Monthly Archives: April 2006

Top Ten Best Remarks by Golf Caddies…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 27, 2006

My dad forwards me a lot of those funny emails. Some of these are chuckle-worthy: #10 Golfer: “I Think I’m going to drown myself in the lake.” Caddy: “Think you can keep your head down that long?” #9 Golfer: “I’d move heaven and earth to break 100 on this course.” Caddy: “Try heaven, you’ve already [...]

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Happy Birthday Mark Woods!

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 27, 2006

Mark Woods curiously apostrophe-less blog, wood s lot is the blog I’d most like to have with me on a desert island (coming through port eighty into my magically wireless connected browser, I suppose). Last night I was talking with another bloggist, a woman who is no slouch when it comes to write-aciousness and brains, [...]

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Network Neutrality

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 27, 2006

What are we for? What are we against? After I spammed a bunch of my friends with an urgent call to activism in support of network neutrality principles, one wrote back as follows: I don’t see here what bill exactly, we are objecting to. Is it a house bill? a senate bill? what’s the number? [...]

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Seven Hundred Words

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 26, 2006

Our daily fishwrap limits guest op-ed pieces to seven hundred words. A writer should be able to pump out seven hundred words about anything. If he’s a good writer, his seven hundred words might even make sense. An eloquent writer will just be getting cranked up by the time he hits the limit. I’ve noticed [...]

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Sports Racer versus la Boom Boom – vlogging from A to ze.

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 26, 2006

Sure, they both look good in a pink sweater, but what else do ze Frank (the show) and Amanda Congdon (Rocketboom) have in common? My assignment was to compare and contrast two of the current crop of America’s favorite vLoggers. Okay… I picked a poor day to compare and contrast. Amanda’s hair was great. ze [...]

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Combatting the new McCarthyism…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 25, 2006

From a letter we received last month: We know that in the past you have used the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) [United Way] to channel your gift to the American Friends Service Committee.  Since 2004 the CFC required AFSC and other non-profit organizations who receive funding …to sign off on a “Counterterrorism Compliance” form which [...]

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First I was grossed out…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 25, 2006

This started as a post expressing my disappointment that David Weinberger is doing a turn on stage at the Milken Institute. Michael Milken has served some time, not nearly as much time as he was sentenced, and far less time than the judge recommended, but he has served his time for some of his felonies. [...]

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Russell Beattie takes a breather…

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 25, 2006

I learned this morning from Shelley that Russell Beattie is closing up shop. Shelley observes that we all change over time and that a fresh start for personal blogs is often called for, if only to tidy up the code and clear cobwebs from our thinking. Russell Beattie has been a fixture, one of those [...]

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