In Praise of Paper

Magic and mad science

clash as the world crumbles

http://gawker.com/now-we-decide-if-privacy-will-continue-to-exist-511864050

I know it's the weekend and all, guys, but if you value your privacy at all, then by all means try and do something about it. Write a letter or call your congressperson, organize a protest (or attend one), write a letter to your local paper, blog about it, meme-ify it--just make a big stink about it by all means necessary! This is borderline unconstitutional, as this excellent article points out. We can't take this lying down.

Sometimes I miss the days when I could talk about this stuff like, every day. I just love talking about shit that 90% of the population doesn't understand. I guess it makes me feel special.

When I lived in Boston, The Phoenix was my go-to source for not only music and arts news, but also politics and other local newsworthy events. Their coverage of the Occupy movement, notably, was nuanced and fair, and they didn't hold anything back. No such thing as censorship for this newsweekly.

Remember when St. Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland, and then a bunch of Irish people killed each other when some of them became Protestant? Good times.

I should be writing

but watching cat videos

And reading fan blogs.

I should do research

but would rather read the news

and books I've finished.

All these distractions

muddle and fatigue my brain

until I can't look.

Wi-fi is the bane

of good productivity.

I should turn it off

and find other ways

to write on the computer,