nonlinear

Most books that I really enjoy reading affect me in two ways:

Keep me up late night — can’t put ‘em down

Fire up a web of ideas that my brain spins off of the main narrative

The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer by Dean Baker fits the [...]

Marijuana and hot dogs.
The Q smelled like marijuana and hot dogs as Roger Waters led a sell out crowd through “Dark Side of the Moon” Wednesday night in Cleveland.
Unlike his 1999 tour, tonight rocked.
Highlights: “Set the controls for the heart of the sun” “Sheep” all of Dark Side, “Another Brick in the Wall, Part [...]

don’t think of an elephant!Know your values and frame the debate by George Lakoff
A blazingly quick read on how progressives (they used to be called liberals until right-wingers made “liberal” seem a dirty word) are being out foxed through the conservative movement’s mastery of language and thought.
Lakoff’s strict father (Right wing) / caring family [...]

I’m impressed by the Wind Blows viral video contest but not surprised by the lack of feedback.
The idea of the contest — submit a video showing why wind power is good — had a chance of generating buzz because it has a passionate audience of environmental-friendly types who are plugged in (That is, they might [...]

As Lost Remote points out, TV Guide has a new web site that is not only video-heavy, but attempts to point to online video listings.
Check it out, on the right-side of the homepage.
It’s a simple idea that makes TV Guide relevant to users who would never use it otherwise. Smart.
Now, if they were really on [...]

Just got back from Muse electrifying’s concert at the Agora in Cleveland.
Standard set list for this concert (Update: Exo Politics and longer Assassin were new for Muse at Cleveland show) — but it fucking kicked ass.
Opened with Knights of Cydonia (Watch the perfectly cheesy video below) — closed with Stockolm Syndrome. Loved it. [...]

NASA decided to go old-school, New Wave of Grecian Heavy Metal by naming their new spacecraft Orion after the instrumental on Metallica’s epic Master of Puppets.
Now, air-guitar along with me: Chunk, chuck, chunk-chunk Chunk. Chunk, Chunk Chunk Chunk. Chunk, chunk-chunk Chunk. Chunk.
Does this new name mark the return of the balls-to-the-wall, thrash metal NASA [...]

Yes, it’s true — you can get Cox on demand any time you’d like in Lakewood, Ohio. And Cox Digital Cable service now offers it, too!
With a surprise that made my day, when I booted up our brand new, yet out-of-date Explorer 8000 DVR Wednesday night, we were greeted by a warm, blue ad to [...]

In Field Notes from a Catastrophe, Elizabeth Kolbert connects the dots on global warming and outlines the latest thoughts on the current state of Earth.
It’s a frighteningly good read.
The breadth of Kolbert’s work plainly points to the rapid approach of the end of human civilization thanks to unchecked pollution.
Climatologists speak of “DAI” or [...]

The newly redesigned Slate feels like a cheap blog according to one reader.
It’s obvious that Slate is trying to get some of that “blogs are the new cool” smell on it by taking many style cues from snarky, pop-culture obsessed blogs.
I love that the redesign is “Presented by Nissan” Great idea to get a buck [...]