Year: 2007

Because I’m so behind, I’m just finding out that the FCC is going to let media consolidation get worse.

And the deadline is next week. aargh!

OK. So what you need to do is call your senator and representative, send them email, send letters, telling them to stop this. I just saw that the Senate passed a resolution telling the FCC to delay, but that it won’t pass, and the board got grilled in the House.

Go here to find out who owns media in your area. Go here for the House and here for the Senate. Go here to get numbers to call Congress toll-free.

Update-12/14-Here’s another website on this topic.

11:25 am-Going to multi-task this in. Busy. Got a large quantity of icons to do. Some other non-work stuff to do. Recap: Weds-up, kids to school, work, lunch at school, home, the usual. Thurs-up early-pancake breakfast at school, t’ai chi, work, home. Rainy overnight-the power went out about 5am. Up late, late to school, to work.

I make my myspace blog a real blog, trimmed it so it’s that. I have an essay I’m working on about progressive values and the hippies. I’ll probably also post my essays there.

Listening to: Police, Randi Rhodes, DN!

Listening to: Police, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, MSDN webcast, HFI webcast, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes

Listening to: Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes (+speech at Peace Action), Thom Hartmann, Police

Page 23, Sentence 5: “This way I awaken the children’s zeal so that each wishes to excel, to be preferred.” For Your Own Good

4:35 pm-At work-listening to lib radio, endlessly. Working on a big set of icons. Not much going on-baby was fussy last night and up late, up and kids to school today-no t’ai chi.

A new NIE says that Iran has no nuclear weapon development plans-big surprise there…and of course Chimpy doesn’t change his mind about Iran. We are SO going to war…

Listening to: Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann

Most people support impeachment. Yay! Let’s get it done, folks.

12:06 pm-Monday-I’m off my center. First, to recap: hang out with Matt Friday, watched Harry Potter til late. Saturday-recycle propane, Erika did a test drive to get a $75 credit thingy. More shop, home. Hang out, TV. Sunday-church, home, move the bed to the wall, Erika went to a tea party, finished while they swam, packed up my recording gear.Today-up, breakfast, Erika took kids because she was going to do a school thing, which isn’t until Thursday. We are broke again. <sigh>

Listening to: Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann

Page 23, Sentence 5: “He will present the analyst with a complete picture of his “Oedipus complex”, with all the affects and insights are required.” Prisoners of Childhood

4:06 pm-Working-have to leave earlyish. The spiral walk at school is tonight, but Matt doesn’t want to go so I have to go home and look after him and the baby. OK. Rainy. Recapping-yesterday-up, to school, t’ai chi, work, Erika went to get more diapers, lunch, work, home, to bed, dinner, sleep. Rainy today, to school, work, lunch. Filled out my Facebook stuff to get books, music and movies in. Go to the end of the bibliography, but there’s a bug in the link and it doesn’t show the stuff after the lists. Firefox only shows one list. Annoying.

Here’s what’s up-Riots in Paris, and transit strikes. Earthquakes, train and plane crashes, storms. I’m so far behind on lib radio that I don’t know what’s going on in politics.

Listening to: Harold Budd, Peter Gabriel, Orb, Thom Hartmann, MSDN webcast, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes

Listening to: NIN, EBN, Radiohead, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, Jefferson Starship, gamelan, Mekons

10:51 pm-In bed, just finished dinner, watching CSI: NY. It’s over. Whoopee. Recap: home Monday-Erika’s cleaning up, Tuesday-Matt to dentist-got a tooth pulled, to school, work, home. Today-kids to school, work, webinar, 2 meetings, shop, home.

I’ve been reading a lot of political stuff lately, and listening to lib talk radio as well. Plus the blogs. I guess this begs the question-so when will Bush get impeached? The resolution is in Judiciary and who knows if it’ll get out. Arthur Silber says no. I tend to agree with him-the Dem leadership doesn’t want to go there. Next thing is the Iran thing. We’ll see. Time to go to bed.

Listening to: Polyphonic Spree, Tibetan Monks, Thom Hartmann, Flash web seminar, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Material, Hilliard/Garbarek, Hafiz Kani Karaca, Lisa Gerrard, Tool, R Carlos Nakai, NIN

Page 23, Sentence 5: “But conservatives have different motives for wanting power.” Broken Government

Listening to: Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann (I’m getting through these!), Coltrane

D.R. Congo-Don’t Look Away. Don’t. The war there was the worst since WWII, and no one reported it here in the U.S. And the atrocities continue. PAY ATTENTION!!!

I’m just starting Naomi Wolf’s book, The End of America. Read this, it’s pretty short, and unbelievably important.

10:45 am-Listening to a webcast about WPF. Not much else-tired. Recap: Sat-visited both parents, shop, home. Sun-lazy-no church, mall for Santa pics, shop, libe, home, tidy, sleep. Today-didn’t want to get up-same with kids, to school, work.

Listening to: MSDN Webcast, Randi Rhodes, Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes

Page 23, Sentence 5: “America has flirted with fascism before.” The End of America: a Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

10:27 am-Gotta check on pies-a few minutes left. Santa Anas, fires in Malibu. Recap: hang out Weds, shopped a bit, got some lemon barley water, Auto Show Thursday, Hometown Buffet for dinner, lazy Friday-TV & vid games, computing, Erika shopped. Had to run to Starbucks to fix a messed up drink. Watching the fires, off to parents later.