Comments for shutdown now http://shutdownnow.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:27:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on sick and tired by Jared http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/21/sick-and-tired#comment-91 Jared Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:58:04 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=46#comment-91 I have a song in my head, that I heard every once in a while over the last decade that I have NEVER been able to find. It is a contemporary jazz song, sung by a woman who sounds an awful lot like Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes). Every time I hear it, I'm never in a position to write the lyrics down and then I usually become distracted to the point that I cannot remember what I told myself to remember. The last time I heard it (about 5 weeks ago), I was in a restaurant, with my iPhone, WISHING they had the Starbucks-purchase-the-song-you-hear-on-the-radio-throgh-wifi thing going. Little things like this will drive me nuts. I have a song in my head, that I heard every once in a while over the last decade that I have NEVER been able to find. It is a contemporary jazz song, sung by a woman who sounds an awful lot like Kim Carnes (Betty Davis Eyes). Every time I hear it, I’m never in a position to write the lyrics down and then I usually become distracted to the point that I cannot remember what I told myself to remember. The last time I heard it (about 5 weeks ago), I was in a restaurant, with my iPhone, WISHING they had the Starbucks-purchase-the-song-you-hear-on-the-radio-throgh-wifi thing going. Little things like this will drive me nuts.

]]> Comment on horde vs alliance by Jared http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/01/horde-vs-alliance#comment-90 Jared Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:32:31 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=45#comment-90 Every time I watch Fox News, I find myself disgusted at the amount of "right" propaganda that is spewed forth. Local news here in Utah is even worse (don't even get me started on the newspapers). On the other hand, CNN is blatantly to the left. Both try to project an image of fairness, but do so very poorly. I posted a "liberal" comment on a Fox News website last week, and they censored it. Flat out, censored it. Media bias exists, sure, but it does goth ways. Unlike journalists, I as a therapist understand that escaping bias is impossible. What I think media needs is a healthy dose of devil's advocacy. That would certainly help paint a brighter pictured (...and no, Alan Colmes doesn't count). For me, that's the beauty of the Intarnetweb; I get to find out more detail than I would ever get from the local or national talking heads. I'm glad to have at least that. Every time I watch Fox News, I find myself disgusted at the amount of “right” propaganda that is spewed forth. Local news here in Utah is even worse (don’t even get me started on the newspapers). On the other hand, CNN is blatantly to the left. Both try to project an image of fairness, but do so very poorly. I posted a “liberal” comment on a Fox News website last week, and they censored it. Flat out, censored it.

Media bias exists, sure, but it does goth ways. Unlike journalists, I as a therapist understand that escaping bias is impossible. What I think media needs is a healthy dose of devil’s advocacy. That would certainly help paint a brighter pictured (…and no, Alan Colmes doesn’t count).

For me, that’s the beauty of the Intarnetweb; I get to find out more detail than I would ever get from the local or national talking heads. I’m glad to have at least that.

]]> Comment on horde vs alliance by dbmcclean http://shutdownnow.com/2008/10/01/horde-vs-alliance#comment-89 dbmcclean Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:26:14 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=45#comment-89 Keb, if you ever read this, I felt that your quote was small enough that I was within fair use, but I'll remove it (and the citation) from this post if you want. Keb, if you ever read this, I felt that your quote was small enough that I was within fair use, but I’ll remove it (and the citation) from this post if you want.

]]> Comment on best show ever by billy http://shutdownnow.com/2008/09/28/best-show-ever#comment-88 billy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:10:25 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=44#comment-88 Heck yeah, I love that show! Good call. My parents actually told me about it. Olive is hot even though she's about 2'4" woo! Heck yeah, I love that show! Good call. My parents actually told me about it. Olive is hot even though she’s about 2′4″ woo!

]]> Comment on who needs progress? by dbmcclean http://shutdownnow.com/2008/07/20/who-needs-progress#comment-87 dbmcclean Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:08:38 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=41#comment-87 I plan to write another post about what set me off to write this in the first place, but for now I just wanted to get this point across without any extra garbage added by me. I plan to write another post about what set me off to write this in the first place, but for now I just wanted to get this point across without any extra garbage added by me.

]]> Comment on where is the cow? by billy http://shutdownnow.com/2008/04/07/where-is-the-cow#comment-86 billy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:27:39 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/?p=38#comment-86 This is possibly the greatest blog post I've ever read. This is possibly the greatest blog post I’ve ever read.

]]> Comment on gallery tab by Jared http://shutdownnow.com/2007/03/08/gallery-tab#comment-85 Jared Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:28:42 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/2007/03/08/gallery-tab/#comment-85 The new WPG2 plugin does this, check out my blog. The new WPG2 plugin does this, check out my blog.

]]> Comment on number three by billy http://shutdownnow.com/2007/10/10/number-three#comment-17 billy Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:04:24 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/2007/10/10/number-three/#comment-17 Man, you'd think she'd learn by now! Haha, super happy congratulations fantastic! So you are alive, that's good. Man, you’d think she’d learn by now! Haha, super happy congratulations fantastic! So you are alive, that’s good.

]]> Comment on number three by tomp http://shutdownnow.com/2007/10/10/number-three#comment-16 tomp Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:21:11 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/2007/10/10/number-three/#comment-16 Yay, Doug! Congratulations on number three! That's totally cool. Yay, Doug! Congratulations on number three! That’s totally cool.

]]> Comment on I never miss a thing by tomp http://shutdownnow.com/2007/07/28/i-never-miss-a-thing#comment-11 tomp Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:36:03 +0000 http://shutdownnow.com/2007/07/28/i-never-miss-a-thing/#comment-11 I have to agree with you, Doug. That'd be a pretty awesome thing to see, if you happened to be there right when it happened. I have to agree with you, Doug. That’d be a pretty awesome thing to see, if you happened to be there right when it happened.

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