The Gift of Moon Shadow

Michael Sippey: i know i'm not the only one: "I've got Moon Shadow stuck in my head."
I will sometimes call Sarah when moon shadow is on our company hold music and then put her on hold. She will sometimes call her friend deb and just say the words "moon shadow" and then hang up. We call it giving each other "the gift of moon shadow."

Scripting News: 9/14/2004

Dave Winer says: "a vote for Bush is a vote for the Islamic Revolution."

Great Lines: Movin' Out

Nicky can't drive with a broken back.
At least he can polish the fenders.

-- Billy Joel, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)

Al Gore on the "fundamentalist impulse"

I've been working through some thoughts on the idea that fundamentalism is the same rot, regardless of the type of tree it is rotting, and according toThe New Yorker, so has Al Gore.

Gore's mouth tightened. A Southern Baptist, he, too, had declared himself born again, but he clearly had disdain for Bush's public kind of faith. "It's a particular kind of religiosity, he said. "It's the American version of the same fundamentalist impulse that we see in Saudi Arabia, in Kashmir, in religions around the world: Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim. They all have certain features in common. In a world of disconcerting change, when large and complex forces threaten familiar and comfortable guideposts, the natural impulse is to grab hold of the tree trunk that seems to have the deepest roots and hold on for dear life and never question the possibility that it's not going to be the source of your salvation. And the deepest roots are in philosophical and religious traditions that go way back. You don't hear very much from them about the Sermon on the Mount, you don't hear very much about the teachings of Jesus on giving to the poor, or the beatitudes. It's the vengeance, the brimstone.

Anti-intellectualism is a rebellion against complexity that is seen in how we vote, how we worship, what we buy, TV. Few things that are important in life are simple. Instead of trying to understand the gray areas of life, people pretend it is black and white.

Vanilla Ice And Wrestling Robots, But Not At The Same Time

Defamer:: "Tonight's main event: Vanilla Ice at the Knitting Factory for FREE. Well, it's not entirely free. That little piece of your soul that you'd sacrifice in the name of ironic enjoyment has some value." -- Be careful out there, kids. Attending shows purely for the irony play can be harmful to your health.