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NEWS ITEM OF THE DAY:
Breaking news: The creator of NSYNC and The Backstreet Boys has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. It’s about time someone paid the price for those two crimes against society. But frankly I think 12 1/2 years for each is letting him off a bit easy.
CURIOUS E-MAIL OF THE DAY:
A "Get well soon, Senator Kennedy" card from moveon.org. Don't get me wrong. I respect Senator Kennedy deeply and feel terrible about his illness. But when you are diagnosed with an aggressively malignant brain tumor and given a grim prognosis, the whole "Get Well Soon" thing rings a little false--especially when coming from a proudly reality-based progressive organization that claims to hold the Truth as the ultimate value. The sad, hard truth here is that Senator Kennedy will not be getting well soon. Or, in all likelihood, ever. And I thought the Republican party was the party of delusion and denial.
SKETCH IDEAS OF THE DAY:
a)
Einstein feeling like a failure cause while he had a real knack for physics, he was a failure at his true life ambition: Writing jingles for commercials.
b)
The intrusively chatty and obliviously narcissistic Lacanian psychoanalyst.
ONION-ESQUE (SHALLOT-LIKE) HEADLINE OF THE DAY:
Jameer Nelson guarantees loss.
ONION-ESQUE (SHALLOT-LIKE) HEADLINE OF THE DAY THAT TURNED OUT TO BE REAL:
Bush gives up golf in honor of war dead.
RESPONSE TO SNEEZE (OR AS THE KIDS CALL IT, "STERNUTATION") OF THE DAY:
"Oh Jesus!!.... I mean, God Bless."
MOVIE COMMENT OF THE DAY:
The brilliance of Zoolander lies in the fact that it is almost indistinguishable from the worst movie ever. Indeed, its genius lies in the curious space of that "almost."
WORDS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR AFTER SEX OF THE DAY:
"Well, that's a minute and a half of my life I'm never gonna get back.”
REFLECTION OF THE DAY: Four Strategies for Sanity and Survival in the Post-Privacy age.
For many young people, privacy is an old fashion concept. But for many of us who were raised in an era where privacy meant something, this electronic age of endlessly archived personal information represents an almost existential threat. Here are a few possible survival strategies.
1) A total (and arguably, near-psychotic) detachment from your consumer purchases and electronic interactions. I don't care if they know i bought a big black dildo. That wasn’t really me. For all they know i was buying it for a theater show. Or as a gift. Or for an art project. Besides: I am not what I buy. I am more than the sum of my purchases. That big black dildo in no way reflects my essential, underlying, ineffable self. My being en soi. That letter threatening to kill my girl friend--right before she mysteriously died??? An exercise in hyperbole. Or research for a fictional character I was trying to develop for the writing class I never got around to signing up for. I refuse to submit to the tyranny of presumed knowability.
2) A radical rejection of consumerism. In the post modern age of endlessly archived, infinitely accessible consumer information, the refusal to buy is arguably the most radical act-- the last redoubt of true rebellion. Stay off the electronic radar. Marginalize yourself within the matrix. He who does not buy (or, for that matter use the internet) is invisible. Or at least irrelevant. But he enjoys a freedom unimaginable to the kings of consumption and the masters of materialism. Or at least that's what the practitioners of this subversive praxis feel cozy believing.
3) Jam the codes. Buy and interact under many aliases. Or under the same name but in a strategically inconsistent manner. For every purchase of an uzi, make a contribution to UNICEF. Expensive, inefficient but presumably effective, this is the privacy preservation strategy for those with lots of disposable money…and time.
4) Perhaps the most simple and radical strategy of them all. Be a good person. Act in an egosyntonic fashion. Outsource your superego. Use the absence of privacy in this virtual panopticon to motivate ethical behavior. Simply don't do anything you are ashamed of—and thank the matrix for helping you do so.
5) Mix and match from among the above...or come up with your own fun strategies!
SAD THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
We were a fetus that we flushed out of the womb of togetherness and let die.
UPDATE OF THE DAY:
I haven't looked any gift uncle's in the prostate lately. And frankly, I'm feeling pretty good about that.
SENTENCE OF THE DAY:
Another trope takes a bow and leaves the zeitgeist.
LFAQ:
Should an ethically motivated vegetarian eat animal crackers?
RANDOM SINGLE SENTENCE PORTRAIT:
Some said he spoke gibberish, but we preferred to think of it as syllabically challenged haiku.
NOTE TO READER OF THE DAY:
Thank you to those of you who checked out the Uncle Sam Obama commercial and gave me feedback. It was very nice of you, Beticobrooklyn. :) And as for your question: While I'm not a Lakers fan (and, in full disclosure, will probably be rooting for San Antonio in the Western Conference Finals), I do think that the Lakers have been playing the best ball in the NBA since the acquisition of Pau Gasol and should be considered the heavy favorites to win the Championship.
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Posted on 5/21/2008
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