Wednesday, July 21, 2004
I'm trying to decide right now whether I should move on with a compilation that's been sitting around half finished for over a year now or just give up on the idea of putting releases out.
Even though I know it isn't, I see debt as a four letter word, a crushing four letter word and I think I let it paralyze me.
I'm riddled with indecision about everything this week.
Even though I know it isn't, I see debt as a four letter word, a crushing four letter word and I think I let it paralyze me.
I'm riddled with indecision about everything this week.
Kathy and I took the ferry yesterday and headed over to Dartmouth and the V.V. boutique. I never uncover great finds there anymore. I suppose after you find a 3/4 length sleeve shirt that reads "World's Fastest Man" it's all downhill from there.
I did manage to pick up a book of Canadian sports writing. There was the usual, Scott Young penned hockey pieces, Red Fisher remembrances of the golden age of hockey, attempts by Toronto writer to impart some sort of mythic aura to the Blue Jays (they always fail). I was excited mostly because there was a piece by Mordecai Richler included in the collection. I'm not such a fan of Richler's fiction, but I'm in love with anything he's written about sports.
I looked long and hard at 3 yr old directory of Christian Bed and Breakfasts. I thought there might be at least one interesting write-up, "No same sex couples!", "On site exorcisms!", "Jesus night lights guide your way as you walk up the staircase of this beautiful and saintly Victorian home. Your hosts are Margaret and Jim Kolb, a former Jesuit priest.", "We respectively ask that you refrain from drinking the holy water.", "Inquire about one of our theme rooms!"
No such luck. It just turned out to be a directory of boring bed and breakfasts.
I did find a game called Moral Choice that gives you a situation and asks you what would be the morally correct thing to do. You can use Kant and Mill as your guides. For example in the situation where a woman in a loveless marriage meets an attractive man at a party who asks her to leave early with him, Kant would say that the morally correct thing to do is for the woman to say no whereas Mill, using a utilitarian formula, would say that the woman should have a secret affair with the man.
Ain't ethics great?
I did manage to pick up a book of Canadian sports writing. There was the usual, Scott Young penned hockey pieces, Red Fisher remembrances of the golden age of hockey, attempts by Toronto writer to impart some sort of mythic aura to the Blue Jays (they always fail). I was excited mostly because there was a piece by Mordecai Richler included in the collection. I'm not such a fan of Richler's fiction, but I'm in love with anything he's written about sports.
I looked long and hard at 3 yr old directory of Christian Bed and Breakfasts. I thought there might be at least one interesting write-up, "No same sex couples!", "On site exorcisms!", "Jesus night lights guide your way as you walk up the staircase of this beautiful and saintly Victorian home. Your hosts are Margaret and Jim Kolb, a former Jesuit priest.", "We respectively ask that you refrain from drinking the holy water.", "Inquire about one of our theme rooms!"
No such luck. It just turned out to be a directory of boring bed and breakfasts.
I did find a game called Moral Choice that gives you a situation and asks you what would be the morally correct thing to do. You can use Kant and Mill as your guides. For example in the situation where a woman in a loveless marriage meets an attractive man at a party who asks her to leave early with him, Kant would say that the morally correct thing to do is for the woman to say no whereas Mill, using a utilitarian formula, would say that the woman should have a secret affair with the man.
Ain't ethics great?
Terror in the Skies, Again?
I spent the first half of my shift reading the above article. It's an interesting, if not quick, read.
It starts off with an editor's message :
Note from the E-ditors: You are about to read an account of what happened during a domestic flight that one of our writers, Annie Jacobsen, took from Detroit to Los Angeles. The WWS Editorial Team debated long and hard about how to handle this information and ultimately we decided it was something that should be shared. What does it have to do with finances? Nothing, and everything. Here is Annie's story.
and damned if it doesn't get worse from there. It's worth reading if you have a few minutes to spare.
And if you're able you should check out this follow up article by Annie Jacobsen and this rebuttal article written by a pilot posted at salon.com.
You can gain day access to Salon by watching a quick 2 minute commercial. It's worth it for a magazine that's as well written as Salon is. I keep wishing there was a northern based website that was similar in style and content.
Jacobsen believes that what she witness was a dry run for a terrorist attack. That's not the surprising thing, what's surprising is that 89% of the people who have visited the site and taken the poll : Do you think Annie Jacobsen's flight was a "dry run"? agree with her.
I spent the first half of my shift reading the above article. It's an interesting, if not quick, read.
It starts off with an editor's message :
Note from the E-ditors: You are about to read an account of what happened during a domestic flight that one of our writers, Annie Jacobsen, took from Detroit to Los Angeles. The WWS Editorial Team debated long and hard about how to handle this information and ultimately we decided it was something that should be shared. What does it have to do with finances? Nothing, and everything. Here is Annie's story.
and damned if it doesn't get worse from there. It's worth reading if you have a few minutes to spare.
And if you're able you should check out this follow up article by Annie Jacobsen and this rebuttal article written by a pilot posted at salon.com.
You can gain day access to Salon by watching a quick 2 minute commercial. It's worth it for a magazine that's as well written as Salon is. I keep wishing there was a northern based website that was similar in style and content.
Jacobsen believes that what she witness was a dry run for a terrorist attack. That's not the surprising thing, what's surprising is that 89% of the people who have visited the site and taken the poll : Do you think Annie Jacobsen's flight was a "dry run"? agree with her.
