Archive for December, 2010
Making little critters
Izmir the Rabbit I have been on a monster kick, and it all started with one booth in the Earth Angels tent at this year’s Country Living Fair. The 2010 fair was in Stone Mountain, Georgia this year, and it travels the country, so my mom and I figured this was a good opportunity for [...]
December 22nd, 2010“Jimmy Fallon’s late-night house of joy,” and why he’s the best on TV
A dose of Jimmy Fallon does the soul wonders. The other day on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy performed a Christmas tune with Dee Snider (of Twisted Sister fame) and his Late Night band, which just happens to be the fabulous Roots. He sang and played his guitar alongside some amazing talent, and did [...]
December 19th, 2010The world, “moving irreversibly in the direction of openness”
I have had fairly ambivalent feelings about the Wikileaks drama that has been playing out in the last weeks. On the one hand, my journalistic integrity and my rights as a citizen implore the significance of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. On the other hand, I firmly believe one of our government’s [...]
December 10th, 2010Why I love what I do:
"American Progress," by George Crogutt, 1873. Finishing up the semester next week, and I’ve got one major paper left. The class is Issues and Interpretations in American History, and without being to prosaic, the professor has decreed that our final assignment is to consider and reflect on the twelve books and three articles we’ve read [...]
December 2nd, 2010