... maybe I should be wary, especially of people who think that describing my writing as "blather" is actually some sort of accolade I should be proud of. And horror of horrors, if the ... my tough luck. But hey, I guess that I like my writing to be called "blather" just about as much as the Barman would like his to be, or about as much as Dave Lang would like hearing me call his wife ...

(image by Aaron Escobar, used under a Creative Commons license) This is the video of the talk I did at the Dublin Paracon 2009. Thanks to Mark Guerin for processing this for us! This talk resulted from a course I'm doing right now for a MsC. in e-learning at the University of Edinburgh. Continue reading Blather, Rinse, Repeat: An Ethnography of Conspiracy Theory...

... care reform" through the House of Reps recently, a seething resentment growing inside me over how dishonest the primary proponents of the legislation have thus far been. (Apologies for embedding it in a blather, but I'm still so blinded with frustration that I can't write a complete essay on the matter). This week: nothing of consequence. The Significant Other is now working nights, ...

I am still in Hot Springs AR; I will get a wonderful massage and facial tomorrow. Life is slow but enjoyable right now. I dread going back to work, as I will have to jump in with both feet; I am trying not to think about it but. . . I completed the Silk Garden scarf (picture tomorrow if there is any sun) and will start a hat to match tonight, just cannot decide on the style, beret or beanie ...

I’ve been pretty busy buying and moving into a house here in the Shallow South, hence the lengthy gap between submissions. Now that my life is slightly less hectic, I’ll regale my few readers with some brain squeezings I’ve been collecting during the hiatus. BAREFOOT BUM A couple of months ago, the Barefoot Bum abruptly closed his blog. He said that he’d run out of ...

The Far Side marks 52 weeks on the air tonight with a two hour birthday special. I’ll be raiding the archives to rewind some of the boom tunes, new bands and favourite indiesyncratic sounds from a year of Far Side broadcasts. Tune in from 10pm on Phantom 105.2. Cork rocks: thanks to Joe, Stevie, Pat, Bootleg Mark and everyone else at the smashing Pavilion venue in Cork for a grand night ...