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theCryptofishist
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I've heard that horse is quite good.oneeyeddick wrote:I wonder what mule meat would taste like on the grill.
I also finally found out why we don't eat it. Catholic Church banned it centuries ago because eating horse was associated with pagan rituals.
What do you suppose the French term for horse becoming the English name for the meat would have been. Chaval? Chavel? Chaffel? Chuff? Cheef?
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Ugly Dougly
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The term narcotizing dysfunction was first identified in the book Mass Communication, Popular Taste and Organized Social Action, by Paul F. Lazarsfeld, and Robert K. Merton.
The term refers to a social consequence of mass media. It is termed "dysfunctional" as it assumed it is not in the best interests of a modern complex society to have masses of the society politically apathetic and inert. Lazarsfeld and Merton conducted studies to show that increasing numbers people within our society devote more and more of their time to mass media. It is supposed that although there is more media and more people able to use media to keep on top of the news, that society has become apathetic and shows only superficial concern for the problems of society.
Lazarsfeld and Merton hypothesize that the constant flood of information and news has a narcotizing rather than an energizing effect on the audience. As society spends more and more time devoted to mass media, and especially television, there is equally less amount of time for society to act against the issues identified in the media.
Because the individual is assailed with information of issues and problems and they are knowledgeable about or discuss these issues, they believe they are helping or aiding in the solution. Society has confused knowing about an issue with doing something about it. Society’s conscience is clear as they think they have done something to remediate the issue. However, being informed and concerned is not a replacement for action. Because of the effects of the narcotizing effects of mass media, people believe that doing nothing is good for society. This is why the term is called narcotizing dysfunction.
The term refers to a social consequence of mass media. It is termed "dysfunctional" as it assumed it is not in the best interests of a modern complex society to have masses of the society politically apathetic and inert. Lazarsfeld and Merton conducted studies to show that increasing numbers people within our society devote more and more of their time to mass media. It is supposed that although there is more media and more people able to use media to keep on top of the news, that society has become apathetic and shows only superficial concern for the problems of society.
Lazarsfeld and Merton hypothesize that the constant flood of information and news has a narcotizing rather than an energizing effect on the audience. As society spends more and more time devoted to mass media, and especially television, there is equally less amount of time for society to act against the issues identified in the media.
Because the individual is assailed with information of issues and problems and they are knowledgeable about or discuss these issues, they believe they are helping or aiding in the solution. Society has confused knowing about an issue with doing something about it. Society’s conscience is clear as they think they have done something to remediate the issue. However, being informed and concerned is not a replacement for action. Because of the effects of the narcotizing effects of mass media, people believe that doing nothing is good for society. This is why the term is called narcotizing dysfunction.
I mowed my backyard today and felt really happy about it. I don't particularly like yardwork, but the neat apperance was pleasing. The cycle of the year has turned. I found the remains of a wild cat that did not make it through the winter. I put it under the pecan tree way in the back.
I got out the pruning shears and the limb loppers and trimmed all the trees up to head high, so that I can walk around this year without ducking limbs. Some hummingbirds are nesting in the wild cherry tree amongst the spiny thorns.
I'm going to have to take down Uncle Barney's redwood plank shed this year. It is falling apart and leaning way over. When I take it down, it will be one more physical change in my life. I will grieve over it, I am sure.
Its supposed to rain tomorrow. After the soaking two weeks ago, the weeds are ...growing like weeds. Feels good to get a jump on it this year.
I got out the pruning shears and the limb loppers and trimmed all the trees up to head high, so that I can walk around this year without ducking limbs. Some hummingbirds are nesting in the wild cherry tree amongst the spiny thorns.
I'm going to have to take down Uncle Barney's redwood plank shed this year. It is falling apart and leaning way over. When I take it down, it will be one more physical change in my life. I will grieve over it, I am sure.
Its supposed to rain tomorrow. After the soaking two weeks ago, the weeds are ...growing like weeds. Feels good to get a jump on it this year.
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the fire elf
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social form and function towards ends served
net servers nary would have been, had the function of tele-vision not been reassigned
tv became the computer, and computation becomes televised
life liberty and the pursuit... are they not happy with the arrangement?
or must we be unhappy for them?
when food debilitates, i would give it precedence with little hesitation
change where the rocks sit, and the stream will alter of it's own course
though it's interesting to think that yogic muscle control may be less a display of proficiency,
and more the honeymoon to intention and corpreal form
we put things on top, to share the see
not demanding they look
no bait and switch
to simply practice be
what you take from it is yours when you walk away
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indian, eh?
i hunger for food tested by years
net servers nary would have been, had the function of tele-vision not been reassigned
tv became the computer, and computation becomes televised
life liberty and the pursuit... are they not happy with the arrangement?
or must we be unhappy for them?
when food debilitates, i would give it precedence with little hesitation
change where the rocks sit, and the stream will alter of it's own course
though it's interesting to think that yogic muscle control may be less a display of proficiency,
and more the honeymoon to intention and corpreal form
we put things on top, to share the see
not demanding they look
no bait and switch
to simply practice be
what you take from it is yours when you walk away
[youtube][/youtube]
indian, eh?
i hunger for food tested by years
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the fire elf
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Speaking of shirt cockers, we had one camped across from us 2003. What was interesting about him was that he drank beer through a tube that went right in his belly button, poured it in a funnel, funnel to tube, tube to belly button. So the shirt cocking aspect was the least interesting part of his personna....
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Ugly Dougly
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Huh. Although I found out Circuit City's going out of business prices on their notebook computers weren't particularly low (if I had bought a Lenovo I could have got it for ten dollars less with free shipping from the manufacturer), I did spend part of my tax refund on a notebook computer. I didn't care for the Lenovo's keyboard, so I bought a (slightly cheaper) off brand called the Averatec (which, as near as I can tell, stands for "Average Technology".) Maybe I can cut back on the number of (paper) notebooks I carry in my backpack to work and other places.
When I was vacuuming the Residence Life Offices I noticed someone had put a sign on the bulletin board which apparently had originally been in one of the stairwells. It read something like this:
"To whoever has been smoking weed in the stairwell:
Please take your extracurricular activity elsewhere (i.e. outside).
You are making the dorm smell like the '60s!"
Later, when investigating a trouble alert (dirty smoke detector) in a different dorm, my co-worker commented that the last time she had gone to the floor to which we were headed to change a smoke detector, she had discovered that the room was crammed with students and smelled heavily of pot. Unfortunately, this time it seems to have been incense which set off the detector.
I jokingly suggested that they hire back our old supervisor, who retired, to replace himself. The second and third shift director I was talking to said, not jokingly, that there was no way they would hire him back. She went on to explain that they had been finding all sorts of problems with the way he had been running things. Ooops!
(Then again, I suspect that the reason he hired some of us had been because he thought we would make things interesting, more than for our skills...)
I'm ready to retire, but if I do it now I'd only get something like 50% of what I am earning these days. If I wait about ten years, I could get 70%. I think I need to send off for some of those "Planing for your retirement"-type pamphlets the U.S. government puts out.
I want one of those Earthship homes! (http://www.earthship.net/web/) Could someone please buy me the books and stuff? And some land hereabout to build it on? And a unicorn while I am fantasizing? ( )
I don't so much as long for my youth as I long for someone else's! I still remain convinced that, whoever that other person was, they were having more fun, were smarter, better looking, and much cooler than I was! I don't doubt that that person also had more money and a really nice car. Grrr!
I don't care if I am missing the whole point of Jurassic Park , someone should bring back the dinosaurs! And the woolly mammoths, giant sloths, and a bunch of the other cool, extinct stuff. Of course, I also think we should have national health care and that my union's attitude that, as long as they don't try, they won't fail is all screwed up, so what do I know?!?
Even though it sounds like a wonderful idea, chocolate coated underwear is, in practice, just plain messy. Kind of like making one of those cheesehead hats out of real cheese...
As amusing as its headline was, I left the February 5th edition of the Onion in the dumpster at work.... Maybe if it had been the Wall Street Journal carrying the headline about a Dick Cheney dunk tank raising $900 billion dollars towards fixing the U.S. economy I would have retrieved and framed it.
What do you take if you are allergic to your allergy medication?
The good news is it wasn't a heart attack, the bad news is that it was probably my computer chair causing the chest pains. Now I need to look for yet another chair. The last one caused pains a bit further down. Maybe I will try the university's surplus store.
Well, I should probably get to bed, but am more likely to spend some more time playing around on the 'net.
When I was vacuuming the Residence Life Offices I noticed someone had put a sign on the bulletin board which apparently had originally been in one of the stairwells. It read something like this:
"To whoever has been smoking weed in the stairwell:
Please take your extracurricular activity elsewhere (i.e. outside).
You are making the dorm smell like the '60s!"
Later, when investigating a trouble alert (dirty smoke detector) in a different dorm, my co-worker commented that the last time she had gone to the floor to which we were headed to change a smoke detector, she had discovered that the room was crammed with students and smelled heavily of pot. Unfortunately, this time it seems to have been incense which set off the detector.
I jokingly suggested that they hire back our old supervisor, who retired, to replace himself. The second and third shift director I was talking to said, not jokingly, that there was no way they would hire him back. She went on to explain that they had been finding all sorts of problems with the way he had been running things. Ooops!
(Then again, I suspect that the reason he hired some of us had been because he thought we would make things interesting, more than for our skills...)I'm ready to retire, but if I do it now I'd only get something like 50% of what I am earning these days. If I wait about ten years, I could get 70%. I think I need to send off for some of those "Planing for your retirement"-type pamphlets the U.S. government puts out.
I want one of those Earthship homes! (http://www.earthship.net/web/) Could someone please buy me the books and stuff? And some land hereabout to build it on? And a unicorn while I am fantasizing? (
)I don't so much as long for my youth as I long for someone else's! I still remain convinced that, whoever that other person was, they were having more fun, were smarter, better looking, and much cooler than I was! I don't doubt that that person also had more money and a really nice car. Grrr!
I don't care if I am missing the whole point of Jurassic Park , someone should bring back the dinosaurs! And the woolly mammoths, giant sloths, and a bunch of the other cool, extinct stuff. Of course, I also think we should have national health care and that my union's attitude that, as long as they don't try, they won't fail is all screwed up, so what do I know?!?
Even though it sounds like a wonderful idea, chocolate coated underwear is, in practice, just plain messy. Kind of like making one of those cheesehead hats out of real cheese...
As amusing as its headline was, I left the February 5th edition of the Onion in the dumpster at work.... Maybe if it had been the Wall Street Journal carrying the headline about a Dick Cheney dunk tank raising $900 billion dollars towards fixing the U.S. economy I would have retrieved and framed it.
What do you take if you are allergic to your allergy medication?
The good news is it wasn't a heart attack, the bad news is that it was probably my computer chair causing the chest pains. Now I need to look for yet another chair. The last one caused pains a bit further down. Maybe I will try the university's surplus store.
Well, I should probably get to bed, but am more likely to spend some more time playing around on the 'net.
"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch