Danger: Wandering Minds

Crap. Misplaced a text file of thoughts I was working on…alpha-release fiction concepts. I write them in a blank e-mail slate at work and send it to myself at home at the end of the day. Wondering if I sent it to the wrong address and now some poor soul is bombarded by illiterate, dashed off thoughts. How embarrassing.

I do want to add something about the essay I wrote yesterday regarding politically partisan blogging. What it boils down to is this: A lot of the political blogging resorts to cut-n-paste commentary with news stories or opinions posted on the Web. In between, the blogger sprinkles comments like some steroid-rage MST3K 'bot dosed on too much Lexis-Nexus and Google. It’s just sniping with semi-witty jabs. Little thought, just fists-a-flying in the name of preaching to the choir. Sound fun to you? Do you want to be a cover band all your life or do you want to stand up and sing something original?

Trust me, I've been there and it's not a healthy pastime.

There. It’s a bit cryptic and late in coming. Chalk it up to esprit de l’escalier, the witty remark thought of too late.

Oh, wait. Found what I wanted to add about the post today about anti-war marches.

John Le Carre writes an essay, Sheryl Crow wears a T-shirt at an awards show and Viggo Mortenson speaks out (here and here) on "Charlie Rose," but nothing is going to really change via Iraq until the masses get up and make their voices heard, whether it be hitting the streets in a march, contacting their elected officials or creating some kind of civil disobedience.

It’s nice to have the visibility of celebrities out there drawing news cameras to the antiwar cause, but the pro-war pundits and newsmakers have trained the public to dismiss activist actors and actresses as loony liberals looking for a fashionable cause. The real power will come when folks from different ethnic, income and religion brackets come together to show oil-mad leaders and the punditocracy that loves them that, yes, there is opposition out there to this oil war. Don’t relax thinking celebrities will save the day. They may have great hair and teeth, but in the end, it’s up to us.

With that, I’m off to scout out spots I want to visit in Paris come April.

Today’s Word: Room

From One Word

Boom. Boom. Sounds like room. Room to breathe. Think for yourself. Life of Brian. Yes, we must think for ourselves. How the hell did I get here? Time’s running out. Running out of room to type. Time enough at last. Twilight Zone episode. Room with a view. Wife loves the book and film. Never read it. Done.