Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
I was listening to the radio on the drive in to work and they saw fit to play a clip back from…pfshaw, suddenly I forgot. I’m thinking “Survivor” but maybe it was “American Idol.” One of those brain-dead reality shows.
And on the spot, I thought of a fortieth thing I’d like to do if/when the day comes I’m going to start personally running this whole place. And that fortieth thing is to make a rule:
Television shows can use one of three songs for background music: The theme to “Leave It To Beaver“; “March of the Cue Balls” by Henry Mancini; and “Popcorn.” Just to see what happens. Because I can’t help but notice, ever since reality shows have gotten popular, easily half the shows on that idiot box are saturated with irritating woodwind background music, droning away behind highly implausible dialog. And people in general have become breathtakingly stupid. I see a connection. Let’s see if some actual musical notes start smartening people up again.
It’s been widely speculated-upon for a long time now that exposing babes in the womb to Mozart will make them smarter — ironically, by the very same people who are getting stupid on these shows with the breathy woodwind background music. If we are to presume such a cause-and-effect relationship between music and resulting intelligence levels in unborn children, I see absolutely no reason whatsoever to cast a jaundiced eye toward the same theory where it concerns adults.
History will show this was the decade of reality television shows with windy “ooooooh aaaaaaaah” background music. It will also show this was the decade that began with a devastating lethal attack on our citizens on home soil, and shortly afterward we became obsessed with…raising taxes on ourselves to that the planet wouldn’t die off, based on the readings of a few poorly-located temperature reading stations.
Go on. Wait twenty years, and then just try to convince your grandchildren we had it together. Tell them how we were confronted with a threat from Islamic terrorism…and resolved to bravely confront the problem…through universal healthcare.
The dumbth has reached crisis levels. Something must be done.
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