Blog RPS

A great excuse to head to the beach for a few days… Old friends coming for dinner at the campground!

Links for Wednesday, Feb. 16th:

The Stanford Experiment:

Stanford Experiment, Part 2:

Stanley Milgram’s Experiment, Yale, 1962:

Milgram’s Obedience to Authority (Orig Film):

World of Warcraft?

WoW follow up:

News Report:

Texting / Driving Vid: (Graphic)

11 months ago, I linked the following video here. I repost it to share why I think MSNBC made a HUGE blunder if indeed they were the driving force in taking Keith Obermann’s “Countdown” show off the air last week. I don’t much care if you like his politics or not, the man knows… 1.) How to write; and 2.) How to communicate that writing.

It’s also a reminder to some of our “colleagues” on the GOP side of the aisle in our House of Representatives: What the Hell were you thinking last week? Pay attention people. Your “decisions” on our behalf?  We don’t buy your lines anymore.

One of the all time greatest drummers, for a bit of listening magic…

Maybe one of James Taylor’s best?  Maybe.

New Hymn

Source of all we hope or dread
Sheepdog, jackal, rattler, swan
We hunt your face and long to trust
That your hid mouth will say again
Let there be light
A clear new day

But when we thirst in this dry night
We drink from hot wells poisoned with the blood of children
And when we strain to hear a steady homing beam
Our ears are balked by stifled moans
And howls of desolation from the throats of sisters, brothers, wild men
Clawing at the gates for bread

Even our own feeble hands
Ache to seize the crown you wear
And work our private havoc through
The known and unknown lands of space

Absolute in flame beyond us
Seed and source of Dark and Day
Maker whom we beg to be
Our mother father comrade mate

‘Til our few atoms blow to dust
Or form again in wiser lives
Or find your face and hear our name
In your calm voice the end of night
If dark may end
Wellspring goal of Dark and Day

Be here
Be now

This pretty much sums up my thoughts on what our remembrance of September 11, 2001 should make us think about.

It’s summertime.  That means it’s hot, humid, I’m spending my days getting filthy dirty, and trying to figure out how to fix things like these.  No time for profundity – too much rotten wood to be dealt with!

Currently I have several of THESE in the works.  Couple that with the dog days that are coming and I won’t be very prolific here for a while!

Update: News HERE seems to be all positive about “effectively ending the gusher.”  So why did this take so long?