tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119321172024-03-23T13:24:27.036-05:00Three O'Clock in the MorningFletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-16617562039027126232021-04-01T03:00:00.018-05:002021-04-01T08:48:29.874-05:00Perspective<div class="p1"><span class="s1">The story so far...<br /><br />I blogged a kind of <a href="https://3oclockam.blogspot.com/2018/12/youtube-tuesday-baby-its-woke-outside.html" target="_blank">dumb parody music video</a> during the Christmas season of 2018.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I had nothing to say the entire year of 2019, but the spammites really took over the comments sections.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Then 2020 happened. You might remember it. You were probably there. If you weren't, I can tell you it wasn't much fun. If you were, but you're trying to NOT remember... brother, I don't blame you. </span></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p1">Years ago, when the Inkernets was still young, a guy wrote some advice to me that I've been mulling over on occasion ever since...</div><div class="p1"></div><blockquote><div class="p1"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GpaFt4H8RZNXBVRxUjY_LzzQaXoQwRodmLibqzmeB8lI4W6ZPa6zwtGQfqyqqR86uaGCA8OcJ0bUSJ3jRRAZJk2dj3Ja2h3ENChirWBVGNOc-JcMi9XAwRed0ZxtmkZ_KFwF/s1606/1200px-Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1606" data-original-width="1200" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GpaFt4H8RZNXBVRxUjY_LzzQaXoQwRodmLibqzmeB8lI4W6ZPa6zwtGQfqyqqR86uaGCA8OcJ0bUSJ3jRRAZJk2dj3Ja2h3ENChirWBVGNOc-JcMi9XAwRed0ZxtmkZ_KFwF/w102-h137/1200px-Aristotle_Altemps_Inv8575.jpeg" width="102" /></a></div>No matter how great (or ungreat) you are, ultimately, NOTHING you do can change the fate of the universe (but everything you do will bring the universe closer to it's fate :). Hamlet himself, the author of "Shakspeare" (the box office hit) once said, 'Ya know, Caesar himself could be this brick in my wall...' (well something like that; I don't remember the exact wording).</div><div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">I don't know about you all, but I take comfort in that.<br /><br />Cheers, Inkernets...</span><br /><br />FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-18544715799100036992018-12-18T03:30:00.000-06:002018-12-18T08:34:08.119-06:00YouTube Tuesday: Baby It's Woke OutsideYep. We need to start updating these classics. It's just the right thing to do.<div>
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<br />FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-24318428520578112192018-12-11T09:20:00.000-06:002018-12-11T09:20:19.840-06:00YouTube Tuesday: See you soon, space cowboy…I read the other day about Netflix working on a new live-action adaptation of <a href="http://cowboybebop.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank"><b>Cowboy Bebop</b></a> and immediately became stoked.<br />
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Sure, the Netflix track record for this kind of thing is a bit uneven. But in this case I'm more than willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. This genre-blending Sci-Fi/western/jazz/noir anime was pretty groundbreaking when it came to the USA back in the pre-Y2K era. And when I heard about the Netflix remake, I went back and binge-watched the series (available to stream on Hulu, ironically).<br />
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The show really holds up well, not least for its amazing soundtrack. Let's hope they get a release date out ASAP.<br />
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-14132727355942156382018-12-10T15:23:00.002-06:002021-04-01T08:54:56.403-05:00Dude… uh… today's already the 10thI first met George Saunders (figuratively) in the pages to The New Yorker ten year's ago or so when I read probably my favorite of his short stories, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/escape-from-spiderhead" target="_blank"><b>Escape From Spiderhead</b></a>. It's a ripping good yarn that would be a great addition to <a href="http://blogmeridian.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John B.'s</a> section on post-humanism.<br />
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I mean, I had been on some crazy-ass Project Teams in my time, such as one where the drip had something in it that made hearing music exquisite, and hence when some Shostakovich was piped in actual bats seemed to circle my Domain, or the one where my legs became totally numb and yet I found I could still stand fifteen straight hours at a fake cash register, miraculously suddenly able to do extremely hard long-division problems in my mind. </blockquote>
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I'm sure you've all read his recent <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29906980-lincoln-in-the-bardo" target="_blank"><b>Lincoln In The Bardo</b></a>, but I wanted to take today to also recommend his short story collection <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13641208-tenth-of-december?ac=1&from_search=true" target="_blank"><b>Tenth of December</b></a>, which happens to include the above mentioned and linked short story along with a slew of other home runs.<br />
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Here's a video of him reading an excerpt from another entry in the collection...<br />
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Say what you will about the Internet. It's divisive and leads to unchecked, destructive tribalism. It's an amazing tool for communication, offering us unprecedented exposure to different cultures and a chance to draw closer as one world race. Both views, while contrary to each other, are valid.<br />
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<li><b><a href="http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/12/06/breaking-news/kona-community-hospital-shuts-down-due-to-scabies-outbreak/" target="_blank">Kona Community Hospital shuts down due to scabies outbreak</a></b><br /><b><i>"Kona Community Hospital shut down today due to a severe outbreak of scabies, a highly contagious skin condition caused by tiny burrowing mites…"</i></b><br /><br />Dudes. These are tiny mites… burrowing into your SKIN! This sort of thing is how the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" target="_blank">Justinian Plague</a> started, right?<br /></li>
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I mean there's just way too much burrowing going on lately, amirite? I guess this might be localized to the North Carolina region, but still... I see those beetles all over during the late fall. <br /><br />If I see them trying to migrate into my house this winter, I'll be sure collect them and feed them to my neighbor's crazy barking dogs (I'm kidding! I would never! I'm a dog person!).<br /></li>
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But perhaps the most GYAAHHH! story of the week comes from the New England Journal of Medicine, which reports that a dude recently died shortly after he LITERALLY COUGHED UP A LUNG!!!<br /><br />Okay, it was a blood clot that looked like a piece of his lung... because it had been lodged in his bronchial tree and become a cast IN BLOOD of the inside of his fricken' LUNG!</li>
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-17666844906152405552018-11-30T14:59:00.001-06:002018-11-30T16:03:57.076-06:00Bullitt List – 11.30.18 <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEW9XU6aRh8z95nr4SozEAQe6iIQd45X04eJqVPon1GInkXccewvPqNHbCanVcqchZMHFtmCXJcGRGp54VQBVdUX78Ztd2oEyBnlJuGT6J6gXLRecuL-IhpZow3wCXdSxMyu6nA/s1600-h/Bullitt.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205889493130896546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEW9XU6aRh8z95nr4SozEAQe6iIQd45X04eJqVPon1GInkXccewvPqNHbCanVcqchZMHFtmCXJcGRGp54VQBVdUX78Ztd2oEyBnlJuGT6J6gXLRecuL-IhpZow3wCXdSxMyu6nA/s400/Bullitt.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 144px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 115px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><br />
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Look, don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of Nature. There are few things I enjoy more than getting out-of-doors, out of the city, doing some hiking, biking fishing... anything really that will get me away from the soul crushing mass of humanity that weighs down on all city dwellers 24-hours a day (Not <i>you</i> though. You're cool. You're alright. I'm referring to all of the <i>other</i> humanity).<br />
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But let's face it, that fandom is a one way street. Those people who say that Nature is beautiful are only partly right. Nature is beautiful, sure. But Nature doesn't give two shits how beautiful you think it is. And Nature wouldn't think twice about sinking a cobra fang into your neck if you let your guard down for half a second.<br />
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So, Nature Boy, while you're busy thinking up your rebuttal, here are a few <a href="https://3oclockam.blogspot.com/search?q=bullitt" target="_blank">Bullitt Points</a> to back up my assertion that Nature is not your friend:<br />
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<li><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/418944-cdc-warns-of-new-tick-species-capable-of-spreading-deadly-disease" target="_blank"><b>Scientists Find New, Disease-Spreading Tick in 9 States</b></a><br />It's not cute. It's not here to save the day. It's here to spread human-killing pathogens.<br /> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.geek.com/news/new-wasp-species-turns-social-spiders-into-zombie-drones-1763374/" target="_blank"><b>New Wasp Species Turns Spiders into Zombies</b></a><br />Just what we need, zombie spiders. Mark my words, this is only the first step for these wasps. They're coming for you next!</li>
<li><a href="https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-biologists-using-toy-guns-to-thwart-a-pacific-snake-1830433797" target="_blank"><b>New Weapons to Fight Baby-eating Snakes</b></a><br />"…they have even been found trying to swallow the hands of sleeping infants." Good luck with that, snake hunters.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/girl-attacked-deer-bushy-park-injured-stags-london-richmond-ambulance-a8600816.html" target="_blank"><b>Young Girl Gored by Deer in London Park</b></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes they're magnificent creatures, so graceful and gentle... unless they're looking to get it on. Hey, if you only have a couple of weeks each year in which to get your freak on, you might feel a little aggressive at times too. Bottom line, kids: Stay away from horny deer.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; letter-spacing: -0.12px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interestingly, North Carolina is the South Dakota of the Carolinas.</span>FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-24406282826271537202018-11-16T09:49:00.000-06:002018-11-26T08:24:40.072-06:00Reflective Ruminations, by Fletcher Dodge<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It seems kind of sexist to say "Antman and The Wasp" instead of "Antman and Waspwoman"…</span><br />
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-24375704940500127852018-11-13T03:00:00.000-06:002018-11-16T10:37:08.094-06:00YouTube Tuesday: The Ballad of of Buster ScruggsI gotta say, I'm almost more excited about this movie than I was about the premier of the new season of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman" target="_blank">BoJack Horseman</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whatever happened between us, it saddens me that something of our individual nature has disappeared into the divide, our unique voices are being worn down and everyone is communicating within the safe and strident anti-wonder of grievance politics.</span></blockquote>
FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-75033608170480280402018-01-22T10:39:00.001-06:002018-11-16T13:17:30.403-06:0030,000 sexdecillion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
One of the minor Internet sensations last year was the nifty, browser-based AI simulator <a href="http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/" target="_blank">Universal Paperclips</a>.</div>
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I ignored it until I got the superflu and had only the brain capacity to keep clicking a button on a dumb-but-clever web-based AI simulator.<br />
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It turned into a race to see how many paperclips my AI could manufacture before I died of influenza. Turns out, I was able to convert the entire mass of the (simulated) universe into paperclips... a grand total of a very sexy number of paperclips.</div>
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-78536523699707761862017-10-03T18:40:00.002-05:002018-11-16T13:18:06.492-06:00YouTube Tuesday: Too alone to be proudIt's been a lot to deal with in the last few days. I think by now we all know how it feels.<br />
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Anyway, here's a little <i>in memorium</i> to get us by for a few minutes.<br />
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-41664098139632595492017-10-02T19:39:00.000-05:002017-10-02T19:39:54.226-05:00Well said<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'll stand my ground</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Won't be turned around </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gonna stand my ground</span><br />
-- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty" target="_blank">Tom Petty, 1950-2017</a>FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-55917901665670918882017-09-27T16:04:00.000-05:002018-11-16T13:19:19.846-06:00A day for the ages!<div class="MsoPlainText">
Attention everyone!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I forgot to mention the other day that I was very
appreciative of the birthday wishes the coolest of you bestowed upon me via
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Birthdays are a bit of a mixed blessing these days. One
the one hand, it's always great to receive the well-wishes of such fine and
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On the other hand… is the finger of the doctor, which goes in my
butt during my annual exam around this time of year (and is it just me, or does your doctor seem to search with more and more diligence each year. I mean, you'd think I was trying to smuggle a smartphone into Ft. Leavenworth fer crissakes).<br />
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It's just the consequence of me failing to live the rock-n-roll lifestyle and dying in a helicopter crash while OD'd on smack and Jack.<br />
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I figure I'm like most people: After (and before) a certain point birthday's seem to lose their luster. <br />
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When you get past the point of "wishing" for "gifts" (I just buy myself whatever I need these days) and being surprised by "parties" (like most people, I've become anti-social in by dotage), it really comes down to spending a few hours hanging out with the family and hitting up Joe's for some ribs and beer. That really is as good as it gets... and it pretty damn good if you ask me.</div>
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Butt on the hole (<i>sic</i>), we take the good with the extremely uncomfortable. I've always said getting older really sucks, but it's a hell of
a lot better than the alternative (well, full disclosure here, I haven't always
said that... its only been for the last 20 years or so I guess.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p>So thanks again, everyone! Happy birthday to all you sinners out there. </o:p></div>
FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-57661527180261535672017-09-25T16:37:00.000-05:002017-09-26T08:44:03.696-05:00Everybody kneeds somebody<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Can someone tell me just what in the wide world of sports is going on in this country? I am so confused by the news these days. Admittedly, it's likely</span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> because </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I don’t
pay close enough attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But c’mon, can you blame me? It’s all just re-runs of the
most generic non-reality show ever, but not as entertaining. It’s the same
stuff over and over. Everyone’s offended and outraged by something someone else did. And every
Offended Group, in turn, must defend their offendedness by doing something at
least as offensive to the offending party.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANdMEvrXDXldZ3GyFwzOHuYEqa8m7QMvKgP1SVtl41qbTtfAq3WuPgLrHANvoPJZk8G6PZQQHWinfluFIje1m6K-ENkkX2KKKp57szjEpiTGULozZCdyQVtT59QbaTZkEdPD/s1600/1307893075001.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="550" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFANdMEvrXDXldZ3GyFwzOHuYEqa8m7QMvKgP1SVtl41qbTtfAq3WuPgLrHANvoPJZk8G6PZQQHWinfluFIje1m6K-ENkkX2KKKp57szjEpiTGULozZCdyQVtT59QbaTZkEdPD/s200/1307893075001.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Lather, rinse, repeat... ad nauseam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It’s to the point where the actions are so trivial
that I just can’t summon the interest to pay attention. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Don’t get me wrong. I think the issues are vitally important. Concepts of equal rights for
all humans, and ensuring and defending those rights, are of existential
criticality to our (so-called) republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But those issues aren’t really being discussed.
Rather, we’re stuck on a dumb <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qBaBb1Y-U" target="_blank">su-su-pseudo-</a>debate about what symbols mean and whether they're <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/article175241896.html" target="_blank">appropriate for high school girls' beer pong games</a>. I used to think
symbols were really important, that they could help communicate noble ideals
like Purity and Valor and Justice. But I think we’re now living in a
post-symbol society. We lack the ability to decide on what
a symbol represents, or once decided, to agree on what is really meant by that representation, or to acknowledge that a symbol can have different meanings to different people and just move on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">This whole NFL players kneeling thing is a good example. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">For years we’ve been taught that it’s a great sign of
respect to kneel in front of something. It goes all the way back to at least 2011
when the world was introduced to Wess DeRoss, king of Dragonopia on the hit
HBO kids cartoon Thronger Games. </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfWO346yUJtm3yfXom0y3JNuxsLT59hD41YC6ORhFzqwkIwmhouLS2P8sugaORCzujbs7VVYFPthw_q0qnw_7SU_HOReUdgZKJ2Le_5jZwj9IOIa81fQzFzLaJx9VQQfEyPPL/s1600/Puff_the_Magic_Dragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1001" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfWO346yUJtm3yfXom0y3JNuxsLT59hD41YC6ORhFzqwkIwmhouLS2P8sugaORCzujbs7VVYFPthw_q0qnw_7SU_HOReUdgZKJ2Le_5jZwj9IOIa81fQzFzLaJx9VQQfEyPPL/s200/Puff_the_Magic_Dragon.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In case you haven’t seen it, the show (which
is HBO’s biggest money maker since “Sopranos In the City” -- the touching tale of a Mafia man looking for
love in New York) follows the life of a little boy and his pet dragon, Puff
Daddy, as they navigate the tricky politics of their fantasy world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It’s full of hilarious hijinks and poignant moments of
honesty. But one recurring theme through all 16 seasons has been that you show
respect by “bending the knee” to your liege lords. Failure to bend the need, in
fact, is a sign of disrespect bad enough to get you dragon-torched!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGHic9Y8odjxqQt3GpmuO3xblh-JjcGYjLrrVO5Q6lgfi7HV1JSZHT484imN1xdR2lXwZPfjHOQVVyI7r5UjgFKpSzrohGbbIVmn2VwftMQV3RxCS3ReCrIaLNE2I7K_C1-pF/s1600/BTK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGHic9Y8odjxqQt3GpmuO3xblh-JjcGYjLrrVO5Q6lgfi7HV1JSZHT484imN1xdR2lXwZPfjHOQVVyI7r5UjgFKpSzrohGbbIVmn2VwftMQV3RxCS3ReCrIaLNE2I7K_C1-pF/s200/BTK.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But now The Internet is in a monkey shit fight about
whether kneeling is disrespectful. It’s as if they’ve never even heard of Degeneras
Cardigan, Breaker of Winds and Mother of Dragsters, whose magical unicorns head-spear anyone who doesn’t bend the knee. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I mean, get with the program, The Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you ask me, we all need to follow the example of
Noble King Geoffrey Bratlian, The Kind. He never had a bad word to say about
anyone. He always tries to see every issue from every perspective. Check out this
quote from Season 6, episode 12 “<i>Death of a Mockingjay</i>” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt;">First of all, if you can
learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of
folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Now that’s the kind of understanding we need more of
on The Internet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">So, I guess the solution is for everyone, including
NFL players, to go back and read all 12 volumes of the “The Ballad of Fire and
Ice” and report back to me whether John Frost ever made it all the way to Chirstmastown.</span></div>
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-25716593311492477712017-09-22T15:38:00.001-05:002017-09-25T16:51:22.503-05:00Nambia exambia<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5XHWyTHWbNuG-83E86bt-h-w9liBSfzcHHdqNFgv4u8KXsrvTGvUvmT-deiXaE4L8-3ecd7PyeGvIuCkYndVSi0uqAokO8AWCK_L6-DgyNFrZdSvtbDoJlo4RrbVRPrfkgnv/s1600/BigHeadTrump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5XHWyTHWbNuG-83E86bt-h-w9liBSfzcHHdqNFgv4u8KXsrvTGvUvmT-deiXaE4L8-3ecd7PyeGvIuCkYndVSi0uqAokO8AWCK_L6-DgyNFrZdSvtbDoJlo4RrbVRPrfkgnv/s200/BigHeadTrump.jpg" width="191" /></a>Say what you will about Pres. Trump. His ego is brobdingnagian. Of civil rights, he’s no champion. And as for leadership, well it’s clear his managing is more like mangling.<br />
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But I can tell you from personal experience that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/africa/trump-nambia-un-africa-trnd/index.html" target="_blank">his endorsement of the health care system in Nambia</a> shows great pansophy. <br />
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I’m not from Nambia myself. But I grew up in neighboring Pambia. As you know, the two countries have been close ever since The Nambia-Pambia Alliance Treaty of 1836. And I well remember as a young Pambian rambling through Nambia on autumnal visits to my Auntie Annie (herself a life-long Pambian). We would spend afternoons ambling around the expanding hamlets, and scrambling among surrounding brambles. We’d pass the P.M. with her prized pet panda, handing him samplings of salmon and jam. <br />
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Tramping back to her mansion, which had a commanding view of a babbling rapids in which I liked to do some angling, we’d spend a quiet evening chatting about things like traveling, gambling and her dazzling career in acting. One summer I even managed to scavenge some scaffolding and tackled the challenge of renovating her paneling. <br />
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Sadly, those days have passed. The housing crisis cramped her finances. No matter how much ranting and haggling she did, she couldn’t wrangle a way into withstanding the bankruptcy. She ended up abandoning and later dismantling the mansion.<br />
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But I’ll still have longstanding and everlasting admiration and gratitude for the mind-expanding understanding I gained from my time in Nambia. I hope nation’s leaders can channel the same compassion.<br />
<br />FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-29513110327729698842017-09-15T11:10:00.000-05:002017-09-15T11:10:08.990-05:00YouTube Tuesday: Paul McCartney — Rabbit HoleIt's been another crazy ass week around here. I'm sure you all know what its like. Kind of week that can leave you feeling all thin and stretched, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fksu6FENojY" target="_blank">like butter scraped over too much bread</a>.<br />
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That's why it was such a delight to see the new hit song by Sir Paul McCartney this morning. Just the kick of excitement and adrenaline I needed to hit the weekend at full speed! Kudos for Sir Paul for his new modern club-beat style.<br />
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"It’s just a game," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.calton.14/posts/1089039287836580?comment_id=1089062144500961&notif_t=like&notif_id=1468373865745575" target="_blank">a friend posted on Facebook recently.</a><br />
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A
rather sophisticated augmented reality game where you use your mobile phone to capture “Pokemon”
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"That's it. No, there really isn't anything more to it
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But of course there is more to it than that. I mean, it is a
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The real point of such games (as well as the "My
Vocabulary Size Is.. " and "My Celebrity Lookalike Is.. " and
"If I were a Star Trek Character I Would Be..." Facebook games that you see every week), is
for big data companies to find a way to get people to voluntary sign up for
software that allows them to collect tons of data about them personally. <o:p></o:p></div>
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They then sell this data to the highest bidder (usually
companies associated with digital advertising) and productize you and other
people who behave like you and sell you to advertisers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii5O1SDcnRP4CQmuQFtPJ6nwrCWSTg1ot2g4n-_EYf4OM_8WsMOracpOyi_c7kMEpveaIma-aCjv1HKuAVS7p3KhlQ973hFhfTjvKdf6j0ZnaR1hJWslB2gtIYg94tZtb9d4e/s1600/mad-men-don-draper-haircut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhii5O1SDcnRP4CQmuQFtPJ6nwrCWSTg1ot2g4n-_EYf4OM_8WsMOracpOyi_c7kMEpveaIma-aCjv1HKuAVS7p3KhlQ973hFhfTjvKdf6j0ZnaR1hJWslB2gtIYg94tZtb9d4e/s200/mad-men-don-draper-haircut.jpg" width="150" /></a>A lot of people don't care that they are being packaged and
sold, it's been going on to some degree almost since the beginning of
advertising. The difference these days is that the data collected is waaaaaay
more sophisticated than the advertiser suspecting your between 18-45 years old
and you really like Jackie Gleason’s brand of misogynistic bombast.<br />
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These days,
when you opt in to this kind of data collection, you’re telling them precisely
where you are (down to the latitude and longitude coordinates) and when. You’re
letting them in on which websites you're browsing, what products you're shopping for,
what physical malady you happen to be suffering at the time.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwerxrFyozaF0UihzFlBhnvcPTHUymcyxHzMx2hr6i7E8ZAnw7ONGIVR3hIUPEwRqrzOc69Yxd-jazlRqJYJiuEMCImOysw1oGCWdMYwQhW9N7UQChF4aOTL_jPVEzFULoRDI/s1600/Miss-Cleo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwerxrFyozaF0UihzFlBhnvcPTHUymcyxHzMx2hr6i7E8ZAnw7ONGIVR3hIUPEwRqrzOc69Yxd-jazlRqJYJiuEMCImOysw1oGCWdMYwQhW9N7UQChF4aOTL_jPVEzFULoRDI/s200/Miss-Cleo.jpg" width="200" /></a>The level of insight that can be drawn from this kind of
data, the predictions that can be made about your preferences and behavior,
would make Miss Cleo soak her pants.<br />
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You
might have noticed that over there in the right-hand rail of your Facebook page
there’s an ad for that pair of shoes, or shorts, or maybe that vacation getaway
that you were Googling earlier today. That’s no coincidence. The advertisers
have you pegged. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Again, some people don’t care about that. MOST people don't care about that. Indeed, some people say “Good. I get
ads for stuff I’m interested in instead of some dumb punch-the-monkey spam for
a high-rate mortgage.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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And that’s cool. That’s all just fine. Buuuuuut… <br />
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I just think we should all have our eyes open to OTHER ways the data could be
used. I mean, some companies (like Niantic in the case of <i>Pokemon Go</i>) <b><i>say</i></b> they won’t sell your data to third
parties. I mean they <i><b>promise </b></i>and <i><b>pinkie swear</b></i> and everything. But let’s face
it, when the going gets tough and the investors are at the front door with
pitchforks demanding their exit strategies and returns-on-investment, who do
you think is going to get sold out?<o:p></o:p></div>
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That’s right it’s you, me and all of our precious behavioral
data. And even more troubling, who do you think we’re going to be sold too?<o:p></o:p></div>
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some nefarious foreign spy agency!” But the reality is government agencies don’t
need to buy data about you since they already have a direct tap into ALL
internet traffic and are already constantly spying on you (thanks for the heads-up,
Edward Snowden!). <br />
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<o:p></o:p><br />
Anyway, if you think government agents snooping through your Google
accounts and sharing your naked selfies with each other is the worst that can
happen, then my friend you suffer from a lack of imagination.</div>
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Here are a couple of more likely (and probably already
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First, it’s probably difficult to overstate the amount of
lifestyle data that gets collected about you, especially if you use a FitBit or
similar activity tracker. From your
physical activity, to your food interests, to your drinking habits, to how much
TV/internet video you watch… all of that is being collected and packaged and is super valuable to companies that aren’t advertising firms. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For one thing, insurance companies (auto, health) love to
learn all they can about you. Do you think they won’t use your own data against
you to jack up your premiums and copays? Of course they will. And since Obamacare
now means we’re all criminals if we DON’T buy health insurance, well, they
pretty much have us by the short curlies, don’t they?<o:p></o:p></div>
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(probably) already happening. Imagine what kind of web browsing/lifestyle data
is available on pretty much every old whit guy making laws in Washington, DC. Do
you really think it’s beyond a company like Koch Industries, or Goldman Sachs
or even Google or Apple to use this kind of personal data as “leverage” on key
legislative measures? <o:p></o:p></div>
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the public good that nobody from Goldman Sachs was prosecuted for ruining the
global economy a couple of years ago? Do you really think all of the highly
technologically literate old white dudes thought the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act was good public policy?<o:p></o:p></div>
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No? Me neither (and your staring to get it, good job!) After
all, our senators and congressmen are only poor corrupt public officials. They
have kickbacks to pay and mistresses to feed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, what’s the upshot here? I guess it’s just to say that
whenever an app or program or web widget asks for access to your Facebook page,
or Google account or Twitter stream, you
should tell it to fuck right the hell off. <o:p></o:p></div>
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-51532541973722067992016-06-17T15:26:00.001-05:002016-06-17T15:26:56.965-05:00YouTube Tuesday: Ghost in the machineA <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_special_episode">very special</a> Father's Day edition of YouTube Tuesday.
Enjoy, dads…
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="236" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gCtSgb-b7zg" width="420"></iframe>FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-28695075071971996812016-04-12T13:07:00.002-05:002016-04-12T13:07:43.864-05:00YouTube Tuesday: Office InventionIn case you haven't heard, our good friend Joe, former proprietor of <a href="http://hipsubwg.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hip Suburban White Guy</a>, recently got a new gig at a new cube farm.<br />
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It turns out his new gig isn't as, well, demanding of his time. Which leaves him a few minutes throughout the day to focus his creative energies to solving humanity's pressing concerns... like finding a cheap source of perpetual energy.<br />
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He sent me this video of his latest scale model. Well done, sir!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Reflective Ruminations for April 8, 2016</span></b></div>
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<li><b>I think "beaver" is a terrible slang term to use for a woman's … adorable son in the late 1950s.<br /><br /></b></li>
<li><b>Some people look at a glass and say, "It's not half empty, it's half full." Then they get throat-punched by me.<br /><br /></b></li>
<li><b>Here's something they won't teach you in History class: <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GEOMETRY.</span><br /><br /></b></li>
<li><b>It doesn't really bother me when people say "et cetera," but I get really annoyed by people who say "et cetera, et cetera.<br /><br /></b></li>
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It seems like we're all putting a LOT of faith in the guy who came up with the original alphabetical order.</b></li>
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FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-37636165994925706872016-04-05T13:10:00.000-05:002016-04-05T13:10:04.399-05:00YouTube Tuesday: Toon timeIf you weren't around in the '80s, or if you were but you weren't of cartoon-watching age, here's everything you need to know about every Saturday morning cartoon...<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fZXCrw3DHbc" width="400"></iframe>FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-23102174030348962872016-04-04T14:20:00.000-05:002016-04-04T14:20:57.690-05:00Initial resultsYes, Mr. Zimmerman, we've had our best people crunching through your data and I just wanted to schedule this quick call to present some of our initial findings. Please take a look at the attached spreadsheets…<br />
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<br />FletcherDodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00870340800475532887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11932117.post-15593928390431982002016-03-31T14:30:00.000-05:002016-03-31T14:30:32.858-05:00Cuban ReverieAn original composition <a href="http://www.carbonpictures.com/pepper/beatpoemgenerator/" target="_blank">from Three O'Clock AM</a><br />
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<c><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cuban Reverie</span></b></c><br />
The stage is set, now pay the price<br />
High priests of holocaust, fire from the sea<br />
Rise so high, yet so far to fall<br />
Entrails in the sky<br />
Entrails in the sky<br />
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One decree that stands alone<br />
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Chased up all the dead end streets<br />
Like the walls are closing in<br />
One decree that stands alone<br />
Chased up all the dead end streets<br />
Killing for religion<br />
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A book written by man<br />
Make sweet the breeze now defiled</blockquote>
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