Danny Gregory creates a gallery of portraits based on headshots of death row inmates. The Morning News hosts. Writes Gregory: I was surprised by what I discovered in their stories. Instead of evil genius, I found stupidity, dreadful planning, and a childishness surrender to id and immediate gratification. While some of the condemned are brooding […]
Who’s on your dollar bill?
Apologies for this poorly cobbled-together graph, but what it shows is interesting (even if it’s not immediately obvious). Allow me to deobfuscate: What you’re seeing is based on exit polls. It shows the correlation between income and vote choice. Bush and Kerry, in this case. (Who, bowing to recent “tradition,” are red and blue, respectively.) […]
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-last-one-i-promise/
James Howard Kunstler Speaks
James Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere (previously quoted elsewhere on this blog) has a blog of sorts. “Of sorts,” because it has none of the easy navigation or granularity typically associated with blogs (much less the links, blogroll, etc.); if you want to adhere to the author’s intent, it’s probably best to do […]
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/james-howard-kunstler-speaks/
It’s a draw
Imagination3 is neat. Also not particularly useful. It’s a place to do collaborative drawing online (though if you’re anti-social, you can do it yourself). Which, I dunno—it might someday evolve into something truly useful. For the moment all it has going for it is novelty. Take it or leave it. (via Everyday Matters)
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/its-a-draw/
Oh, the Tragedy
More lit on The Commons* than you could ever conceivably want to read. Ever. (The Digital Library of the Commons) Note: * same Commons as in, e.g., the near-infamous Tragedy of the Commons.
Posted by Ben on November 8, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/oh-the-tragedy/
Downtown
Pete Hamill’s Downtown is billed as something of a historical and personal portrait of New York City, though that’s almost unfair. The book is historical—rooted in history—but it’s much more than that. Hamill boils it down in his first sentence: “This is a book about my home city.”* Which, it is and it isn’t. Downtown […]
Posted by Ben on November 6, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/downtown/
On snakes
An article about a snake popping up at a movie theater during a showing of (what else?) “Anacondas” has at least three juicy tidbits that lend themselves rather well to snarky commentary, what commentary you’re unfortunately going to have to supply yourself. The three bits are as follows: the snake people believe it could be […]
Posted by Ben on November 6, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/on-snakes/
e-Sick
While the internet may help some people with various chronic conditions, a new study seems to indicate that “cyber-medicine” may actually leave others worse off than if they’d simply listened to their doctors. (EurekAlert/University College London: “Knowledge may be hazardous to web consumers’ health” [October 17, 2004])
Posted by Ben on November 6, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/e-sick/
Point / Counterpoint
Momus aka Nick Currie writes: For those of you thinking of leaving America today — and there are many, I’m sure — I’d say just do it. Walk away. … So just leave. America doesn’t deserve you. Walk away. America doesn’t need your talent, your creativity and your intelligence. Or rather, it needs them desperately, […]
Posted by Ben on November 4, 2004
https://www.swordbilled.com/point-counterpoint/