Links and Thoughts

I seem (still) to be in link-and-comment mode rather than cogent-rumination mode – no doubt a lamentable symptom of our hyperactive culture and ever-diminishing attention spans, though there have  been a number of more personally difficult events this week that have rendered writing difficult. That said, I feel (re)committed to this blogging thing and have several larger topics on the back burner for the coming days/weeks. Anyway.

Hello World

Just when I think I’ll get out of this whole blogging thing, a new slew of incredibly depressing/outrageous facts emerge which prompt me to feel the need (however ineffectual) too try and do something about them. Or at least draw attention to them. So, here’s a bulleted list, with links, of things that I think we should be talking about: