Nostalgia for "old Internet"

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"“The Internet has become a conspiracy to get people to consume,” said the computer programmer Kyle Drake, who — with anthropologist Amber Case — just wrapped a sold-out two-day conference on the glories of the early Web. “There’s a shift from creation to consumption … Frankly, it’s become oppressive.”"

A vet's perspective

A Veterans Day 'thanks' for our service is a sorry stand-in for honest talk about war

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Try this marinade

H raves about my marinade, a simplified version from a Korean recipe. My signature marinade now, mainly for chicken and turkey.

1 small bottle of cola. I usually use Dr. Pepper.
About a cup of soy sauce.
About a quarter cup of rice vinegar.
Splash of sesame oil.

Marinade for at least 3 hrs. Then grill or bake.

Try it!

Perspective

It's so dangerous to be a black American, I've sought asylum in Canada

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Downside

For me the downside of writing (serious inside-out writing, not commercial outside-in) are the physical and mental fatique that result, more acute the older I get. Writing becomes an existential marathon, after which one collapses.

In other words, still recovering ...

Starting off the day

A week or two of grunt work, getting an old script into new software. Cut and paste didn't retain a lot of format. Fix before I rewrite, which itself will be challenging, given the monumental change I have in mind.

Harriet looking for an art class to take, a schedule to follow. Trouble motivating herself. I never had that problem!

Sketch better, I think. Let's keep him around!

Security blanket

Doctor's office

H seeing her counselor ... monthly mental health checkin. Each of last two sessions she was supposed to bring a new painting. Still not started. Her world is still solataire.

Back to reworking the old play tomorrow. Should keep me busy for weeks.

Feeling okay. Mayhem has calmed down for the moment.

Creative arts

Anonymous 'Artist' Draws Penises Around Potholes to Get Them Repaired: http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/122952081/0/alternet~Anonymous-Artist-Draws-Penises-Around-Potholes-to-Get-Them-Repaired

Future

These shocking images reveal what sea level rise will look like in some of the world’s most iconic places: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/hvUtghLu2lo/

Feedback

Most rewarding comment: I like this better each time I read it. Yes, the way it's supposed to work.

Onward.

Changes

A peaceful, quiet night for Sketch ...

Darwin

On the Origin of Species voted most influential academic book in history

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Yes

Sonia Sotomayor lambasts justices for backing officer who shot fleeing suspect

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Oops!

Signs of dementia could include sense of humour getting darker, says study

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Yep

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Missouri shows the real power of big-time sports
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Hooray!

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This high school student just won $250,000 for his film explaining Einstein’s theory of relativity
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Hear, hear!

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One veteran’s view: How patriotic pageantry at sporting events lost its meaning
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Modern medicine

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Scientist falsified data for cancer research once described as ‘holy grail,’ feds say
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Perspective

Happy birthday, Carl Sagan: Enjoy these 6 bits of wisdom from the science legend: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheRawStory/~3/gt1hmXcdJOw/

Progress, I think

All the household sick are a little better today ... Dog's advanced urine test came back negative, no apparent serious problems, old age, minor infection ... Vet's guesses.

4 minor script fixes. Then get the sucker out of the house ha ha.

Maybe tomorrow.

Another reader ...

... on the positive side ... one more close reading and I'm turning it in. What happens, happens ... but a bit of good fortune would be welcomed.

More to fix on the other play than I anticipated.

Writing, having written

Dorothy Parker wrote she hates writing but loves having written. I am the opposite. I love writing! Nothing that happens later matches the high, the joy, of the present tense process of writing. The older I get, the more this is true.

Beware the Cougs!

Wash St comes to the Rose Bowl Saturday night to play UCLA - and they scare me.

Breakfast therapy

Trend

World's climate about to enter 'uncharted territory' as it passes 1C of warming

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Players win

University of Missouri president resigns amid protests over racial intolerance

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History

Chile Admits Pablo Neruda May Have Been Killed by Pinochet Regime: http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/11/06/chile-admits-pablo-neruda-may-have-been-killed-pinochet-regime

A model

First They Jailed the Bankers, Now All Icelanders Will Be Paid in Bank Sale: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/~3/W-A9SxHWeow/

Bad night

Sick wife, sick dog, not up to snuff myself ... Overload! Sketch on divan with me, finally quiet. Long damn night ...

Hmm, sounds like a play I know ...

‘Our Generation, Our Choice,’ Say Young People, Readying for Mass Civil Disobedience: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/~3/wsIrkU_1JOk/

Trends

World Bank says global warming could push 100 million more into poverty - @AFP https://twitter.com/AFP/status/663446113840717828

Script

Still tinkering but it's time to stop. Time to send it off. Wed. or Thur., after a final read and whatever feedback comes before then. Later feedback processed for later development. Not sbout to mess with big things at this stsge. Comes later if at all.

Then focus on FAMILY VALUES, new title for old script I am reworking. Major revision of major character.

Busy!

Last two days, H playing solataire about 15 hrs a dsy.

In the Chronicle

Scientists alarmed at ocean warming
By Peter Fimrite and Kurtis Alexander | 1627 words

The poisoning of Dungeness crab off the California coast by a mysterious algae bloom may be bad news for the seafood industry, but to marine biologists and climate scientists, it is a frightening omen of future distress to a vibrant ecosystem. Experts say the toxin in the algae, which likely flourished in this year's record-high ocean temperatures, is one symptom of a wholesale shift in the physical and biological makeup of the Pacific Ocean - a transformation so abrupt and merciless that it is endangering species and forcing migrations before our eyes.

Value system

John Lennon's Gibson J-160E guitar sells for $2.4 million at Julien's Auctions - @businessinsider http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-john-lennons-guitar-sells-for-2.4-million-at-auction-2015-11?IR=T

5 upsets

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Navy's big win

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Navy football rolls past No. 13 Memphis for breakthrough victory
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America, 2015

Black Missouri Tigers players to strike over racial harassment on campus

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Navy rocks

Last time Navy beat a ranked opponent, over 30 years ago, my dad was alive. Tonight they destroyed #13 Memphis. Can't wait until Army-Navy game.

Good rain

Reread, retouched, play ... Like it much.

Baked bread.

After slow start, UCLA looking great in rain at Corvallis.

Sketch seems better. Harriet seems better. I am good.

My play brings tears to my eyes. Hope it does to audience as well. But first it has to find an audience.

And have started reworking 20 y/o play probably ahead of its time.

Not a bad Saturday so far.