Out of blogging reach

Well, I tried setting up Mail-to-Weblog and it kinda sorta works except not the way I’d like. So I’m abandoning that plan and just taking a few days offline. I have to return to house-sitting this evening through the weekend, with dialup access but alas no Radio blog posting capability (one of these days I’m moving to TypePad. Then again, that's been so slow lately…).

I’ll leave you with a few good links:

From – Here’s a great writing exercise: Open the dictionary and take a word with many meanings (the poem here uses from) and create your own examples.

How Media Changes Cultural Identities – as a result of global communications, can you live in one cultural physically and another mentally?

Give the Bush administration a new slogan – (via Atrios) TBogg has a contest going for a perky (make that snarky) new slogan to replace “Steady Leadership in Times of Change.” Already suggested at Atrios: “Don't Switch Horsemen Mid-Apocalypse.”

Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us – (via Boing Boing) Something else more important than trying to exclude gays from constitutional rights. Oh wait, these are religious conservatives – we’ve brought this on ourselves with our evil hedonistic lifestyles (i.e., sex not arrogant over-consumption). For more, see the interesting commentary at Boing Boing.

And to end on a more positive note…

100 days of commitment and curiosity – Curt Rosengren has lots of good recent posts if you're looking to jumpstart your passion for your work. I like this take-off on the National Novel Writing Month’s “get moving” approach. 100 days too much to chew? Try the 30-day version.

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Dog sitting: Sienna

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Proposed Constitutional amendment – a sign reelection in doubt?

Josh Marshall thinks Bush’s call for a Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a sign that he’s worried about his reelection chances. See several recent posts. Marshall also links to a Newsweek column by Patti Davis and comments: “Look at the picture which leads this column in Newsweek on gay marriage. I think it helps explain what this issue is about.” The photo reminds me of the punchline of the recent animated cartoon by Mark Fiore, “The Gay Agenda,” in the SF Chronicle (thanks for the link, Jim). Newsweek also has a companion article that says, “If marriage is in trouble, don't blame gays. Straights changed the rules.”

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