Archive for June, 2006

Outer Life; Inner Life

Everyone tells us about the outer life. The media, television, radio, newspapers, magazines, even bloggers. The government and its retinue of propagandists are forever telling us how much better the outer life is since they got the power and how much worse it’s going to get once the other guy gets the power.
They tell us, [...]



Plan B

From London’s East End. Kind of a hip-hop thing.
http://www.time4planb.co.uk/main.php

Plan B has been placed fourth in the BBC’s Sound of 2006 new music survey. His repertoire includes semi-fictional stories and personal lyrics.

I’ve thought everything through, any questions you can throw at me I’ve got an answer for, he says.
People make films about rape, about murder, and [...]



Learning to Write III

Omit All Useless Words.
Take chances. Don’t be lazy. Tell the whole truth. Always remember: there is nothing to be afraid of. It is not easy to write about emotion and keep it cliché-free; write down whatever comes into your head. Double-check typing mistakes to see if you can usefully leave them in. Your sub-conscious sometimes [...]



Loose Change

 
I’m posting this a little later than usual because I got caught up watching Loose Change - Second Edition, a documentary about 9-11. You can watch it too, by following this link: http://www.loosechange911.com/

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Watch it if you are into Conspiracy Theory.
Watch it if you don’t like Conspiracy Theory.
But if you just want something to think about, [...]






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