Ten years ago today, I was standing in a pizza place in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan grabbing a bite to eat before French class. I overheard on the radio that planes had flown into the WTC towers. French class was cancelled and I went home to 1518 Golden Street to watch the events unfold with my college roommates, one of whom had friends and/or family in New York City.
Tag: America
Daily Response: Feb 5, 2009
Daily Response is a new daily series I’m starting that will be hosted here on my blog and distributed via my Facebook Notes and also on my tumblr. Daily Response is my impromptu comments on any notable news I’ve come across during the day either in real life or here on the Interweb.
1. Michael Phelps being suspended from the U.S. Swim team is justice. The team has rules and it must respect and obey them. With this said, I believe marijuana should be legalized. We have bigger fish to fry than catching smokers.
2. There has been an unnecessary public discussion via school wide email today. The short of it is that a student took issue with the content of an email sent by an organization. Instead of addressing this privately, the student chose to blast the entire school with his thoughts. This prompted responses from others telling him to shut up. This is a waste of my email storage space.
3. This video, “Verizon Math Fail” is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time.
4. I hate that American banks are being federalized. That the federal government is capping executive compensation is disgusting. We have a capitalist economy. Some regulation is okay, but now we are going too far. These types of moves by the Obama administration make me question whether I should have voted for him to lead my country.
5. While making toast this morning an idea struck me. Toasters should be offset so that piece one springs up ten to fifteen seconds before piece two, thus allowing time to butter piece one before piece two starts to cool off.
Interested in Politics?
I’m wondering what causes someone to be interested in Politics. Or, maybe more importantly, what turns those who are vehemently opposed or merely indifferent to voting off of the subject entirely.
There is a plethora of news available now, and we can customize it any way we like. I can completely exempt myself from any aspect of news. No longer does the newspaper and the nightly news dominate my info-stream. It never really did. Now it is RSS feeds, customizable online news sites, and email updates.
What will it take to get those who are not interested in politics and who don’t bother exercising one of, if not the most important, right – the right to vote. Every vote does matter.
America’s Blogiest Neighborhoods
Outside.in is way to discover people and places in your neighborhood and community. I used to be a member, but never found enough information on my location to justify continued use. Regardless, the resulting data is somewhat interesting.
From outside.in:
What exactly are America’s bloggiest neighborhoods?The results below are based on a number of variables: total number of posts, total number of local bloggers, number of comments and Technorati ranking for the bloggers.
1. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
2. Shaw, DC
3. Downtown LA
4. Newton, Mass
5. Rogers Park / North Howard Chicago
6. Pearl District, Portland
7. Watertown, Mass
8. Harlem, NY
9. Potrero Hill, SF
10. Coconut Grove, FL