>Another reply-all recognition - oxymoronic by this point
Me too.
J
Take me off too.
L
>>AND COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
am i simply proving their point?
the very existence of a blog - one which i pretend is something other than me talking to myself...
then this
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070129/chaudry
enter the new era of micro-celebrity
b
test, really
___________
Ben McMahan
--- ---
Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona
http://anthro.web.arizona.edu/
bmcmahan@email.arizona.edu
http://www.cultureplacehealth.org
should i buy a nissan versa? intel mac? carbon credits?
Attempting to rekindle the blood red bird - this post serves no other purpose than to breathe some new (even if boring) life into this space...in the words of dj 900 foot jesus - suppose i accidentally got my shit together?
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