Musing with Memes

There are days when I want to bury myself in escapist television and watch adventure movies or cops and robbers. This Sunday past would have been such a day except I looked at what my husband was watching. He, geek that he is (I am a nerd, and proud of it) watches Book TV C-SPAN each weekend. Now I have to add the book The Conservative Soul by Andrew Sullivan to my Read This Now list. On this day I found myself listening to the words of Andrew Sullivan as he spoke about the need for doubt in religion and in government. What I ... Read Full Story

I woke up early this morning and switched on the TV. Being so early, my choices of what to watch were limited to a few movies, documentaries, news and paid programming. So I stumbled onto the show World Music on LinkTV . Wow! At 6:00 CST I found myself listening to the most beautiful African and Haitian music with expressive music videos as accompaniment. This particular program offered a set of political songs in the vein of U2. The music was as richly textured and melodious as anything by Enya. The videos with the love songs were sensuous without being embarrassing. Beautiful music, provocative ... Read Full Story

The following is my response to a few comments that seem to be suggesting gifts or advertising time for their own products. A few of the comments have simply been denied posting. Some are not necessarily spam, but a real desire to communicate in a dialog. In the spirit of dialog, I posted this comment response. Then I thought I would share it with all Soapbox readers. Comment Post Commerce on a political opinion blog post? As moderator, I delete what appears to be spam--obvious advertising--maybe a blog that collects spam would be interesting to some? As the webmaster of an estore, I must, ... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Musing with Memes". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story

I have ideas about how to make typing info easier in today’s tech savvy world. (1) Webpage and website should be one word. That makes them easier to type, and to read in bookmark sites. (2) Maybe I just do not know the right shortcuts, but how do you type the sentence punctuation after a link? For example, look at the sentences in Living Machines above. I placed periods and commas after making the link, spacing, then backspacing to place the punctuation. Since the typing was originally in Word, the link was hyperlinked automatically once I spaced after typing. (3) Typing chemistry formulas such ... Read Full Story