Archive for October, 2010

Check out a friend’s blog

Posted in Journalism with tags on October 25, 2010 by macmystery

A photo from New York's Central Park taken in the summer of 2010 on my baseball trip with CJ and Richard.

A friend of mine and a fellow journalist … we’ll call him CJ … has started a blog to share his concerns and ideas about the future of journalism and his place in it.

In case any of the three to four dozen insane people who visit this blog each day are interested in checking it out, it’s called JournalismNext: The future of journalism is within our grasp. You can click on that link or find the link listed in the journalism section of my links at the right of the main page any time.

List of the week: Fiction and nonfiction

Posted in Books, History, Journalism with tags , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2010 by macmystery

How would Papa feel about Glenn Beck being on this list?

Only eight authors have reached No. 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List for both fiction and nonfiction. Those authors include:

  1. Ernest Hemingway
  2. John Steinbeck
  3. William Styron
  4. Irving Wallace
  5. Dr. Seuss
  6. Mitch Albom
  7. Glenn Beck
  8. Jimmy Buffett

Bigfoot lives on in our hearts and minds

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2010 by macmystery

Bigfoot ... real, or very real?

As an avid believer of Bigfoot, (this is where my wife chuckles … but then again, she claims she can smell ants being smashed), I am always enthused to read new reports of Bigfoot sightings, theories, hoaxes, etc.

There are two recent stories I thought I would bring to light  for those who may not have the time to track down all the Bigfoot happenings and goings on.

First, some real news. According to Fox News, a Chinese team is in the process of raising funds for an expedition to find eveidence of the Chinese version of Bigfoot, the Yeren, or as he’s commonly referred to, the “Wild Man.”

Here’s the story: China to search for elusive “Bigfoot”

Meanwhile, back in the states, the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers and the Bigfoot Discovery Project presented the annual Bigfoot Discovery Day on Saturday, staged at the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton, Calif. The exhibit/discussion centered specifically on sightings in Santa Cruz County, Calif.

Read the San Jose Mercury-News account right here.

Sarah Palin endorses right(-wing) guy in wrong state

Posted in Humor, Politics with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2010 by macmystery

Sarah Palin, the former Queen of Alaska ... uh, no.

While she still has millions of supporters and there’s a lot of misguided (that’s me being polite) people who believe she would/should/could be president, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin proves again she’s clueless.

Apparently, Palin endorsed, via Twitter, John Raese for the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. We have a problem, Allentown. Raese is running for the U.S. Senate in WEST VIRGINIA. 

But he can see Pennsylvania from his house … right?

I know, it could have been an honest mistake … a slip of the tongue … but it’s all part of a pattern, so that defense doesn’t work any more.

What makes the story even better? It’s possible Raese doesn’t even actually live in W.Va. He owns a business there, but his wife and kids live in Florida. Hmm.

Here’s the story.

UPDATE/ADDENDUM: Piling on Palin

I didn’t want to make a whole seperate post for fear of drawing accusations that I might be unfairly piling on Palin, but I found this story soon after the post about her erroneous endorsement.

Apparently, the Tea Party darling desecrated an American flag during a rally in one of my favorite cities, Reno, Nev. If you watch the video, I actually think she does it twice … once between the 1:30 and 1:41 mark, and then again at the very end of the video.

I don’t know how big a deal this really is. This falls under the same sort of category as flag burning. But I’d be willing to bet that Tea Party supporters are the type of people who think flag burners should be prosecuted. So logically, they should be just as upset by this. But I have a feeling they aren’t.

Here’s a link to the story. And here’s just the video from The Guardian, if you’d like to avoid the commentary of the first website.