March 2009 archives

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-19

March 8, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
National Geographic on the Alberta tar sands http://tinyurl.com/b9vw27 # Congrats to Matador’s Solas Awards Winners! http://tinyurl.com/d4oz52 # Got my dog back after a month away! # Testing out the new Tweetie iPod app. Like JT…I'm lovin it! # Anyone else want to like the movie Southland Tales but just found it too incoherent? #

Always On The Side Of The Egg

March 5, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
I recently came across this gem of a speech delivered by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. He was in Israel, accepting the Jerusalem Prize, given to writers whose work deals with themes of human freedom, society, politics, and government. An excerpt: “Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always [...]

The Problem With Conspiracy Theories

March 3, 2009 by Ian MacKenzie
Spend enough time on the internet and you can find information on just about anything. For instance: did you know that the Apollo moon landing was a hoax? That 9/11 was an inside job? That flouride is a mind control substance designed to keep humans dumb and under control? The list goes on. Some of [...]