Myspace… it’s back!
The MySpace generation comes back home.
It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users
Myspace… it’s back!
The MySpace generation comes back home.
Mr Karp, are you willing to answer a few things? 1) what do you think of SOPA and other related attempts to censor? 2) what do you think of Google’s new policy to censor their blogger accounts? 3) will Tumblr ever be censored? and 4) do bloggers own their own content on Tumblr?
Something I asked David Karp tonight on Tumblr. Hoping for a response…..
*As long as there is no censorship, I could care less about downtime…………
The struggle inside the Holy See may even have a longer-term effect, on the choice of the man to succeed Benedict when he dies…
And if it’s Peter the Roman, I’ll conclude that the Prophecy of the Popes is right and the world is quickly coming to an end……….. really.
…and then I discovered just how many meanings there were. I learned something myself..
Roman gods of fertility..
Ancient Pagan Festival of Lupercus..
…saints…
….little lovely signs of love..
Lots.
And then I realized why it was so easy for corporations, Hallmark, and chocolate companies to take over the holiday and do what they do best: Profit off of it.
I used to work in the restaurant industry (and still miss it.) Therefore I can only predict diners and dives across America are filled tonight.. bad chicken and tough steak … being served as we speak. Lovers out to eat.. balloons.. kisses.. and sour stomachs to follow.
Yes, indeed. Tonight is the night of love.
As for my wife and I? We took a more simple approach.. I gave Tara a balloon, a card, and a cheese steak. She gave me Cadbury Mini Eggs and David’s Jumbo Sunflower Seeds. And Ayden gave her an Elmo picture. A simple, kind, nice.. and meaningful Valentine’s Day 2012. Whatever Valentine’s Day means anyway..
An amazing story from France, where a court found Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning..
French farmer Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller..
The court agreed.. It’s a truly dramatic story, and this could lead to more lawsuits and victories by farmers against the GMO world of Monsanto..
And the story is so big, I have found almost NO STORIES IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA ABOUT THIS.
Maybe they are just letting it sink in before it gets reported… right?
Not predicted, not expected, but occurring: Rick Santorum is bursting into the lead in many places and surging ahead of Romney in polls. A shocker.. ? They will know he is Christian by his love..
Good point .. A silent missile thrown back .. I agree
Hungry for GMO food? While you’re probably not but eat it unknowingly everyday anyway, consider this: Monsanto doesn’t allow genetically modified foods in its corporate cafeterias.. Greenpeace has the full exposé..
Monsanto believes in choice.. As long as the choice is fresh and GMO free. They clearly know that they are what they eat ..
Hooked up to an oxygen mask at the hospital, the man she would call dad cradled her in his arms for 45 minutes
And .. these are the articles and stories from this insane world that make my ears and eyes perk up .. think .. tear up.. and wonder why in the hell we are even here to endure this physical misery in the first place.. ? It’s an amazing story, and beautiful, too.. but by God life sometimes just seems unfair..
It’s hosted tonight by Ian Punnett, and it’s about something I never heard of before: The Smiley Face killers.. Sounds creepy..
CHAOS IN THE STREETS OF ATHENS, GREECE.. Lawmakers approved a new round of austerity cuts.. As they did, fires eupted and riots emerged again on the streets..
Cinemas, cafes, and banks were set ablaze.. Riot police out in full force. It’s hell on earth, Greek style..
MORE..
Government denounces the disorder..
Fury and fire..
Watching the stocks on Monday..
Rioting quickly spreads across the nation..
Who says old wounds get healed by death? A fight broke out along grieving attendees at a funeral in Phoenix when the unidentified friend recognized the other man and punched him “in honor of the fallen.”.. Up to 30 were involved..
Philadelphia is a violent city.. It is one of the most violent in the United States.. Now residents demand answers on street corners soaked in the blood of violence..
We know already astronauts age differently when they are in space but a little known effect also happens to eyesight—NASA’s new priority is how to protect astronauts from going blind on the years-long trip to get wherever they are going
The loaded gun! A sunspot, AR1416, has tripled in size.. and is not pointed directly at earth.. And solar flares that brew, cook, and zoom out from the sun will head directly at the planet.. Fingers crossed .. Mclass if it blows.. Xclass would be tense..
More on the big sunspot:
Solar storm could fly at earth..
By Valentine’s Day?
The loaded gun from the sun..
Your cat, with parasites, may be making you crazy .. expect to hear more about the non-feline friendly reports of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite found in cat feces ..
And could we finally have a an explanation for that strange cat lady on Any Street USA? The parasites did it..
Farmers found to ‘be in violation’ of Monstano rules.. According to the company there was a threefold increase last year in U.S. farmers caught violating requirements for planting genetically modified corn…
While these farmers had the nerve to violate the rules of the GMO game other farmers are tired of the corporate giant.. Farmers filed a a class-action suit against the multinational seed and chemical corporation Monsanto, stating they are no longer able to keep transgenic contamination out of their fields...
Watching both stories closely.. And CLOSELY watching what I eat…
The New York TIMES reporting what so many already know: The cleanup effort at Fukushima is not going well.. It is confused .. The effort appears sloppy. One worker quoted in the times story says no one knows how even to clean up radiation.. Long term disaster in the making…a generation scarred with radiation for the ages..
A shock to see the headlines tonight.. I actually heard her on the radio today and I noticed it … Just strange indeed
An odd day of rumors and intrigue.. in the Catholic Church
Philadelphia cardinal’s death investigated…
This week, we produced an issue special to our readers in the Middle East and Northern Africa featuring the striking images of photographer Alessio Romenzi, who is even now hunkered down in the city of Homs. See the rest of his portfolio on TIME.com: http://ti.me/ygGskp
Interesting choice for a cover.. good impact on readers. And if you’re in the United States, I suppose your cover will impact you just the same? … or probably not.
Wasting away? Forgive me for being gossipy.. but new images of Macaulay Culkin show him looking desperate..
I’m not mocking him.. instead hoping his genetics simply made him thin.. and not something else..
News from the world. A Thursday wrap
Links from the world.. the scary world.. the newsworthy world.. .
Toxic smoke is blanketing the capital city tonight.. Officials are warning residents to stay indoors..A fire from a trash dump is spreading smoke …
The horrid news coming from Homs is only intensifying.. Human rights groups are decrying the crackdown on civilians in the city in Syria.. and now,opposition forces claim that Assad’s government is considering the use of chemical weapons in Homs, where already the death toll officially “exceeds”400—most likely by more than hundreds..
Wednesday night zone out. Don’t think about all the things you fear.. just be glad to be here.
Are you a European farmer breaking rules or claiming subsidies that you should not get? Goodbye to all that as drones are now set to spy on your farm and keep order..
Tranquil walks are watched.. Cucumbers growing under the eye of a camera..
And if farm cams get your knickers in a knit realize this: It has only just begun..
A Missouri teenager described the murder of a 9-year-old as amazing and exciting... Disturbing words written by Alyssa Bustamante were read aloud in court:
'I just f***ing killed someone. I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they're dead. I don't know how to feel atm [at the moment]. It was ahmazing. As soon as you get over the “ohmygawd I can't do this” feeling, it's pretty enjoyable. I'm kinda nervous and shaky though right now. Kay, I gotta go to church now…lol.'
The mother of the victim—the 9-year-old innocent child—testified that the alleged murderer was ‘not human’.. The judge cut off testimony quickly as the road of evil was taken..
Defense team lawyers are working to describe Bustamante as someone who deserves leniency due to a troubled childhood..
But troubled or not, I am hard pressed to ponder how actions as occurred can be described as anything but evil and less than human? Murdering for pure fun…
Another chilling crime that makes me think we are heading down the road to a terrible conclusion for Humanity itself..
Ayden decided he won’t sleep anymore. He changed his mind about 7 am in a stunning reversal.
It was a a three-state sweep, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum will win the Colorado GOP caucuses, Colorado GOP chair says. Santorum is also projected to win the Minnesota GOP caucuses and the Missouri primary..
The Christians fight back. But extremely low voter turnout was the real story.. Could it be that Republicans are tired of all this already?
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time
While assuring Americans publicly that there was no danger, the NRC did not disclose one worst-case scenario, which did not rule out the possibility of radiation exceeding safe levels for thyroid doses in Alaska, the e-mails show. “Because things were uncertain, we considered it but the data that was available . . . did not support that very pessimistic scenario so no, it was not discussed publicly at that point,” NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said. In the end, Alaska was not affected.
Hello neighbor.
And while other news is occurring and the world is burning, most of our tuned in for the Superbowl rematch. Which is fine. A brief reprieve from the heartache caused by the heartburn of the 24 hour news cycle.
But if I do say so myself, this year seems to be featuring the most deplorable and least funny commercials ever to air during a Superbowl? I am sure some of you will detract from my pronouncement of horrid advertising but I am standing by it..
Welcome to America, ‘12: San Fran makes $3 mil off of ONE RED LIGHT cam!
Obama .. wanting to be ‘cool again’ ?
…we took out Gaddaffi for… this? Lybian militia accused of torturing to death ambassador to France..
Cold wave Europe: Death toll 300..
Floodwaters rise in Australia.. thousands forced out..
Rare snow: North Africa..
Snow in ROME for the first time in a quarter of a century..
The planet revolves. And evolves. But it stays scary.
Iran launches new military exercises..
Anger at Russia and China after they veto UN Syria plan..
200 fall ill on cruise ship..
New report says United States science standards are ‘mediocre to awful’..
Mars is ‘too dry’ for life..
The 600 million year drought on the red planet!
Russian scientists work to drill into Antarctic lake..
Lake Vostok: Land of the frozen lost?
14-million-year-old Antarctic lake finally explored..
Cops use stun gun on woman for blocking a McDonalds drive though..
First Pat Sajak said he drank in the early days of THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE, and now this: Daniel Radcliffe says he was drunk during some HARRY POTTER scenes as well.. No word on his nude appearance with a horse on stage, maybe others had to be drunk to watch that..
Demi Moore checks into rehab..
11 injured in massive crowd for the band LMFAO..
Newt Gingrich employs bizarre new Texas campaign strategy..
Mitt Romney takes Nevada.. Ron Paul loses to Gingrich to come in third..Santorum distant..
Weather forecasters embroiled in a boiling storm over climate change..
New USDA plant map released..
The planet zones for changing..
For all the Coast to Coast enthusiasts.. Art Bell is now posting on CoastGab.
And he’s talkin’..
As for Coast, the show has changed which from my point of view is a shame but
it is the right of the Host doing the show to take it in the direction they see fit. I
have had many offers to join other Networks to compete if I wished BUT I have
decided that I do not wish to destroy what I built, or what is left of it.
I really am enjoying being Retired, I can be part of my Daughter’s life as she grows
and it is a blast. I do miss all of you though. I am not saying I will not pick up a mike
one day, just not this day. I learned long ago, never say never.
Fans miss him. And now maybe see why he chose to stop broadcasting on the show he created..
Welcome to 2012. Stupid, stupid people.
I am slightly outraged over this outrage.
…outrage at JC Penny for hiring Ellen DeGeneres..
…all because she’s gay? Something we new about since 1994 and something that lots of other people say they are too?
This is outrage worthy? …while parts of the world go hungry, Monsanto boils our food with chemicals that will do who knows what, cheap labor slaves over our iPhones in China, and water is becoming scarce along with the chances of a drought continuing in the bread bowl for the world. And we are mad that JC Penny hired Ellen DeGeneres. Priorities, anyone?
Things that matter, really?
.. this is one major reason why this election years scares the hell out of me..
…earth changes are a comin’…
18-mile-crack seen in Antarctic glacier! .. it is actually a crack more than 18 miles long, 800 feet across in places, and 180 feet deep.. and it’s growing..
This is so cool I almost paid a dollar to post it
New super earth with liquid water found orbiting near distant star!
Circling three suns!
Could it be the perfect spot for life!? Amazing news, amazing discovery.. a universe filled with life, perhaps? …things have changed since the days of grade school when all teacher said was 9 planets exist.. life isn’t out there.. and we are all alone.
..Tumblr just made $30 in the last 7 minutes. Quite possible that these pay-per-posts will simply be ignored because of how frequent they will be..
Which is interesting and perhaps good marketing.. though I am not sure how many teenage girls will want to promote their odd cat animated gifs. Nonetheless.. Tumblr is trying it out.
So while Google and Twitter plan to censor posts, I have only to wonder if David Karp will eventually travel down the same 21st century path of censorship too.. and if he does will he allow the pay-per-posts to remain unscathed? And……… if I pay for a post I expect it to be found in a workable search and… more importantly, I don’t expect Tumblr to crash.
Are we paying to own the post? …or is it owned by Tumblr and we just pay them to not give it back?
Inquiring and somewhat broke minds want to know.
Last night, for the first time, it happened. Ayden had a very adult session of regurgitation. That is blunt, isn’t it? Blunt indeed.
I knew the day would come.. he either overate or had some strange stomach issue that lasted for a few hours. No fever. Just … that.
But it tested dad more than mom. She stayed calm. I freaked.
I am a vomit-a-phobe. I am frightened by the idea of vomit, whether it be me or someone else. Something in me has caused this sometimes irrational fear since I was young and dumb. And now as an adult and still dumb, my fear isn’t gone.
I was there for Ayden, held my nose, and did laundry immediately using ‘hot’ water.. I didn’t even care if the cotton shrunk…
It’s a Friday sick day. Ayden is feeling better. But dad is paranoid that he will be in the same predicament next.
While trying to figure out more about the radioactive leak at thr California Nuclear Power Plant, I came across another story that sadly goes under reported (and hardly reported in America at all): There is another radioactive leak at Fukushima.. Officials say not to worry…so I am worrying big time. It’s getting deep here on the planet earth..
But ignorance surely is bliss. Keep the fructose high and don’t let mice near your aspartame … Tax the sugar but push the chemicals…?
Who needs SOPA when you have international censorship agreements anyway!
I’m not. At all.. But I’m encouraged by the little rodent predicting ‘more’ winter.. Though how does a nation get more winter when there has been none to begin with? I don’t know..
So to those who like seeing leaves and cherry blossoms bloom in winter, hopefully you also enjoy the hungry bears and the ticks coming with it..
Welcome to February. Doctor My Eyes indeed…
Time keeps flowing… going.. drowning us all.
Do all that you can to see the evil and the good. Don’t hide…
Doctor your eyes………
30 years on air for David Letterman. He is an institution of comedy..
I’d be remiss if I didn’t say how important he has been in my life. I remember vaguely watching him as a kid (age 3 and 4 and maybe 5) .. I remember vividly watching him as a grade school kid and high schooler.. I repeated his jokes the next day because I knew no other kids stayed up that late …
I don’t watch much now, though. Can’t say the show is nearly as imaginative as it once was.. or cutting edge. Or new and fresh. But 30 years on air in some capacity is meaningful and amazing. He is a legend of our time just as Carson was for the previous…
But I leave you tonight with this question.. did David Letterman perfect late night sarcasm or, by being so good at it, destroy the ability for anyone else to be sarcastic?
Mitt Romney doesn’t care about poor people. I don’t know what else he said.. but after he said he didn’t care about poor people, that made the headlines. And the Republicans are going to nominate him still? … As I predicted: Obama 45 states.
Radiation leak closes San Onofre nuclear plant in California..
Facebook goes public.. and talk that it will create 1000 millionaires in an instant..
Facebook will go public and raise… $5 billion..
McDonalds says it not longer uses ‘pink slime’ in its burgers.. .. Pink slime is non other than ammonium hydroxide.. And now Mickey Ds is free of the common household cleaner. Dollar menu deal lookin’ better already..
Researcher says sugar should be regulated as ‘toxin’..
Raid gone wrong: FBI cuts down the WRONG DOOR with a chainsaw!
Don Cornelius, the man who created Soul Train, was reportedly found dead Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home. Police sources tell TMZ.com that Cornelius appears to have taken his own life; sources say he died from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound…
Glimpse of the dark side of the moon..
Alaska volcano could become a threat to air traffic..
70 dead after Egypt soccer riot..
New JFK tapes revealed: The aftermath of the assassination in November 1963 on audio..
McDonalds says it not longer uses ‘pink slime’ in its burgers.. .. Pink slime is non other than ammonium hydroxide.. And now Mickey Ds is free of the common household cleaner. Dollar menu deal lookin’ better already..
The Gateway to Hell? Swedish explorers found something at the bottom on the Baltic Sea.. No one quite sure what exactly it is.. But lots of people say it looks like the ship from STAR TREK.. Others ponder of potential it’s an entrance to hell. And the rest of us just want to know what it is.. Always fascinating..
And not the Miss Cleo brand.. This time it would be for real. Although I always wished Miss Cleo was real..
…they are hiring, right?
I mean.. he says they are.. So an engineer shouldn’t have trouble landing the next gig, right?
Every parent may say this but my son is amazing.. Ayden knows where we keep a photo of my wife’s mom who passed away in November.. Ayden recently began occasionally picking it up and giving grandma a kiss. Not sure if he knows how much it means to my wife for her to see it but it sure does .. Good show Ayden Morris..
Oh.. just for the hell of it..?
Cops brought out the taser gun on a man as they arrested Occupy protesters in D.C. ..
And if you’re cheering on the show of force, consider this: The man tased had a seizure and was refused medical treatment..
Earlier I posted a little story about a monkey boiled alive. Are people worthless too?
Ok I get it. Christians don’t think animals have souls and few people think that we are an interconnected species of life. While I disagree with the assertions just stated, I also say this: Regardless of whether an animal’s life is precious to you or not, is it not reprehensible to allow any life form to be boiled alive? That is a little more than acceptable, don’t you say?
Not sure if there is any importance to this.. but something made my eyes and ears perk up when I saw the alert..
I gave him a box of my OLDDDDD He-Man action figures. He is amazed with Teala. He ignored Skeletor. …
He-Man. Back when toys were not made in China, but instead Taiwan.
Seriously, he’s been fixated on the TV for about 5 minutes—a record attention span for him.. Not sure what the deal is. I hope they are not planting messages in his brain to destroy something. It is scaring me..