A Quote a Day...
Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's 'St. Matthew's Passion' on a ukulele.Bagdikian's Observation
Community Comment archive for Jan. 1, 2008
THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2008
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
Wild Card and Reverie 06/04/2008
Good morning, Netizens...This morning's AP picture is another in the series of sand sculptures that I have found, in this case a sculpting contest held in Russia. I admit a perverse fascination with sand sculptors, as I truly believe this to be an incredible art…
A Quote a Day...
[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. Reverend Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (1930 - )
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008
It's Obama...
Good afternoon, Netizens...As of late this afternoon East Coast Time, most major news wires have given the race to be the Democratic candidate for President of the United States to Barak Obama, and several, including the AP wire are speaking of a deal that perhaps…
A Gaffe A Day...
Good morning, Netizens...David Brookbank has summarized a great deal of what happened yesterday. Although his comments were so filled with fascinating, relevant references to various other sources, most of which I read, perhaps what he wrote that most struck me square in the forehead was…
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008
Things I no longer do department...a reverie...
Good evening, Netizens...Here is my "short list" of things I no longer do and the reasons why:1. I no longer do more than one cancan dance per day, primarily because nobody cheers and throws flowers at me as they once did. Instead they seem to…
The Things People Do Department...
Good morning, Netizens...In this morning's picture we see participants of the second annual Red Bull Soapbox Derby compete with their rolling hospital bed in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday. (June 01, 2008) The reason I chose this picture was because about twenty-five years ago, while suitably…
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2008
Casey King's farewell...
Good morning, Netizens...Just as I try to always make new arrivals feel at home in our Virtual Ballroom, I try to keep everyone informed about changes in the instance that someone notifies me they are leaving. Thus I note, in Casey King's own words this…
A Brief Examination...
An Examination of Community CommentJune 1, 2008Good morning, Netizens...This morning, like most mornings, I am sitting in the Great Chair overlooking the Virtual Ballroom at 3:00 AM, an hour most people would find more suitable for sleeping than writing. We just passed an anniversary last…
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008
A nice picture of severe weather...
Good morning, Netizens...This is a bit off the beaten track for most folks in Spokane, but KREM-2's Tom Sherry will simply have to eat his heart out. This is a picture [photo removed due to DMCA] of a classic super-meso tornadic cloud formation, taken from…
FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008
Al Qaeda's projection of the future?
Good afternoon, Netizens...The rather gruesome picture you are looking at is a computer-generated image which was posted on an Islamic extremists' website yesterday. It purports to represent what Washington, DC would look like in the aftermath of a terrorist's nuclear weapon. It is designed, by…
Wild Card Friday, May 30, 2008
Good morning, Netizens...In this image made available Thursday from Survival International, showing 'uncontacted Indians' of the Envira, who have never before had any contact with the outside world, photographed during an overflight in May 2008, as they react to the overflight at their camp in…
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008
A new swan in born...
Good evening, Netizens...Decades ago one of the truly graceful places I could afford to go in Chicago-town was the Lincoln Park Zoo. In this picture, a male trumpeter swan takes his newly-hatched offspring (the males share caring for their young with the females) into the…
Meet Community Comment Citizens!
Reminder: Come join Dave, John, and me at Frankie Doodles at 3:00 Friday (tomorrow) for friendly conversation, philosophical interchanges, and a "real" cup of coffee. Come see what the virtual ballroom inhabitants look like in person! I'm the girl. :)Third and Division, just past Dick's…
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
Twilight on the Trail...
Good evening, Netizens...All good things must eventually end, and today has been a good day in my view of life. In my few moments of quiet introspection before I climb off my virtual horse and head for the barn for the night, a vague piece…
Wild Card Monday May 27, 2008
Good morning, Netizens...As this morning's gentle ambiance wafts over the city, scattering the debris in the gutters downtown, I wanted to remember the purpose of Memorial Day past, before anyone tells me about their wild camping trips or vacations on the clamshell. In this picture,…
SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008
Wild Card Sunday, May 25, 2008
Good afternoon, Netizens...I admit my heart is heavy today, knowing that Utah Phillips is no longer aboard this train keeping us on our collective toes. There are some in our society who proudly proclaim themselves to be either musicians and/or folk singers, but few, I…
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008
Obama adopted into the Crow Nation
Good afternoon, Netizens...Thank you to our favorite Chef and Friend, John Olsen for sending this important message regarding Barack Obama: On May 19, Obama was adopted into the Crow Nation. (See article here I checked the web and at the Crow's official website, found the…
Weld County Colorado tornado...
This is a view of the F4-F5 tornado that hit near Greeley, Colorado in Weld Countyr yesterday. It is unusual in several different ways, namely it is a "wedge" tornado partially hidden by a rain wall to the left, and not the typical Colorado Front…
THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
Wild Card Hump Day, Thursday May 22, 2008
Good morning, Netizens...In today's picture, Czech artist Harald Eichhorn finishes building a sculpture of the Simpsons' television set at the village of Pera in southern Portugal's Algarve coast. The sculpture is part of a series depicting Hollywood films and characters created by more than 60…
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
Thoughts on Memorial Day
Memorial Weekend. There is a cartoon by Joe Heller [See Huckleberries] showing a guy filling his gas tank next to a cemetery and he says "I'm not going to complain about the high cost of anything this weekend.:" Pan to the right and the cemetery…
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008
And now, Your Wild Card for Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Good afternoon, Netizens...It's been a busy day here in the Virtual Ballroom, while outside the garden gnomes are bouncing with unrestrained glee at the rain falling gently among the flowers. Meanwhile at the Virtual Espresso bar, some of the more tenacious espresso aficionados are getting…
For some, it was too late...
Good morning, Netizens...A previous discussion of the plight of persons of Japanese ancestry earlier today brought back some old memories, some of which were only partially recalled, were it not for the power of the Internet. During my travels as a truck driver, I used…
When is it too late?
Good morning, Netizens...In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered approximately 120,000 Japanese interred in concentration camps, including 450 former students at the University of Washington. Sunday a ceremony took place at the University of Washington that awarded honorary degrees to honor those students who were forced…
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
Happy Birthday to You!!!
Good morning, Netizens...I'll quote the SR's Jim Kershner here:The Spokesman-Review celebrates its 125th birthday today. In all that time, it has never missed an issue.Not during the Great Fire of 1889, when it printed a full map of the devastation. Not after the eruption of…
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