Trailer: Once Upon a Time in America [In Memoriam]

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 11:58 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 23:58

This was originally intended as a standalone trailer remix for the times we live in... but with recent news of the passing of Don LaFontaine, it should also be considered a tribute.

To a good man, RIP.

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McCain's Russian Roulette to Goldwater's Daisy: 1 in 6 [Video]

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 8:11 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 08:11

With a hat tip to Granny Doc, something a bit different... a video interpretation of a VP pick below the fold.

The odds that a 72 year old American male will not reach 76 years of age are somewhere around 15 percent, or roughly one in six (at least according to the Centers for Disease Control and the Social Security Administration).

The odds of losing a game of Russian Roulette are also one in six.

Trips

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/08/04 · 23:20

Arranging a haphazard acapella group for the convention. Participants preferred are those in the Denver area now, or who are available here at least 2 days before the kickoff.

See my other diary if you want to lose ten IQ points a second while trying to figure out what I'm talking about.

Trips

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 11:40 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 23:40

A little over three weeks from now, this town will be swamped. The question is, what can you do that will be fun, won't get you tased, and that won't get you put on the no-fly list? Answer: I don't know.

I asked myself that same question, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought about the advantages that come with this convention being based on home turf. So after the fold I'm going to bleg something from Denver people, and people who will be in Denver for the convention at least three days beforehand.

The rough idea, for one part of this effort, is to converge flashmob style on a crowded convention sidewalk somewhere and pull off something so Crowd Theory 3.0 that people are left there wondering what the hell just happened... something like, I don't know, this:

But with a different song, and different singers, and a different location, and different camera angles, and etc... Observe the crowd reaction (and don't be 'The Crossword Guy').

Trips

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Friday July 04, 2008 · 5:26 PM PDT

2008/07/04 · 17:26

For those of a certain age, you may remember Schoolhouse Rock's educational shorts. They aired on weekend mornings during the 70's and 80's, and tried to inflict some learning on us reluctant cartoon watchers... here are a few independence themed ones, my favorite first.

The Preamble

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government?
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

In 1787 I'm told
Our founding fathers did agree
To write a list of principles
For keepin' people free.

Trips

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 6:24 PM PDT

2008/06/16 · 18:24

Although this diary is loaded with songs from an earlier time of war, I thought I would kick it off with an excerpt of an ABC interview with Neil Young, from 2006.

We trusted the administration after 911. Everybody did. And they misused the trust.

Listening to the interview was a good reminder of the role that music and the arts can play in our social conversation, and prompted this round-up...

The songs on the other side aren't necessarily the 'best' or most representative songs of protest from the Vietnam era, just what I dug up to suit the mood I'm in. Feel free to add any other protest songs in the comments, from that time, or any other, if so inclined.

Trips

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 9:43 AM PDT

2008/06/03 · 09:43

Phew, that was the best title I ever wrote. I should rest for a moment and catch my breath, but I am going to push on.

Where to start? I wish this was about how to title diaries in such a way as to win friends and influence loose women, but it's not.

Instead, what I'll be offering up today is a look at a project that I finished this morning. A video.

It is similar to some other work of mine you may have seen (hey you, stop laughing, I'm standing right here)...

Trips

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 1:17 AM PDT

2008/05/27 · 01:17

Just like the real world, people online can do stupid things when they're drunk. Me, I do them all the time, even though I don't drink as much as I probably should.

Note to self...

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Friday May 16, 2008 · 4:36 AM PDT

2008/05/16 · 04:36

...if you never spent more than five hours working on a diary, don't bother.

Lazydiarying disses readers.

Writing a "breaking news" or other Diary with three pathetic lines and a link without excerpts or analysis or commentary or snark is the Diary version of shouting "First" in a comment thread.

It's pitiful. A txt msg version of Diarying. But, since it's all the rage, who am I to buck the trend?

Trips

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Monday May 12, 2008 · 6:34 AM PDT

2008/05/12 · 06:34

This diary is mostly self-centered, a way of dealing with 'writer's block' for the project I'm working on.

Her:

Racism lives in the U.S. today.
Better get hip to what Martin Luther King had to say.
I don't want my kids being brought up this way.
Hatred to each other is not okay.

Trips

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 7:17 PM PDT

2008/05/07 · 19:17

This is not an official photo thread (looking at my UID should reassure you of that). It is just a spot on the rapidly scrolling side-roll where people who have taken pictures they like can share them if they need a break from the primaries.

In the years I've been visiting this site, I honestly don't recall any open photo threads. Dmsilev's recent diary is about as close as I've seen. So as not to begin completely off the political reservation, here is Obama on July 4th, 2007, in Des Moines.

As you can tell, taking pictures of people isn't my strong suit. On the flip side are some pictures of things.

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Friday April 25, 2008 · 8:29 AM PDT

2008/04/25 · 08:29

What's a candidate to do when he can't find enough volunteers to set up chairs and tables before a fundraising event?

Why, obviously, allow local functionaries to supply prisoners for that purpose.

John McCain is on his barnstorming tour of forgotten America, and found himself in Homewood, Alabama earlier this week:

The McCain campaign was charged $250 to use two rooms in the hall, which normally would book for $1,200 on a weeknight. The campaign also was given free labor from Homewood City Jail inmates to set up tables and chairs for the event, avoiding a $100 set-up fee, but did pay a standard $50 cleaning fee.

I haven't seen this diaried, but thought it was somewhat telling on a number of levels...

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