Let’s see how Darth‘s younger brother Chad is getting on, now that he’s been demoted to Night Shift Manager.
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The Mainstream Media on the Mainstream Media on the Blogosphere
It’s complicated. Watch the Daily Show, with Jon “World’s Greatest Dad” Stewart and learn what the MSM thinks of what the MSM thinks of the Blogosphere.
moby’s SO over techno
So over technology of all kinds that he’s not going to use the Internet till next year. But he wants you to keep those cards and letters coming; also the visits and phonecalls. Meatspace rulz!
From Gawker.
> From: moby
> Date: Sep 15, 2006 5:31 AM
> Subject: might sound crazy, but…
> To: MOBY HALL
>
>
> well, this might sound crazy.
> ok, most likely it will sound crazy.
> but it’s something that i’m going to try…
> at present i receive between 200-400 emails a day.
> and i check on-line news around 15 times a day.
> so, for the rest of the year, i’m turning off my email and i’m not
> going
> to use the internet.
> yes, that sounds nuts, i know.
> if you want to get in touch with me you can call me or visit me or
> send me a letter.
> i’ll make it easy:
>
> my phone: [redacted]
>
> my home: [redacted]
>
> so, write me or call me.
> oh, i don’t have an answering machine. so if i’m not here you’ll have
> to call back.
> who knows, this might be a disaster.
> or it might make me more sane.
> i promise to pick up the phone if i’m here.
> and if you visit i’ll answer the door.
> eh, we’ll see how it goes.
> it’s only until january 1st, 2007, at which point i’ll check my email
> and let you know what it’s
> like not having email/internet/answering-machine/cell-phone.
> my email/internet will be off starting…now(ok, not ‘now’, but ‘in 2
> minutes’).
> just think of me as your crazy friend who’s trying an experiment.
> -moby
>
> p.s-really, you wanna come visit? i’ll be here.
I’m so there, man. Now, where do you live again?
keep rocking, Lebanon!
In a followup to this post of mine, Ahmad over at Cold Desert has posted a couple more liquor ads. It’s amazing how patriotic a good marketing company can make getting pissed, eh? We saw it here first, but these guys just don’t stop! They may be hungover, but they’re still on the ball; still, there goes the sales in Southern Florida.
Check out the latest Absolut ads in Beirut:
and
Rebuilding a country is thirsty work. Man, I could really use a drink right now…
September Shebeen Club: Making the Most of a Writers’ Conference
For immediate release: post/forward at will!
Who: The Shebeen Club presents kc dyer, author of the Eagle Glen Trilogy
What: Making the Most of a Writers’ Conference!
When: 7-10 pm Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Meet & Mingle 7:00-8
Listen & Learn 8-8:30
Trililoquizing and behaving like Young Adults 8:30-10
Where: The Shebeen, behind the Irish Heather, 217 Carrall
Why: Because we’ve got the Word on the Street, Surrey International Writers’ Conference, Vancouver Writers’ and Readers’ Festival, and Jewish Book Festival all coming up in the next six weeks!
Because if there’s a writer in this hemisphere that knows how to get the most out of a conference, it is kc dyer. She works a lunch table full of strangers like nobody else!
It seems but yesterday she was a dewy-eyed newbie accepting the Special Achievement Award at the SIWC, and now she’s seized absolute control as next year’s coordinator. Since that distant day, she’s found time to run the SIWC’s (huge) annual writing competition as well as become an integral part of the North Vancouver literary community. Somehow, she’s also managed to complete her acclaimed Eagle Glen trilogy for young adults, develop teaching materials for the books, and begin a fourth novel. Her books are: SHADES OF RED, SECRET OF LIGHT & SEEDS OF TIME, all published by The Dundurn Group.
How (much)? $15 before September 16, $20 thereafter, includes your choice of bangers and mash or vegetarian pasta, plus a glass of beer or wine; networking over food is a key conference skill!
Reservations and media inquiries: lorraine.murphyatgmaildotcom
Bio: kc dyer (www.kcdyer.com) was born in Calgary, and after a peripatetic decade or two now lives with her children (and other animals) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, where she works as a freelance writer. kc is the author of a number of books for young adults that are published in North America and the UK. Having a secret fondness for inducing nausea in teens, she can often be found sharing some of the greatest grotesque moments in history with large groups of high school students. Unable to see the folly of her ways, she continues to write and most days can be found sitting at her desk, staring out the window and trying to think of the perfect word.
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