Not to eventful did all the usual wrote 2 stories for web and made graphics.
So sometimes I get a little obsessed. With a certain song, movie, web site, food. You name. Ask my old roommate- September was the month of Oreo Pop Tarts- three boxes a week didn't seem overboard at the time. The past two months have been Perezhilton insanity (Lara can tell you all about that). And the last week I forced my best friend to listen to the new Taylor Swift song on repeat- for three hours straight, needless to say I am currently best friend-less. Ok or not.
But that leads me to wonder about society's obsessions. Take a look at the news stands. Every other story covers Angelina and Brad's every last move. Look at Sarah Palin- election is over, yet the media is still following her every last word. Sure sites like my TMZ and my always favorite Perez make this easier. So are people who are consuming this information just contributing to the never ending cycle?
Its not healthy, we know its not healthy yet we continue regardless. Why? Perhaps the more we know the more we want to know. Is our 24-7 news consumption culture leading us down a path of accepting the most mindless information as 'late breaking' and critical?
Some like associated content's columnist Teri Taylor have a strong opinion one way "come on, America, it's time to grow up and get real lives - lives of purpose, meaning, integrity and character - instead of living vicariously through empty-headed celebrities who don't know or care that you even exist. Pay heed to the words of poet and painter Washington Allston: "Make no man your idol; for the best man must have faults, and his faults will usually become yours in addition to your own."
And others feel completely different."Human nature may share some of the blame," says columnist Helena LaFarve, explaining that people have been tempted by what is tabooed for hundreds of years.
So be it Pop Tarts or celebs maybe we should just follow what a bumper sticker on the car driving in front of me today said "take life in small doses, no need to swallow in one big gulp."
But that leads me to wonder about society's obsessions. Take a look at the news stands. Every other story covers Angelina and Brad's every last move. Look at Sarah Palin- election is over, yet the media is still following her every last word. Sure sites like my TMZ and my always favorite Perez make this easier. So are people who are consuming this information just contributing to the never ending cycle?
Its not healthy, we know its not healthy yet we continue regardless. Why? Perhaps the more we know the more we want to know. Is our 24-7 news consumption culture leading us down a path of accepting the most mindless information as 'late breaking' and critical?
Some like associated content's columnist Teri Taylor have a strong opinion one way "come on, America, it's time to grow up and get real lives - lives of purpose, meaning, integrity and character - instead of living vicariously through empty-headed celebrities who don't know or care that you even exist. Pay heed to the words of poet and painter Washington Allston: "Make no man your idol; for the best man must have faults, and his faults will usually become yours in addition to your own."
And others feel completely different."Human nature may share some of the blame," says columnist Helena LaFarve, explaining that people have been tempted by what is tabooed for hundreds of years.
So be it Pop Tarts or celebs maybe we should just follow what a bumper sticker on the car driving in front of me today said "take life in small doses, no need to swallow in one big gulp."
Reading a friend's Facebook status
this morning informed me about this story that happened shortly after
the election. I quickly did a Google search and found out that "a UT
football player is kicked off the team because of a racial comment he
wrote on Facebook, a social networking site" (CBS News Texas).
The comment you wonder that could have caused him to be removed from the team? "All the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the Whitehouse" (queetry.com).
Wow. I am offended. No Obama was not my choice for president, and for that fact neither was McCain. But a comment like that should have gone noticed by both his school and coaches. Sure networking sites like Facebook allow you to express your thoughts and opinions but where do you draw the line?
I read Facebook comments like "I'm so wasted" and " wow I just broke up with the biggest loser." Other comments ranging from "I hate K State" to "prochoice is the only way." So yes, those are all opinions and yes they may be offensive to some. But when do you cross the line in just offending someone and a comment like the football player made?
Perhaps it is as subjective as the comment itself. Or perhaps since you are willing to put your photos, thoughts and opinions out there you should be ready to back them up.
College Recruiter posted an article recently discussing the legal ramifications of employers using Facebook for background checks. But I take it from the employer's standpoint. If I am looking to hire a trustworthy, reliable worker to head up my new department, I doubt my first choice would be someone doing a keg stand.
The comment you wonder that could have caused him to be removed from the team? "All the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the Whitehouse" (queetry.com).
Wow. I am offended. No Obama was not my choice for president, and for that fact neither was McCain. But a comment like that should have gone noticed by both his school and coaches. Sure networking sites like Facebook allow you to express your thoughts and opinions but where do you draw the line?
I read Facebook comments like "I'm so wasted" and " wow I just broke up with the biggest loser." Other comments ranging from "I hate K State" to "prochoice is the only way." So yes, those are all opinions and yes they may be offensive to some. But when do you cross the line in just offending someone and a comment like the football player made?
Perhaps it is as subjective as the comment itself. Or perhaps since you are willing to put your photos, thoughts and opinions out there you should be ready to back them up.
College Recruiter posted an article recently discussing the legal ramifications of employers using Facebook for background checks. But I take it from the employer's standpoint. If I am looking to hire a trustworthy, reliable worker to head up my new department, I doubt my first choice would be someone doing a keg stand.
i did hawkwalk and rewrote the main package of the day and made a graphic for it. the web site didnt work so i couldnt tell if what i was working. brian wasnt here so i dont know if i was doing it correctly.
Web shift was really fun I made a slideshow- my first ever of the homecoming week. I didn't have time to post stories but i did do hawk walk.
It is on every web site, TV ad and front page. The economy. Or more like its decline. The front page of MSNBC today had an article about people preparing for the next great depression stalking up on 'beans, bullets and band-aids.' I never thought that my generation, the one of Starbucks, I-pods and camera phones would ever think about going through anything like the great depression.
Sure the bail-out and foreclosures are on the mind of the nation as a whole but the problems in the economy are affecting me too. I used to spend $35 a week on gas. No joke when I first got my car. But now it's more like $65. $65! Sure the prices may have fluctuated some-what to the lower end now, because of the election, but I know all too well that that will change again as soon as the next president is in office.
But gas is not the only commodity food prices have increased as well. McDonald's Dollar Menu has gone from a dollar to $1. 05 and is now "considering making some changes to its popular dollar menu -- either by changing the items on the menu or bumping up prices -- saying the cost of selling meat at such low prices might be too high," according to the Boston Herald.
We ran a story on KUJH today about how the economy is not only affecting people but animals too. Now in Lawrence there has been a "15 percent increase in the number of pets turned in" to the humane society because people cannot care for them.
not too hard- did everything before 2pm and tried to find out more about the project we are helping the 692 shift but didnt know what to do with it.
I have been a vegetarian for 3 years now. I never really liked meat or fish because I felt guilty eating it. I finally decided to become a vegetarian when at a restaurant the guy next to me cut into a steak and blood filled his plate. He put the fork of bloodied meat into his mouth and I never touched meat again.
My friends asked how would I eat out, my mother asked how I would get my protein and my littler sister wanted to know if I would be eating tofurkey for thanksgiving.
I did research and found some astounding facts that confirmed my decision. Like the fact that 7 billion animals die every year because of human consumption.
Why eat animals when there are so many other options available to me that are still nutritious and taste good?
I was sold. I then began the second part of my journey, finding ways accommodate my new lifestyle to my life. It was much easier then I thought. I found that I could get protein from nuts, beans, boca burgers and tofu.
I found that any place I went to eat always had one vegetarian option. I also found that I found I prefer boca cheeseburgers to real ones.
After 3 weeks I didn't even give being a vegetarian a thought. I was proud of my decision.
My friends asked how would I eat out, my mother asked how I would get my protein and my littler sister wanted to know if I would be eating tofurkey for thanksgiving.
I did research and found some astounding facts that confirmed my decision. Like the fact that 7 billion animals die every year because of human consumption.
Why eat animals when there are so many other options available to me that are still nutritious and taste good?
I was sold. I then began the second part of my journey, finding ways accommodate my new lifestyle to my life. It was much easier then I thought. I found that I could get protein from nuts, beans, boca burgers and tofu.
I found that any place I went to eat always had one vegetarian option. I also found that I found I prefer boca cheeseburgers to real ones.
After 3 weeks I didn't even give being a vegetarian a thought. I was proud of my decision.
I posted hawk walk, you tube and beyond Lawrence all before 11am because I got here at 9:45. I did some homework. And just posted both stories for today.
Today is Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish new year. Going to private Jewish school the first six years of my life I can tell you the meaning of each and every Jewish holiday, why we matzo on passover and read and write in Hebrew.
The older I got the less religious I became, and more interested in being educated about religions world wide. I can tell you who Jesus's apostles were, what the Vedas and Upanishads are and even explain what the Law of Threefold Return is. I know that many people may not be able to answer all of those, but what happened to me at work the other day completely astounded me. I had no answer for it.
My manager at Sonic, hit his elbow on the side of the desk and said "that is so Jewish." The cook came out of the kitchen and said, "man I cut myself with a knife earlier that so freakin Jewish."
I literally felt my jaw drop. I asked both of them what was wrong with being Jewish and for what reason they were using the word in a derogatory manner.
The manager went on to explain that "its just another word that is fun to say. Like those people speak Jewish and pray Jewish and all that."
I should have been offended but I was more shocked at their level of ignorance.
I told them to please be respectful around me of other people and their religious choices.
Yes I was offended. Not as a Jew but as a person. I calmly explained that Jew is not a derogatory term and that "Jewish" is not a language.
They said nothing and went on about their business not saying anything else on the topic. But I could tell my comment did not matter to them.
I felt sad for them, for their ignorance and lack of wanting to learn different.
The older I got the less religious I became, and more interested in being educated about religions world wide. I can tell you who Jesus's apostles were, what the Vedas and Upanishads are and even explain what the Law of Threefold Return is. I know that many people may not be able to answer all of those, but what happened to me at work the other day completely astounded me. I had no answer for it.
My manager at Sonic, hit his elbow on the side of the desk and said "that is so Jewish." The cook came out of the kitchen and said, "man I cut myself with a knife earlier that so freakin Jewish."
I literally felt my jaw drop. I asked both of them what was wrong with being Jewish and for what reason they were using the word in a derogatory manner.
The manager went on to explain that "its just another word that is fun to say. Like those people speak Jewish and pray Jewish and all that."
I should have been offended but I was more shocked at their level of ignorance.
I told them to please be respectful around me of other people and their religious choices.
Yes I was offended. Not as a Jew but as a person. I calmly explained that Jew is not a derogatory term and that "Jewish" is not a language.
They said nothing and went on about their business not saying anything else on the topic. But I could tell my comment did not matter to them.
I felt sad for them, for their ignorance and lack of wanting to learn different.
