viewpoint

After trying this once with a file format (.avi) that uploaded to make me look as if I was filmed in an old Japanese monster movie, I finally reshot the video blog post in the trusty ‘ol .wmv with success!

i’m doing some research for something…

and similar to, but not as focused as my post “sex rules” (wow, did that one get a little crazy or what?)…

can boys and girls just be friends?

and to what extent?

In a few weeks, I'll be speaking to a Belmont University undergraduate class about anonymity and the Web. As part of a panel, I'll be discussing the viewpoint that when it comes to facilitating dialog and building community on the Web, anonymity is bad.

Katherine Miller discusses the differences she sees between Democrats and Republicans:

I made a decision when I started keeping a blog that it would NOT be a place for my political views. I like to keep them to myself. I don't feel like espousing my viewpoint would really do much to change anyone else's, nor do I want to have to argue with anyone about why I believe what I do. I think that's the beautiful thing about being an American.

Politics has always, always been a landscape dominated by the surreal.

A centuries old tactic relies on repeating blatant lies until they shine with a glow of truth. A tactic the Sen. McCain for Prez Campaign is celebrating with unbridled enthusiasm.

Bruce Barry argues that Eric Crafton’s English First initiative is extreme even by the standards of the national group which is helping to fund it: