Earlier this month, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain made an admission I feel should be a nail in the coffin for his run for the presidency. McCain stated “I’m illiterate when it comes to the internet. I have to rely on my wife to go on for me. But I will have that down fairly [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 25, 2008
CNN’s Black In America: What Does Your Race Really Say About You?
Last night I watched part two of CNN’s new documentary series “Black in America.” The series sets out to explore the racial identity of African Americans today- and attempts to answer the question “What does it mean to be black in America?” Last night the hour was dedicated to “The Black Man,” and the show [...]
July 25, 2008
It’s Time to Tell on “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”
This week in Washington, the House Armed Services Personnel subcommittee met to discuss and debate the relevance of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy in the military. It was the first time the policy as been discussed in nearly fifteen years. There were several people there to speak on both sides of the debate, including [...]
July 23, 2008
Quit It Already: Bad Music!
This morning on my way to work I was listening to the Kane Show on Hot 99.5, a DC-based radio station. I should preface this entire post by saying that I listen to Hot 99.5 in the morning, because I think the Kane Show is hilarious, not because of the music they play. [...]
July 23, 2008
Milblogging: Spreading Patriotism or Glorifying the War?
Web 2.0 has revolutionized the way America sees war- specifically, the War on Iraq. By “seeing” I’m not referring to your opinion on the war itself, rather our ability to now visualize what it’s like for our soldiers overseas. Soldier’s blogs (or milblogs), YouTube, Flickr- all of these have allowed us to view videos, pictures [...]
July 20, 2008
The Packing and Purging of My Life: It’s Moving Time
Tomorrow marks the conclusion of an era. It’s been an all-consuming 6 months of apartment searching, apartment touring, more searching and touring, and finally- after we found the perfect building- packing to move. I’m moving from a 4 bedroom townhouse into a 700 square foot apartment with my boyfriend. The process of packing up a [...]
July 7, 2008
WikiScanner: ExxonMobil
This week, amidst my TV viewing of a Best of the 90s marathon on VH1 and the Nelson Mandela birthday concert, a new commercial from ExxonMobil caught my attention. It features the CEO of ExxonMobil discussing cheaper ways to bring us energy, hybrid vehicles, and the company’s commitment to funding research for alternate methods of [...]
July 6, 2008
My First Wikipedia Entry!
Today I posted my first Wikipedia entry, you can find it here. The article is about Saguaro Road Records, a new imprint label my company has started. It’s still a work in progress (the article, that is, not the label). I have several images to upload for everyone to see of various [...]
