Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: 15 Ways I Oppress Rich, White Conservatives Like Beck and Limbaugh

[Martin Baxter]

LMNATWO!

That man's in need of emergency plastic surgery!

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Adrianne Brennan <
adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> If he stuck his tongue any further into his cheek it'd poke right
> through
>
>
> http://www.alternet.org/story/146642/15_ways_i_oppress_rich%2C_white_conservatives_like_glenn_beck_and_rush_limbaugh?page=2
>
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
> Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
> The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m):
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] BLOG: 15 Ways I Oppress Rich, White Conservatives Like Beck and Limbaugh

[Adrianne Brennan]

If he stuck his tongue any further into his cheek it'd poke right
through

http://www.alternet.org/story/146642/15_ways_i_oppress_rich%2C_white_conservatives_like_glenn_beck_and_rush_limbaugh?page=2


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon
Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m):
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html

RE: [scifinoir2] blog post: Do we no longer believe in a better tomorrow?

[Martin Baxter]

I wish I could believe in that better tomorrow, but there are too many small, 
stuppid hew-mons to make it feasible. They'll create ways to muck it up.

"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody 
hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:51:41 -0800
Subject: [scifinoir2] blog post: Do we no longer believe in a better tomorrow?


















 



  



  
  
  







By 
Peter Schwartz



 I wrote the following as part of an oped directed at the media industry.
 My profound belief is that we need to give people sense of vision and 
possibility. They no longer can imagine what a better future might look 
like. And while the news media necessarily surfaces all the problems we 
face, it has been the realm of the arts and sciences that have given us a
 sense of what could be. This initiative from the SCI FI Channel hopes 
to get the media’s creative imagination  going. It is easy to imagine 
how the world comes apart while it is much harder to imagine how we 
creatively address the challenges we face today. The conversation on 
this blog is about creating a fertile dialog on how to express our hopes
 not just our fears.


Today in the U.S. and most of Western Europe, a majority of people 
believe that our children will be worse off than we are now. According 
to the Pew Center, this stunning lack of optimism, ranges from 80 
percent in France to around 70 percent in Italy and Germany to 60 
percent in the U.S. and Britain. We are the first generation in over a 
century that does not share a vision of hope and progress, despite the 
fact that more people are better educated, and enjoying longer, 
healthier lives at higher economic standards. At the same time, our 
knowledge-enabling technologies continue to accelerate, empowering the 
individual and driving tremendous new value and opportunities. By any 
measure, we Americans are vastly better off than our nineteenth century 
predecessors. So why has our faith in the future faded?  Why do we doubt
 the march of progress and our own capacity to overcome the challenges 
of today and tomorrow?



To understand the roots 
of this pessimism we need to consider our enduring sources of optimism. 
As Westerners we have long shared a belief in the continued, combined 
momentum of science and technology, the wisdom of democratic governments
 and individual citizens, and the fairness of free-market economies to 
create opportunities and improve our lives. In the U.S. especially, this
 virtuous circle between change, growth, and progress was the dominant 
ethos of the 1950s and early sixties. Such optimism—and sense of 
unlimited possibility—was exemplified by the space program and science 
fiction, which together inspired an entire generation to embrace and 
create the future. But now too many of us see change without progress 
and a world coming apart—more the dark dystopias of Blade Runner 
and Mad Max than the energy and adventure of Flash Gordon 
and Star Trek. 


During the last 40 years we lost faith first in science and 
technology, then in politics, and finally in the economic engine of 
progress. It was Silent Spring, smog, and Chernobyl. It was Vietnam, 
Watergate, hanging chads, and Katrina. It was oil crises, stagflation, a
 dot-com boom turned bust, and Enron. Now, with cloning, bio-terror, and
 cybercrimes, science and technology seem poised to cause, not solve, 
problems. Government is viewed as out of touch if not corrupt and 
incompetent. Business, according to many, is rigged to reward an 
undeserving few, while diminishing prospects for the rest. And let’s not
 forget global climate change. It seems even the Earth has turned 
against us. Is it inevitable that the future will be worse than the 
past?


The answer is no. The challenges we face are no more daunting than 
those encountered by earlier generations. Even the twentieth century was
 afflicted by two world wars, a deep depression, and the Cold War threat
 of nuclear destruction. Today’s challenges are certainly huge: climate 
change, managing the political tensions of a very complex world, and 
bringing the next few billion people out of poverty, among them.  But to
 address these challenges we must believe again in the future and the 
people and institutions that can build it with us: the scientists who 
will launch the next-generation Apollo projects and breakthrough 
inventions; the entrepreneurial business executives whose companies will
 provide good jobs, robust incomes, and high-value, low-carbon products 
and services; the emerging Jeffersons, Lincolns, Roosevelts or Kennedys 
who will provide visionary political leadership. Above all, we must 
believe in our power as individual

[scifinoir2] blog post: Do we no longer believe in a better tomorrow?

[Mr. Worf]

[image: Believing-in-a-better-tomorrow.jpg]
[image: Peter 
Schwartz]
By Peter Schwartz



 I wrote the following as part of an oped directed at the media industry. My
profound belief is that we need to give people sense of vision and
possibility. They no longer can imagine what a better future might look
like. And while the news media necessarily surfaces all the problems we
face, it has been the realm of the arts and sciences that have given us a
sense of what could be. This initiative from the SCI FI Channel hopes to get
the media’s creative imagination going. It is easy to imagine how the world
comes apart while it is much harder to imagine how we creatively address the
challenges we face today. The conversation on this blog is about creating a
fertile dialog on how to express our hopes not just our fears.

Today in the U.S. and most of Western Europe, a majority of people believe
that our children will be worse off than we are now. According to the Pew
Center, this stunning lack of optimism, ranges from 80 percent in France to
around 70 percent in Italy and Germany to 60 percent in the U.S. and
Britain. We are the first generation in over a century that does not share a
vision of hope and progress, despite the fact that more people are better
educated, and enjoying longer, healthier lives at higher economic standards.
At the same time, our knowledge-enabling technologies continue to
accelerate, empowering the individual and driving tremendous new value and
opportunities. By any measure, we Americans are vastly better off than our
nineteenth century predecessors. So why has our faith in the future faded?
Why do we doubt the march of progress and our own capacity to overcome the
challenges of today and tomorrow?

To understand the roots of this pessimism we need to consider our enduring
sources of optimism. As Westerners we have long shared a belief in the
continued, combined momentum of science and technology, the wisdom of
democratic governments and individual citizens, and the fairness of
free-market economies to create opportunities and improve our lives. In the
U.S. especially, this virtuous circle between change, growth, and progress
was the dominant ethos of the 1950s and early sixties. Such optimism—and
sense of unlimited possibility—was exemplified by the space program and
science fiction, which together inspired an entire generation to embrace and
create the future. But now too many of us see change without progress and a
world coming apart—more the dark dystopias of *Blade Runner* and *Mad
Max*than the energy and adventure of
*Flash Gordon* and *Star Trek*.

During the last 40 years we lost faith first in science and technology, then
in politics, and finally in the economic engine of progress. It was Silent
Spring, smog, and Chernobyl. It was Vietnam, Watergate, hanging chads, and
Katrina. It was oil crises, stagflation, a dot-com boom turned bust, and
Enron. Now, with cloning, bio-terror, and cybercrimes, science and
technology seem poised to cause, not solve, problems. Government is viewed
as out of touch if not corrupt and incompetent. Business, according to many,
is rigged to reward an undeserving few, while diminishing prospects for the
rest. And let’s not forget global climate change. It seems even the Earth
has turned against us. Is it inevitable that the future will be worse than
the past?

The answer is no. The challenges we face are no more daunting than those
encountered by earlier generations. Even the twentieth century was afflicted
by two world wars, a deep depression, and the Cold War threat of nuclear
destruction. Today’s challenges are certainly huge: climate change, managing
the political tensions of a very complex world, and bringing the next few
billion people out of poverty, among them. But to address these challenges
we must believe again in the future and the people and institutions that can
build it with us: the scientists who will launch the next-generation Apollo
projects and breakthrough inventions; the entrepreneurial business
executives whose companies will provide good jobs, robust incomes, and
high-value, low-carbon products and services; the emerging Jeffersons,
Lincolns, Roosevelts or Kennedys who will provide visionary political
leadership. Above all, we must believe in our power as individuals to make a
real and lasting difference.

Already there are signs that we may be turning the corner from pessimism to
optimism. But to firmly restore our faith in the future urgently requires
credible results and powerful stories. For starters, the world of science
and technology must deliver on clean, cheap energy and more affordable,
quality health care for all. Businesses must embrace authentic social
responsibility in a world of increasing transparency. And the innovation and
energy that we see in state and local governments must infuse the mor

RE: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Martin Baxter]

LMNAO!!





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 Subject : RE: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

 Date : Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:08:43 -0500

 From : "Reece Jennings" 

 To : 


Of COURSE being old school, the only closet I thought about was the GAY
closet!
But I wasn't going to ask or tell!

 _ 

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Adrianne Brennan
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:58 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?




When people in the GLBT aren't out, they call it "being in the closet."

When witches are in the closet, they refer to it as "being in the broom
closet." 

I'm a Greek pagan and in the closet at work, hence I call it "being in the
amphora closet."

:D

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne  brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne

brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Keith Johnson 
 comcast.net> wrote:


I know what amphoras are, but wondered if i was missing a deeper
context...? 


- Original Message -
From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
 gmail.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro  ups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?



Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black figure
amphoras. ;)


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne  brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne

brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson 
 comcast.net> wrote:


I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am
here, with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :) I use
it as a place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about
on the same level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group.
So I avoid some subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that,
although its purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by
potential employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more
professional stuff.

"amphora"? 


- Original Message -
From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
 gmail.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro  ups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?



I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of
work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets.


I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
Livejournal.


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne  brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
 brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne

brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson 
 comcast.net> wrote:


Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as
a way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing,
Plaxo, and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't
like it). I have found social networking useful in talking to people with
ideas and leads to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get
the nonmenclature down (e.g., are systems engineering and network
engineering the same, does anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network
admin?) I've gotten some job leads that way also.
To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has
good features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in
touch with current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some
job related stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech
advice and was able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a
huge timesuck for me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays
and long-butt e-mails (as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting,
updating my profile, write on some friends' walls, then i&#

RE: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Reece Jennings]

Of COURSE being old school, the only closet I thought about was the GAY
closet!
But I wasn't going to ask or tell!

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Adrianne Brennan
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:58 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?




When people in the GLBT aren't out, they call it "being in the closet."

When witches are in the closet, they refer to it as "being in the broom
closet." 

I'm a Greek pagan and in the closet at work, hence I call it "being in the
amphora closet."

:D

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne <http://www.adriannebrennan.com> brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:  http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html> brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html> brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath>
brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Keith Johnson mailto:keithbjohn...@comcast.net> comcast.net> wrote:


I know what amphoras are,  but wondered if i was missing a deeper
context...? 


- Original Message -
From: "Adrianne Brennan" mailto:adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> gmail.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro <mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> ups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?



Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black figure
amphoras. ;)


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne <http://www.adriannebrennan.com> brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:  http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html> brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html> brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath>
brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson mailto:keithbjohn...@comcast.net> comcast.net> wrote:


I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am
here, with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :)  I use
it as a place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about
on the same level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group.
So I avoid some subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that,
although its purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by
potential employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more
professional stuff.

"amphora"? 


- Original Message -
From: "Adrianne Brennan" mailto:adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> gmail.com>
To: scifino...@yahoogro <mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> ups.com

Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?



I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of
work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets.


I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
Livejournal.


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne <http://www.adriannebrennan.com> brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:  http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html> brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html> brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath>
brennan.com/books.html#the_oath



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson mailto:keithbjohn...@comcast.net> comcast.net> wrote:


Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as
a way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing,
Plaxo, and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't
like it). I have found social networking useful in talking to people with
ideas and leads to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get
the nonmenclature down (e.g., are systems engineering and network
engineering the same, does anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network
admin?) I've gotten some job leads that way also.
To my surpr

RE: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Reece Jennings]

I am on Facebook, and I was recently sent some ways to make it more private:
 
http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/
 
I was also introduced to Ning recently. 
 
www.ning.com
 
You can create your own social network there.  It's more for adult
social/business networking,
and I'm going to use it for my business eventually.
 
I don't use the networks much, but I value the long-lost friends and
associates I've contacted
there.
 
 
 

  _  

From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Adrianne Brennan
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:09 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?




What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a
timesuck--or perhaps both?


Any favorite sites? Sites you hate?

Feel free to sound off:  http://trishwilson.
<http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-o
r-a-distraction.html>
typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html





~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adrianne <http://www.adriannebrennan.com> brennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:  http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html> brennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html> brennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: http://www.adrianne
<http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath>
brennan.com/books.html#the_oath

[RE][scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Martin Baxter]

More time-suck for me.

When they first began to leap freeform from the void, I was all into them (sort 
of - I'd register and keep my ear to the ground, but do very little). But, 
slowly, I realized that they weren't my cuppa, that I was fine with the closer, 
more interpersonal places where I'd been posting for years (this fine forum 
being the first, of course), so I began withdrawing from them, until I wa sleft 
only in MySpace and Facebook, those links kept only because I had friends from 
other forums there as well whom I wanted to keep in touch with.

I left Facebook about two months ago, because of an incident that put the lie 
to the place's new "better and safer" salespitch. One group I was in, an SF 
forum moderated by a longtime friend, was hijacked by a troll who joined less 
than a week earlier. His first act was to kick my friend out of Facebook 
altogether. His second was to use the forum to launch a worldwide spamfest that 
affected tens of thousands of users. We all complained bitterly to Facebook 
management. Their reply was to sit on thier a$$es for four days before ironing 
out the matter, restoring my friend to his position and issuing a statement 
that, basically, amounted to "Hey, nothing whatsoever went wrong, but we've 
fixed things fine."

I was gone the next day, along with a number of other SF fans in protest.

MySpace is still there, limping along. I go in whenever I get notices that one 
friend in particular is posting anything, because she's had a rough patch to go 
through in the past year, and I'm keeping close to her for support.





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 Subject : [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

 Date : Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:08:36 -0500

 From : Adrianne Brennan 

 To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com


What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a
timesuck--or perhaps both?

Any favorite sites? Sites you hate?

Feel free to sound off:
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html





~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Adrianne Brennan]

It means my religion involves honoring the Greek gods. :)
~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>  Got it.  So, what exactly does being a "Greek pagan" mean, outside of
> what would be the obvious interpretation?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:58:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?
>
>   When people in the GLBT aren't out, they call it "being in the closet."
>
> When witches are in the closet, they refer to it as "being in the broom
> closet."
> I'm a Greek pagan and in the closet at work, hence I call it "being in the
> amphora closet."
>
> :D
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Keith Johnson  > wrote:
>
>>  I know what amphoras are,  but wondered if i was missing a deeper
>> context...?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -
>> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or
>> useless?
>>
>>   Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black
>> figure amphoras. ;)
>>
>> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
>> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
>> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
>> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson <
>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I
>>> am here, with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :)  I
>>> use it as a place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me,
>>> about on the same level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed
>>> group. So I avoid some subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful
>>> that, although its purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be
>>> searched by potential employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the
>>> more professional stuff.
>>>
>>> "amphora"?
>>>
>>> - Original Message -
>>> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
>>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
>>> Eastern
>>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or
>>> useless?
>>>
>>>   I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it
>>> for the sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my
>>> place of work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi
>>> closets.
>>>
>>> I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
>>> Livejournal.
>>>
>>> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
>>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
>>> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
>>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
>>> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
>>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
>>> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
>>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson <
>>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking
>>>> sites as a way to connect with people for n

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Keith Johnson]

Got it. So, what exactly does being a "Greek pagan" mean, outside of what would 
be the obvious interpretation? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:58:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 







When people in the GLBT aren't out, they call it "being in the closet." 

When witches are in the closet, they refer to it as "being in the broom 
closet." 


I'm a Greek pagan and in the closet at work, hence I call it "being in the 
amphora closet." 


:D 

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




I know what amphoras are, but wondered if i was missing a deeper context...? 


- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 



Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 






Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black figure 
amphoras. ;) 

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am here, 
with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :) I use it as a 
place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about on the same 
level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group. So I avoid some 
subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that, although its 
purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by potential 
employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more professional stuff. 

"amphora"? 


- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 



Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 






I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the 
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of work 
use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets. 


I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and Livejournal. 


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as a 
way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing, Plaxo, 
and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't like it). I 
have found social networking useful in talking to people with ideas and leads 
to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get the nonmenclature 
down (e.g., are systems engineering and network engineering the same, does 
anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network admin?) I've gotten some job 
leads that way also. 
To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has good 
features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in touch with 
current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some job related 
stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech advice and was 
able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a huge timesuck for 
me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays and long-butt e-mails 
(as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting, updating my profile, write on 
some friends' walls, then i'm out. 

I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do the

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Adrianne Brennan]

When people in the GLBT aren't out, they call it "being in the closet."

When witches are in the closet, they refer to it as "being in the broom
closet."
I'm a Greek pagan and in the closet at work, hence I call it "being in the
amphora closet."

:D

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>  I know what amphoras are,  but wondered if i was missing a deeper
> context...?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?
>
>   Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black
> figure amphoras. ;)
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson  > wrote:
>
>>  I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am
>> here, with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :)  I use
>> it as a place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about
>> on the same level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group.
>> So I avoid some subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that,
>> although its purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by
>> potential employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more
>> professional stuff.
>>
>> "amphora"?
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or
>> useless?
>>
>>   I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for
>> the sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place
>> of work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi
>> closets.
>>
>> I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
>> Livejournal.
>>
>> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
>> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
>> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
>> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson <
>> keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking
>>> sites as a way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn
>>> thing, Plaxo, and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but
>>> didn't like it). I have found social networking useful in talking to people
>>> with ideas and leads to help me, such as helping me define a job search and
>>> get the nonmenclature down (e.g., are systems engineering and network
>>> engineering the same, does anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network
>>> admin?) I've gotten some job leads that way also.
>>> To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has
>>> good features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in
>>> touch with current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some
>>> job related stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech
>>> advice and was able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a
>>> huge timesuck for me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays
>>> and long-butt e-mails (as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting,
>>> updating my profile, write on some friends' walls, then i'm out.
>>>
>>> I t

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Keith Johnson]

I know what amphoras are, but wondered if i was missing a deeper context...? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:54:19 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 






Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black figure 
amphoras. ;) 

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am here, 
with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :) I use it as a 
place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about on the same 
level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group. So I avoid some 
subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that, although its 
purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by potential 
employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more professional stuff. 

"amphora"? 


- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 



Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 






I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the 
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of work 
use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets. 


I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and Livejournal. 


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as a 
way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing, Plaxo, 
and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't like it). I 
have found social networking useful in talking to people with ideas and leads 
to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get the nonmenclature 
down (e.g., are systems engineering and network engineering the same, does 
anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network admin?) I've gotten some job 
leads that way also. 
To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has good 
features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in touch with 
current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some job related 
stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech advice and was 
able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a huge timesuck for 
me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays and long-butt e-mails 
(as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting, updating my profile, write on 
some friends' walls, then i'm out. 

I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do the 
same old thing. And like any new tech or system, it can be abused or take over 
one's life. 




- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:08:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 











What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a timesuck--or 
perhaps both? 



Any favorite sites? Sites you hate? 


Feel free to sound off: 
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html
 









~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 


















 

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Adrianne Brennan]

Hee. Greek pagan. Very different closet. Filled with red and black figure
amphoras. ;)
~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>  I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am
> here, with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :)  I use
> it as a place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about
> on the same level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group.
> So I avoid some subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that,
> although its purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by
> potential employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more
> professional stuff.
>
> "amphora"?
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?
>
>   I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for
> the sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place
> of work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi
> closets.
>
> I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
> Livejournal.
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson  > wrote:
>
>>  Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites
>> as a way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing,
>> Plaxo, and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't
>> like it). I have found social networking useful in talking to people with
>> ideas and leads to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get
>> the nonmenclature down (e.g., are systems engineering and network
>> engineering the same, does anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network
>> admin?) I've gotten some job leads that way also.
>> To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has
>> good features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in
>> touch with current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some
>> job related stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech
>> advice and was able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a
>> huge timesuck for me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays
>> and long-butt e-mails (as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting,
>> updating my profile, write on some friends' walls, then i'm out.
>>
>> I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do
>> the same old thing. And like any new tech or system, it can be abused or
>> take over one's life.
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:08:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?
>>
>>   What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a
>> timesuck--or perhaps both?
>>
>> Any favorite sites? Sites you hate?
>>
>> Feel free to sound off:
>> http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
>> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
>> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
>> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
>> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> 
>

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Keith Johnson]

I decided that Facebook would be more for me to be--me, the same as I am here, 
with a bit less of the controversial talk on race and such! :) I use it as a 
place for good friends and former co-workers to chat with me, about on the same 
level as I'd do in the office or at dinner with a mixed group. So I avoid some 
subjects since that's not its focus, and I am mindful that, although its 
purpose isn't for me to find a job, it can still be searched by potential 
employers. But I use LinkedIn, Plaxo, such for the more professional stuff. 

"amphora"? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:40:33 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 






I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the 
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of work 
use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets. 


I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and Livejournal. 


~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 




Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as a 
way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing, Plaxo, 
and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't like it). I 
have found social networking useful in talking to people with ideas and leads 
to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get the nonmenclature 
down (e.g., are systems engineering and network engineering the same, does 
anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network admin?) I've gotten some job 
leads that way also. 
To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has good 
features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in touch with 
current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some job related 
stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech advice and was 
able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a huge timesuck for 
me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays and long-butt e-mails 
(as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting, updating my profile, write on 
some friends' walls, then i'm out. 

I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do the 
same old thing. And like any new tech or system, it can be abused or take over 
one's life. 




- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan" < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:08:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 











What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a timesuck--or 
perhaps both? 



Any favorite sites? Sites you hate? 


Feel free to sound off: 
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html
 









~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 











 

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Adrianne Brennan]

I had to make a special Facebook and be careful of what I put on it for the
sake of coworkers and employers. Apparently a lot of people at my place of
work use it, and I am not out of either the amphora, broom, or bi closets.
I enjoy Facebook much better than MySpace. Also love Twitter and
Livejournal.

~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Keith Johnson
wrote:

>  Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites
> as a way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing,
> Plaxo, and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't
> like it). I have found social networking useful in talking to people with
> ideas and leads to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get
> the nonmenclature down (e.g., are systems engineering and network
> engineering the same, does anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network
> admin?) I've gotten some job leads that way also.
> To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has
> good features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in
> touch with current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some
> job related stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech
> advice and was able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a
> huge timesuck for me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays
> and long-butt e-mails (as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting,
> updating my profile, write on some friends' walls, then i'm out.
>
> I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do
> the same old thing. And like any new tech or system, it can be abused or
> take over one's life.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Adrianne Brennan" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:08:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?
>
>   What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a
> timesuck--or perhaps both?
>
> Any favorite sites? Sites you hate?
>
> Feel free to sound off:
> http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html
>
>
>
>
>
> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com
> Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
> Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
> Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath
>
>
>
> 
>

Re: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Keith Johnson]

Once I was laid off from my old job, I looked at social networking sites as a 
way to connect with people for networking. So I did the LinkedIn thing, Plaxo, 
and also Facebook. (I signed up for My Space years ago, but didn't like it). I 
have found social networking useful in talking to people with ideas and leads 
to help me, such as helping me define a job search and get the nonmenclature 
down (e.g., are systems engineering and network engineering the same, does 
anyone use the term LAN admin instead of network admin?) I've gotten some job 
leads that way also. 
To my surprise, I liked Facebook more than expected. It's intuitive, has good 
features, and is a good way to hook up with old friends and stay in touch with 
current ones. I like that i can chat with people while doing some job related 
stuff. I worked on a project yesterday where I needed some tech advice and was 
able to contact a friend through Facebook chat. It's not a huge timesuck for 
me, mostly because i tend to write more, such as essays and long-butt e-mails 
(as if you couldn't tell!) I do some chatting, updating my profile, write on 
some friends' walls, then i'm out. 

I think like anything else new, social networking has great new ways to do the 
same old thing. And like any new tech or system, it can be abused or take over 
one's life. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Adrianne Brennan"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:08:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless? 








What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a timesuck--or 
perhaps both? 



Any favorite sites? Sites you hate? 


Feel free to sound off: 
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html
 









~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com 
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html 
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html 
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series: 
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath 




 

[scifinoir2] BLOG: Social networking sites, useful or useless?

[Adrianne Brennan]

What's your take? Are social networking sites useful to you, or a
timesuck--or perhaps both?

Any favorite sites? Sites you hate?

Feel free to sound off:
http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2009/02/social-networking-sitesuseful-or-a-distraction.html





~ "Where love and magic meet" ~
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
Experience the magic of Blood of the Dark Moon:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Take a bite out of Blood and Mint Chocolates:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/bamc.html
Dare to take The Oath in this fantasy series:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath

Re: [scifinoir2] Blog

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

I saw her movie last year and enjoyed it

Bosco Bosco wrote:
> His Wife wrote the Novel "Where The Heart Is." The movie is based on
> the book. Oprah made the book one of her book club picks. They're a
> talented Family. I'm gonna hang with my oldest son tonight so a movie
> may not be on the agenda. I've seen them all. I'll probably just
> dwell on my good memories
>
>
> --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> He is on TNT and Oxygen today with Fire Down Below and Where The
>> Heart Is
>>
>> Bosco Bosco wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, I did send it to my Mom and some mutual friends.
>>>
>>> You can find me at
>>>
>>> http://www.myspace.com/boscoworld
>>>
>>> B
>>> --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>   
 You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope
 your 
 sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It
 
>> is
>> 
 a 
 beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to
 
>> your
>> 
 my 
 space site?

 Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody
 
>> I
>> 
 got to 
 know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out
 
>> and
>> 
 rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self
 reminiscing 
 about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I
 
>> check
>> 
 out 
 Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably
 less, 
 but its my way of having her back for a while.

 Tracey

 Bosco Bosco wrote:
 
 
> I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little
>   
>> places
>> 
>   
>   
 that
 
 
> interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I
>   
>> wanted
>> 
>   
>   
 to
 
 
> share with the class
>
> A Man Of Influence 
> Current mood:  sad 
>
>
> In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
> Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a
>   
>   
 small
 
 
> college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school
>   
>   
 there. 
 
 
> After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of
>   
>   
 college,
 
 
> joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
> basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the
>   
>   
 mid
 
 
> 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I
>   
>   
 enrolled
 
 
> in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest
>   
>> colleagues.
>> 
>   
>   
 On
 
 
> the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
> slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed
>   
>> and
>> 
> wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed
>   
>> half
>> 
> growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know
>   
>   
 is
 
 
> wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have
>   
>   
 ever
 
 
> observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that
>   
>   
 he
 
 
> was right. 
>
> I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember
>   
>   
 great
 
 
> lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations
>   
>   
 that
 
 
> have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had
>   
>   
 more
 
 
> impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that
>   
>   
 first
 
 
> day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind,
>   
>> brilliant
>> 
>   
>   
 and
 
 
> cherished, for more than two decades. 
>
> I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to
>   
>> examine
>> 
> thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my
>   
>> own
>> 
> opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
> showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs
>   
>> have
>> 
>   
>   
 the
 

Re: [scifinoir2] Blog

[Bosco Bosco]

His Wife wrote the Novel "Where The Heart Is." The movie is based on
the book. Oprah made the book one of her book club picks. They're a
talented Family. I'm gonna hang with my oldest son tonight so a movie
may not be on the agenda. I've seen them all. I'll probably just
dwell on my good memories


--- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> He is on TNT and Oxygen today with Fire Down Below and Where The
> Heart Is
> 
> Bosco Bosco wrote:
> > Thanks, I did send it to my Mom and some mutual friends.
> >
> > You can find me at
> >
> > http://www.myspace.com/boscoworld
> >
> > B
> > --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope
> >> your 
> >> sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It
> is
> >> a 
> >> beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to
> your
> >> my 
> >> space site?
> >>
> >> Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody
> I
> >> got to 
> >> know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out
> and
> >>
> >> rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self
> >> reminiscing 
> >> about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I
> check
> >> out 
> >> Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably
> >> less, 
> >> but its my way of having her back for a while.
> >>
> >> Tracey
> >>
> >> Bosco Bosco wrote:
> >> 
> >>> I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little
> places
> >>>   
> >> that
> >> 
> >>> interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I
> wanted
> >>>   
> >> to
> >> 
> >>> share with the class
> >>>
> >>> A Man Of Influence 
> >>> Current mood:  sad 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
> >>> Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a
> >>>   
> >> small
> >> 
> >>> college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school
> >>>   
> >> there. 
> >> 
> >>> After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of
> >>>   
> >> college,
> >> 
> >>> joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
> >>> basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the
> >>>   
> >> mid
> >> 
> >>> 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I
> >>>   
> >> enrolled
> >> 
> >>> in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest
> colleagues.
> >>>   
> >> On
> >> 
> >>> the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
> >>> slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed
> and
> >>> wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed
> half
> >>> growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know
> >>>   
> >> is
> >> 
> >>> wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have
> >>>   
> >> ever
> >> 
> >>> observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that
> >>>   
> >> he
> >> 
> >>> was right. 
> >>>
> >>> I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember
> >>>   
> >> great
> >> 
> >>> lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations
> >>>   
> >> that
> >> 
> >>> have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had
> >>>   
> >> more
> >> 
> >>> impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that
> >>>   
> >> first
> >> 
> >>> day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind,
> brilliant
> >>>   
> >> and
> >> 
> >>> cherished, for more than two decades. 
> >>>
> >>> I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to
> examine
> >>> thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my
> own
> >>> opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
> >>> showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs
> have
> >>>   
> >> the
> >> 
> >>> weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
> >>> valueless because they are purposeless.  
> >>>
> >>> Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of
> which
> >>>   
> >> I
> >> 
> >>> was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
> >>> provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence
> >>>   
> >> and
> >> 
> >>> strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing
> has
> >>> served me well over the years in defining thoughts and
> feelings.
> >>> Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate
> the
> >>> world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would
> >>>   
> >> never
> >> 
> >>> have found the way without Dennis Letts.
> >>>
> >>> I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am
> amazed
> >>>   
> >> at
> >> 
> >>> the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me
> >>>   
> >> even
> >> 
> >>> th

Re: [scifinoir2] Blog

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

He is on TNT and Oxygen today with Fire Down Below and Where The Heart Is

Bosco Bosco wrote:
> Thanks, I did send it to my Mom and some mutual friends.
>
> You can find me at
>
> http://www.myspace.com/boscoworld
>
> B
> --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope
>> your 
>> sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It is
>> a 
>> beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to your
>> my 
>> space site?
>>
>> Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody I
>> got to 
>> know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out and
>>
>> rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self
>> reminiscing 
>> about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I check
>> out 
>> Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably
>> less, 
>> but its my way of having her back for a while.
>>
>> Tracey
>>
>> Bosco Bosco wrote:
>> 
>>> I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little places
>>>   
>> that
>> 
>>> interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I wanted
>>>   
>> to
>> 
>>> share with the class
>>>
>>> A Man Of Influence 
>>> Current mood:  sad 
>>>
>>>
>>> In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
>>> Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a
>>>   
>> small
>> 
>>> college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school
>>>   
>> there. 
>> 
>>> After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of
>>>   
>> college,
>> 
>>> joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
>>> basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the
>>>   
>> mid
>> 
>>> 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I
>>>   
>> enrolled
>> 
>>> in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest colleagues.
>>>   
>> On
>> 
>>> the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
>>> slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed and
>>> wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed half
>>> growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know
>>>   
>> is
>> 
>>> wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have
>>>   
>> ever
>> 
>>> observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that
>>>   
>> he
>> 
>>> was right. 
>>>
>>> I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember
>>>   
>> great
>> 
>>> lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations
>>>   
>> that
>> 
>>> have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had
>>>   
>> more
>> 
>>> impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that
>>>   
>> first
>> 
>>> day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind, brilliant
>>>   
>> and
>> 
>>> cherished, for more than two decades. 
>>>
>>> I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to examine
>>> thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my own
>>> opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
>>> showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs have
>>>   
>> the
>> 
>>> weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
>>> valueless because they are purposeless.  
>>>
>>> Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of which
>>>   
>> I
>> 
>>> was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
>>> provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence
>>>   
>> and
>> 
>>> strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing has
>>> served me well over the years in defining thoughts and feelings.
>>> Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate the
>>> world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would
>>>   
>> never
>> 
>>> have found the way without Dennis Letts.
>>>
>>> I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am amazed
>>>   
>> at
>> 
>>> the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me
>>>   
>> even
>> 
>>> though it has been literally years upon years since I have seen
>>>   
>> or
>> 
>>> spoken to him.
>>>
>>> A couple of months back my Mom reported to me that Dennis was
>>>   
>> very
>> 
>>> very ill. and his time was short. In typical Dennis fashion he
>>>   
>> spent
>> 
>>> the last bit of his time among the living working creatively. He
>>>   
>> had
>> 
>>> started an acting career in the 80's and had pursued it with
>>> determination. I counted 46 different credits under his name on
>>>   
>> the
>> 
>>> Internet Movie Database. Not too shabby for a guy who began his
>>> professional acting career in the middle of his life. I am told
>>>   
>> he
>> 
>>> had dreamed

Re: [scifinoir2] Blog

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

so what aare you going to watch, Blood Suckers from Outer Space 
 , Passenger 57 
 , Cast Away 
, or something else?

Bosco Bosco wrote:
> Thanks, I did send it to my Mom and some mutual friends.
>
> You can find me at
>
> http://www.myspace.com/boscoworld
>
> B
> --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   
>> You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope
>> your 
>> sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It is
>> a 
>> beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to your
>> my 
>> space site?
>>
>> Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody I
>> got to 
>> know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out and
>>
>> rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self
>> reminiscing 
>> about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I check
>> out 
>> Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably
>> less, 
>> but its my way of having her back for a while.
>>
>> Tracey
>>
>> Bosco Bosco wrote:
>> 
>>> I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little places
>>>   
>> that
>> 
>>> interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I wanted
>>>   
>> to
>> 
>>> share with the class
>>>
>>> A Man Of Influence 
>>> Current mood:  sad 
>>>
>>>
>>> In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
>>> Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a
>>>   
>> small
>> 
>>> college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school
>>>   
>> there. 
>> 
>>> After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of
>>>   
>> college,
>> 
>>> joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
>>> basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the
>>>   
>> mid
>> 
>>> 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I
>>>   
>> enrolled
>> 
>>> in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest colleagues.
>>>   
>> On
>> 
>>> the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
>>> slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed and
>>> wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed half
>>> growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know
>>>   
>> is
>> 
>>> wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have
>>>   
>> ever
>> 
>>> observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that
>>>   
>> he
>> 
>>> was right. 
>>>
>>> I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember
>>>   
>> great
>> 
>>> lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations
>>>   
>> that
>> 
>>> have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had
>>>   
>> more
>> 
>>> impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that
>>>   
>> first
>> 
>>> day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind, brilliant
>>>   
>> and
>> 
>>> cherished, for more than two decades. 
>>>
>>> I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to examine
>>> thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my own
>>> opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
>>> showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs have
>>>   
>> the
>> 
>>> weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
>>> valueless because they are purposeless.  
>>>
>>> Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of which
>>>   
>> I
>> 
>>> was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
>>> provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence
>>>   
>> and
>> 
>>> strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing has
>>> served me well over the years in defining thoughts and feelings.
>>> Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate the
>>> world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would
>>>   
>> never
>> 
>>> have found the way without Dennis Letts.
>>>
>>> I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am amazed
>>>   
>> at
>> 
>>> the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me
>>>   
>> even
>> 
>>> though it has been literally years upon years since I have seen
>>>   
>> or
>> 
>>> spoken to him.
>>>
>>> A couple of months back my Mom reported to me that Dennis was
>>>   
>> very
>> 
>>> very ill. and his time was short. In typical Dennis fashion he
>>>   
>> spent
>> 
>>> the last bit of his time among the living working creatively. He
>>>   
>> had
>> 
>>> started an acting career in the 80's and had pursued it with
>>> determination. I counted 46 different credits under his name on
>>>   
>> the
>> 
>>> Internet Movie 

Re: [scifinoir2] Blog

[Bosco Bosco]

Thanks, I did send it to my Mom and some mutual friends.

You can find me at

http://www.myspace.com/boscoworld

B
--- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope
> your 
> sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It is
> a 
> beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to your
> my 
> space site?
> 
> Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody I
> got to 
> know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out and
> 
> rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self
> reminiscing 
> about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I check
> out 
> Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably
> less, 
> but its my way of having her back for a while.
> 
> Tracey
> 
> Bosco Bosco wrote:
> > I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little places
> that
> > interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I wanted
> to
> > share with the class
> >
> > A Man Of Influence 
> > Current mood:  sad 
> >
> >
> > In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
> > Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a
> small
> > college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school
> there. 
> >
> > After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of
> college,
> > joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
> > basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the
> mid
> > 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I
> enrolled
> > in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest colleagues.
> On
> > the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
> > slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed and
> > wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed half
> > growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know
> is
> > wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have
> ever
> > observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that
> he
> > was right. 
> >
> > I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember
> great
> > lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations
> that
> > have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had
> more
> > impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that
> first
> > day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind, brilliant
> and
> > cherished, for more than two decades. 
> >
> > I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to examine
> > thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my own
> > opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
> > showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs have
> the
> > weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
> > valueless because they are purposeless.  
> >
> > Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of which
> I
> > was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
> > provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence
> and
> > strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing has
> > served me well over the years in defining thoughts and feelings.
> > Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate the
> > world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would
> never
> > have found the way without Dennis Letts.
> >
> > I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am amazed
> at
> > the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me
> even
> > though it has been literally years upon years since I have seen
> or
> > spoken to him.
> >
> > A couple of months back my Mom reported to me that Dennis was
> very
> > very ill. and his time was short. In typical Dennis fashion he
> spent
> > the last bit of his time among the living working creatively. He
> had
> > started an acting career in the 80's and had pursued it with
> > determination. I counted 46 different credits under his name on
> the
> > Internet Movie Database. Not too shabby for a guy who began his
> > professional acting career in the middle of his life. I am told
> he
> > had dreamed for many years of appearing on Broadway. This year a
> play
> > called August Osage County, written by his son Tracy Letts,
> debuted
> > there and Dennis Letts achieved that dream. It opened to critical
> > acclaim and praise. I literally danced when I heard the news of
> how
> > well they had done.
> >
> > Over many years now past, I have kept up with Dennis primarily
> > through my mother. We've been seperated by time and geography but
> > that has not kept kept me from gleefully enjoying tales of his
> > exploits and achievements and giggling at the tales of his
> silliness.
> > I was glad to know that he had remained true to his passions and
> his
> > art and that he had lived the li

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[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

You essay made me wish he had been one of my professors.  I hope your 
sent this to your mom so she can share this with his family.  It is a 
beautiful tribute.  In the meantime, can we have the link to your my 
space site?

Might I suggest you go rent something he was in?  When somebody I got to 
know during my brief acting/music career stint died, I went out and 
rented a movie he had a part in.  When I miss find my self reminiscing 
about  the old days going on casting calls with my cousin, I check out 
Trading Places.  She was only in it for five minutes - probably less, 
but its my way of having her back for a while.

Tracey

Bosco Bosco wrote:
> I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little places that
> interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I wanted to
> share with the class
>
> A Man Of Influence 
> Current mood:  sad 
>
>
> In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
> Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a small
> college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school there. 
>
> After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of college,
> joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
> basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the mid
> 80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I enrolled
> in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest colleagues. On
> the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
> slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed and
> wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed half
> growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know is
> wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have ever
> observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that he
> was right. 
>
> I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember great
> lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations that
> have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had more
> impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that first
> day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind, brilliant and
> cherished, for more than two decades. 
>
> I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to examine
> thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my own
> opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
> showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs have the
> weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
> valueless because they are purposeless.  
>
> Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of which I
> was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
> provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence and
> strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing has
> served me well over the years in defining thoughts and feelings.
> Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate the
> world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would never
> have found the way without Dennis Letts.
>
> I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am amazed at
> the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me even
> though it has been literally years upon years since I have seen or
> spoken to him.
>
> A couple of months back my Mom reported to me that Dennis was very
> very ill. and his time was short. In typical Dennis fashion he spent
> the last bit of his time among the living working creatively. He had
> started an acting career in the 80's and had pursued it with
> determination. I counted 46 different credits under his name on the
> Internet Movie Database. Not too shabby for a guy who began his
> professional acting career in the middle of his life. I am told he
> had dreamed for many years of appearing on Broadway. This year a play
> called August Osage County, written by his son Tracy Letts, debuted
> there and Dennis Letts achieved that dream. It opened to critical
> acclaim and praise. I literally danced when I heard the news of how
> well they had done.
>
> Over many years now past, I have kept up with Dennis primarily
> through my mother. We've been seperated by time and geography but
> that has not kept kept me from gleefully enjoying tales of his
> exploits and achievements and giggling at the tales of his silliness.
> I was glad to know that he had remained true to his passions and his
> art and that he had lived the life he wanted.
>
> This morning I got an email from my mother that Dennis had passed on.
> Thoughts of him have flooded my mind. In between tears and chuckles,
> I remember a man who has gifted me with more than he probably ever
> knew. I remember a man who's influence has permeated me to my core. I
> can say readily and easily that I am the person I am today in no
> small measure because of Dennis. I will always remember him as the
> man who taugh

[scifinoir2] Blog

[Bosco Bosco]

I blog on My Space. I generally just do it to mark little places that
interest me in my life. Today was a little different and I wanted to
share with the class

A Man Of Influence 
Current mood:  sad 


In the early 1980's my Mother was in graduate school getting a
Doctorate in English. When she graduated, she took a job at a small
college in Durant, Ok and I spent my last year of high school there. 

After dropping out, I got a GED, failed my first semester of college,
joined the army, got discharged from the Army after basic, and
basically kind of lived aimlessly for a couple of years. In the mid
80's, I returned to Durant to make another run at college. I enrolled
in a course taught by one of my mother's friendliest colleagues. On
the first day of class, Dennis Letts walked into the room, and
slammed a gigantic stack of books on the desk. With a pointed and
wagging finger and a voice focused in an even a more pointed half
growling tone, he pronounced to the class, "Everything you know is
wrong!"  It was the most dramatic entrance by a teacher I have ever
observed. Dennis spent the rest of the semester showing us that he
was right. 

I have known quite a few good teachers in my life. I remember great
lessons, great lectures, great insights and great inspirations that
have been offered me by those teachers. Not one among them had more
impact or influence on me than Dennis Letts. The memory of that first
day of my first class with Dennis has lived in my mind, brilliant and
cherished, for more than two decades. 

I was raised almost from birth to think critically and to examine
thoughts and ideas. From Dennis, I learned why questioning my own
opinions and beliefs to determine their value was important. He
showed me again and again that until my opinions and beliefs have the
weight of well measured reason behind them, they are by nature
valueless because they are purposeless.  

Dennis Letts also recognized in me a talent for writing of which I
was completely unaware. His encouragment and initial direction
provided me with a tool that has given me more self confidence and
strength than he was probably ever aware. Singularly, writing has
served me well over the years in defining thoughts and feelings.
Through writing I find a uniquely satisfying way to navigate the
world when I find it overwhelming, absurd or hilarious. I would never
have found the way without Dennis Letts.

I think back now over my experiences with Dennis and I am amazed at
the way one person's influence continues to resonate through me even
though it has been literally years upon years since I have seen or
spoken to him.

A couple of months back my Mom reported to me that Dennis was very
very ill. and his time was short. In typical Dennis fashion he spent
the last bit of his time among the living working creatively. He had
started an acting career in the 80's and had pursued it with
determination. I counted 46 different credits under his name on the
Internet Movie Database. Not too shabby for a guy who began his
professional acting career in the middle of his life. I am told he
had dreamed for many years of appearing on Broadway. This year a play
called August Osage County, written by his son Tracy Letts, debuted
there and Dennis Letts achieved that dream. It opened to critical
acclaim and praise. I literally danced when I heard the news of how
well they had done.

Over many years now past, I have kept up with Dennis primarily
through my mother. We've been seperated by time and geography but
that has not kept kept me from gleefully enjoying tales of his
exploits and achievements and giggling at the tales of his silliness.
I was glad to know that he had remained true to his passions and his
art and that he had lived the life he wanted.

This morning I got an email from my mother that Dennis had passed on.
Thoughts of him have flooded my mind. In between tears and chuckles,
I remember a man who has gifted me with more than he probably ever
knew. I remember a man who's influence has permeated me to my core. I
can say readily and easily that I am the person I am today in no
small measure because of Dennis. I will always remember him as the
man who taught me why to be right and when to be wrong. I don't know
if he understood that he was not only gifted teacher, but great
teacher. I hope he knew and I will always remember him as such.

Farewell, Dennis Letts. Your time here was appreciated and I will
always be grateful for your presence in my life.


I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead.
I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said.

You know these things that happen,
That's just the way it's supposed to be.
And I can't help but wonder,
Don't ya know it coulda been me.


  

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