If you’re like many people who try to talk like a pirate, you don’t really know what to say, other than the 3 A’s: arrgh, avast, and ahoy.
Here, then, a deep-link to my very own blog, to give you a clue.
Talking Like Pirates
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Great Voices
Five years ago, during the fall of my first term in Seminary, I took a class called “Speech Communications in Ministry 101.” In it I found out just how terribly awful I am at the use of my voice as an instrument.
Not so with these guys. (Warning: there is one crude phrase about halfway in. Interestingly, it isn’t a laugh line itself, but is there only to set up the next two lines.)
More Lipstick
It’s morning in America and I’m feeling perhaps a little more charitable, so I’ll revise and extend my remarks about yesterday’s “lipstick” furor.
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Lipstick on a Pig
I used the phrase “putting lipstick on a pig” a couple of months ago at a ministerial meeting. One of the local tribes recently decided that California didn’t have enough casinos yet, so they’re building a new one in Twentynine Palms.
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It Came From The Science Fair
It Came From The Science Fair
Originally uploaded by The Joy Of The Mundane
I love this science fair entry. It’s worse even than the one I did before I got cured of science fairs.
Obama activates female surrogates
According to this NY Times piece:
Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov. Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and bolstering his plan to deploy female surrogates to battleground states, Obama advisers said Thursday.
Which raises the question: why? (i.e., why would Hillary do this?)
Is Sen. Obama going to help her retire some of that campaign debt?
Or is Sen. Clinton worried that thisRasmussen poll on a 2012 Hillary-Palin match might represent her high-water mark?
And what’s with this:
Advisers to Mrs. Clinton said that she stood ready to help the Obama-Biden ticket, but they urged the campaign not to overestimate the impact Mrs. Clinton could have, noting that she had other commitments this fall, like campaigning and raising money for Senate candidates.
(Emphasis mine.)
(Clarified my wording of the question this news item raises.)
Palin Speech
I really liked it. Even better was the way the family was highlighted. The best defense is not to be distracted by side issues.
Note. We don’t have cable, and since we’re in the middle of nowhere, that means we don’t have TV. But because of the rise in multimedia delivered over the internet, I was able tonight to see a political convention speech live for the first time since 1996 (when we got rid of cable).
Updates: transcript here.
I liked this article about Palin’s experience. (Note from my previous article, however, my real interest isn’t experience so much as career path.)
Rush in Rio
I just got done watching Rush’s live concert DVD Rush in Rio. Whoa! What a great concert. It was performed as part of their Vapor Trails tour — not my favorite of their albums, but honestly, there was only one song I didn’t like: “Secret Touch.” (Of the other Vapor Trails songs in this concert, I halfway like “Earthshine” and am indifferent to “Vapor Trails,” “One Little Victory,” and “Ghost Rider.”)
But the things I liked! Wow! If I had to pick a favorite, it would have to be “Spirit of Radio” followed by “YYZ” or “The Big Money.” (I know, I’m a fan of 80’s Rush. Sue me.) But even the really-oldies were excellent: long excerpts from “2112” and “Cygnus X-1,” plus “Bytor” and — I figured this had to be the encore when they played “Spirit of Radio” in the main part of the show — “Working Man.”
The crowd was excellent. I was surprised how many of the songs the crowd knew. I don’t know how popular Rush is in Brazil, or whether they get lots of airplay, or what. Maybe both: the chief language in Brazil is Portuguese, and Rush songs are in English, but they were singing along with everything.
Editors on the Mac
I’ve recently used the free TextWrangler editor from BareBones Software. Here are my initial observations, and an explanation of why I tried it in the first place. Continue reading
Upgraded my blog
I know I talk about this too much, but there it is. WordPress has made great strides forward since I began using it. And now I’m at a host that gives me ssh access, so I can use rsync, which makes it a piece of cake, compared to using ftp.
But still, it’s too much work. I hate doing this. (I know, I’m an ingrate. I appreciate all the lunatics who work on WordPress only to give it away to whiners like me. But still. It’s too much work.)