Why "thot"?

Well, perhaps I think too much about things like this. But that is my point, really. I called it "SMRT" originally. It seems that others have made that reference. I got it from a Simpsons video game [Hit & Run, which I give a 9 out of 10]. It's a Homer quote- "S-M-R-T/ S-M-R-T/ I am so smart/ S-M-R-T" and I thought it fit. Blogs strike me as mostly vain and silly. That is to say, why should my 2 cents be googled? Well, why not, I suppose, but still. It is a convenient place to store my stuff if nothing else. By stuff I mean "musings" I suppose, though that sounds awfully pretentious, which is why I said "stuff". So there. See what I mean? Fudge dinosaur.

Does anything post-Iam M. not suck?

Not a very nice thing for me to ask, I know. It would seem to imply that I think newer stuff DOES suck. I have an open mind, I really do. I have recently downloaded a bunch of "Echo" songs [to learn and sing ] So I'm just minding my own business, doing some tidying up and listening to Echo and the Bunnymen. And then my attention is drawn to my computer to see why it has apparently skipped ahead to something I am not familiar with. Can my computer pick up smooth jazz or easy listening stations from the airwaves? What gives? iTunes tells me I am listening to "Echo...". It is bad. Not in the Mariah Carey or Whitesnake sense, not over-the-top. Just bland. So bland that I delete the track. I can't even spare 4.2 MB or whatever. Yuk. So it must be post-Ian. Does any of it not suck? Please advise.


[the above is a copy of what I submitted to an "Echo and the Bunnymen" forum. The band used to be led by Ian McCulloch. Maybe it is again, I do not know.

Cheney v. Edwards

toss-up.

The Real Story from Iraq

Just a thought...
Would it not be better to have Iraqis (sp?) reporting the news from Iraq to the U.S. audience? What I propose is natives of Iraq employed by western news organizations. The advantages of this seem obvious to me, but allow me to spell out a few, just off the top of my head:
1) They know the country.
2) They know the language.
3) There would be fewer security concerns for a person of Arabic origin. [Is "Arabic origin" a correct phrase?]
There are more reasons, of course. I have been thinking about the obligation of journalists to "tell the story". Wouldn't a person from outside the country have a decidedly different perspective? The important thing is to report the facts of the situation. A person's bias determines what facts get reported. Until we have news androids, bias will always be an issue. Here's what got me thinking about this: I heard someone on C-SPAN last night [I think it was Tom Brokaw] mention something about European news agencies pulling reporters out of the region, given the chaos there right now. So, even though the story must be reported, does that obligate you to send people into the country? There are already people in the country. Surely someone can be taught the proper use of a laptop, a camera and a microphone...

Nothing new

Since my last post, I have not thought of anything new.

So now I have a BLOG

...which is short for, "Weblog". The internet makes us all so clever. See just how clever I am. The world has been breathlessly awaiting the publishing of my thoughts. I am so smart/ I am so smart/ S-M-R-T/ I am so smart. Thus the name.

V-

Me and Ryobi. I took this pic with my Zire 71.
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