Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2

How Many Frogs Can You Carry in Your Pants?

Just watch. And laugh.

Via Neatorama

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Sunday Morning Reading

Some Sunday morning reading to share.

Nicholas Kristof talks about the War on Brains now that Obama is elected. He’s hoping for a move away from anti-intellectualism. I am too.

Sort of on the same theme, Mark Lilla in the Wall Street Journal talks about the death of conservative intellectualism and populist chic, using Sarah Palin as the diving board. When you slop the hogs, you’re going to pick up some of the stink.

Thank goodness the vote was so decisive that we didn’t have a contested presidential race. But in Goodridge, Minnesota the vote was so close for the office of Mayor, that these two guys flipped a coin to decide the outcome. Turns out neither ran as no one wanted the office this year. Both contestants had held the job before.

Francine Hardaway’s thoughts on the election in Crossing Two Chasms at Once.

Duncan Riley posts on The Inquistr that Sarah Palin has been offered $2 million to appear in a porno.

The economic slow down might mean we see less junk-mail from credit card firms. Interesting. Most of that crap helped get us here in the first place.

Cliff Gerrish on The Power of Track.

So, there were cyber attacks on both the Obama and McCain campaigns and indications are that they came from China. How long before this kind of thing breaks wide open?

Fall Coming in Fast

After a very late Indian Summer featuring late fall foliage and unseasonably warm temperatures this:

Became this within two days:

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'Content Isn't King: Culture Is'

Cory Doctorow has a fascinating post, Why I Copyfight, on the copyright/copyfight issues that continue to plague mankind. It is more than worth a read. Is rollup of the past to where we are today is fascinating in and of itself, but the entire piece is worth your time. Here’s hoping many do. Here’s a quote that sums up the entire paradox:

Clip a Dilbert cartoon and stick it on your office door and you're not violating copyright. Take a picture of your office door and put it on your homepage so that the same co-workers can see it, and you've violated copyright law, and since copyright law treats copying as such a rarified activity, it assesses penalties that run to the hundreds of thousands of dollars for each act of infringement.

As the discussions continue to heat up about copyright reform, perhaps thoughtful approaches like this will make a difference. I somehow doubt it though when the pervasive instinct of many is about protecting business models and not about issues of culture.

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The Muppets Do Pulp Fiction

Don’t get all fuzzy on me now.

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YUBZTalk Phone: Why?

I guess novelty. But I don’t get this gold phone attachment from France.

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Why Red and Blue Make No Sense

Taking a look at Virginia’s election map shows why the insistence on breaking maps down to easily digested red and blue pictures makes no sense. If you look at this map without any notion of how Virginia’s population is distributed you might question the totals. But looking further you’ll see that the larger population areas are what counts in the end.

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Gas Price Gravity: Now Below $2.00

Gas price gravity continues. We’ve heard that in the next town over it has been below $2.00 a gallon for a few days now, but in both Middletown and Winchester, we dropped below the $2.00 mark late yesterday.

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Oh, Those Dancing Squirrels

Craig Newsome hasn’t been blogging in awhile. Maybe he’ll start up again after posting this hilarious video. I think it is a definite candidate for Larry Dahlke’s Friday Dance Party on his blog.

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The iPhone Ocarina: Coming to a Theatre Near You Soon

I know David Maga has an iPhone and now I’m anxious to see Larry Dahlke grab one too. Why? They are both talented musicians (as well as actors) and have played many different instruments on our stage. So, I’m anxious to see them give the IPhone Ocarina a try. Maybe we’ll work it into a show. It even has a social aspect as you can hear others playing from around the world.  Intriguingly enough the developer recommends loading up the yet to be released 2.2 firmware.

Via Gizmodo

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