Closing for the Weekend

Once again the comments will be closed from early this afternoon until Sunday morning. This is in an attempt to continue to confound and confuse the Evil Agents of Spam, and, thus far, it's doing the job pretty well.

Today I'll be shutting off the comments around 1 pm, Mountain Standard Time. Feel free to tell OpinionEngine what movies he should see and why I'm wrong about that new Ford SUV until then. Following that, feel free to follow the links to some good reading from around the Web.

Things You Should Read

1. This is why I didn't want to play in the Weblog Awards this year. Last year's nods were sort of fun, but the potential for unhappiness just seems a bit outside the realm of the kind of thing I wanted to be a part of. It helps, of course, that no one nominated this site for anything this year (said with a grin).
   
2. The world needs more baby pictures.
   
3. I'd like to throw in the idea of Colin Powell being pushed to lead the NAACP. In fact, I think that it would have the potential to usher in a sort of renaissance for the NAACP wherein they become a much more powerful voice in American politics. Hope it happens, but I wonder if the rank and file members will support even a moderate conservative.
   
4. This is just freaky cool. I mean, the creative process that went into the creation of this goofy little thing is amazing and I'd love to know precisely how it was done. Click on through.
   
5. Which continues to prove that the concept of ownership (especially of land) in America is a myth. There are intriguing arguments to be made to defend the idea that no one truly can own the land and can only lay claim to ownership of the improvements and work done to the land. However you come down on that argument, though, the concept of ownership in America--wherein a house or property actually belongs to an individual) is a myth. Between the perpetual tax obligation and the threat of eminent domain, what you "own" can be taken away from you very easily.
   

Enjoy and we'll be back later.

Posted by zombyboy at December 3, 2004 10:55 AM