OK, so that’s not really how it goes. But it’s Wednesday. And Wednesday night is the night that we usually ask questions.
If you’re feeling saucy enough, ask me questions and I’ll answer them. Maybe you want my opinion on something. Or maybe you’re wondering my philosophical feelings on pie. I [...]
Criegh Deeds, in his own words, in today’s Washington Post:
The day after I’m elected, I will begin assembling a bipartisan commission to craft a comprehensive transportation package. Like Gov. Baliles did, I will appoint Republicans, Democrats and independents along with private-sector leaders and transportation experts. The commission would begin [...]
Criegh Deeds, in his own words, in today’s Washington Post:
The day after I’m elected, I will begin assembling a bipartisan commission to craft a comprehensive transportation package. Like Gov. Baliles did, I will appoint Republicans, Democrats and independents along with private-sector leaders and transportation experts. The commission would begin [...]
Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch front page screams about how that evil devil music is leading kids to kill people left and right. Or, rather, how one kid may have been influenced by violent rap lyrics to murder four individuals:
Police: Lyrics may have played role in Farmville slayings
Investigators are trying [...]
Following Rep. Joe Wilson’s “you lie!” outburst and the Democratic response, this really has to be said:
How can Democrats say health care reform is a “moral imperative” yet deny coverage to millions of human beings (illegal immigrants) merely based on whether or not they pay into the government system?
The two [...]
Today Democratic gubernatorial nominee Creigh Deeds took part in a live interview through the Times Dispatch where he took questions from the public. Yours truely happened to have his question asked first. Look, ma, I’m on virtual TV!
For those that don’t want to watch the video, my question [...]
Lynn Mitchell puts it best when she quotes an old carpentry saying:
“Measure twice … cut once.” In other words, be certain before putting saw to wood because there’s no turning back.
Yesterday, Ben Tribbett of Not Larry Sabato measured once and then cut clean through his thumb, posting a [...]
Today is the eighth birthday of J’s Notes. Yep, for eight straight years (on and off), J’s Notes has been a source of the nonsense I care about at the given moment. Maybe the anniversary will get me off my butt to update this thing more often. Maybe.
[...]Better late than never.
Jim Riley’s got two questions. First:
If you were going to go on a spur of the moment trip to Argentina, what would you do there?
Hike naked in the mountains.
Then:
What do you think of the new rock supergroup “Chickenfoot”?
I actually had never heard of them [...]
It’s Wednesday!
If you’re feeling saucy enough, ask me questions and I’ll answer them. Maybe you want my opinion on something. Or maybe you’re wondering my philosophical feelings on pie. I dunno, toss me a bone and let’s see what happens.
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James Fallows at The Atlantic:
I am guessing that you will see no real-time TV reports from the Tiananmen Square area today, and little or no photography. This is based on personal experience there last night, China time, which also leads to [...]
Geoff Livingston over at The Buzz Bin makes a great analogy - Newspapers Are Like Department Stores:
For department stores, many chains found their death in a trojan horse — the mall. With the rise of the mall, department stores were asked to anchor these megaplexes. But inside the [...]
Tomorrow is the first WordCampRVA and it’s gonna be great. What is WordCamp?
WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events. These events are usually highlighted by speeches [...]
Jeff Jarvis challenges Journalists to ask themselves a tough question:
Journalism can’t afford repetition and production anymore.
Every minute of a journalist’s time will need to go to adding unique value to the news ecosystem: reporting, curating, organizing. This efficiency is necessitated by the reduction of resources. But it is also [...]
OK, so it’s not Wednesday but so what. Ask me a question and I’ll give you an answer! Good times!
[...]So I just finished my first novel length read using Stanza on the iTouch and the experience wasn’t too bad. Stanza is a free ebook application for the iTouch/iPhone. The layout is pretty straight forward and given that it’s on the iTouch the resolution is great. The portability off [...]
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President Obama is asking the Cabinet to cut $100 million over the next 90 days. RealClearPolitics has a video of reporters taking the administration to task for hailing the $100 million dollar cut as significant after dismissing criticism of an $8 billion appropriations bill several weeks ago. Gibbs [...]
BookSwim aims to do for the book market what Netfilx has done for DVDs. For $19.98 a month you can rent up to three books at a time, free shipping to and back. Why not just go to a library?
The company’s answer includes these main points: no late [...]
In the first quarter filing for 2009, Democratic nominee for Attorney General Steve Shannon reported receiving $272,644 in cash and in-kind contributions from 248 individuals, organizations and businesses, more than double the $105,205 raised by the top Republican AG nominee, John Brownlee. Admittedly that is an [...]
Every now and then I take Wednesday and make it “Ask Jason Something Awesome!” day. I think I’ll make this one of those Wednesdays:
If you’re feeling saucy enough, ask me questions and I’ll answer them. Maybe you want my opinion on something. Or maybe you’re wondering my philosophical feelings on [...]
Checking out NRO articles this morning I found an interesting disclaimer at the top of the article Planned Parenthood Matters:
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column is available exclusively through United Media. For permission to reprint or excerpt this copyrighted material, please contact Carmen Puello at cpuello@unitedmedia.com.
The article [...]
Jeremy has a serious question, actually:
Nice look! I need to make my blog simpler without sacrificing the aesthetic.
Thanks. It’s temp but I’m always a big fan of simple designs. Just don’t think I have the meat in my content to really justify it.
My question [...]
Steven really shouldn’t have to ask:
Are you mocking me for using Internet Explorer 6?
Yes, Steven. Yes I am.
This is part of the Ask J~ Stuff segment done some Wednesdays. Have a question? Go ask it here.
[...]When did J’s Notes change its look?
Sometime over the weekend. This isn’t going to be the final design. I’ve been meaning to do an overhaul and this is just a temporary design to force me along because I’ll look at this and go, “damn, I really need to [...]
How can I be cool like you?
Here’s the thing about “cool”, Jim. Either you’ve got it or you don’t.
The trick among us born cool is turning that “cool” into “awesome”. And here is where you start finding the real movers and shakers in the [...]
Every now and then I take Wednesday and make it “Ask Jason Something Awesome!” day. I think I’ll make this one of those Wednesdays:
If you’re feeling saucy enough, ask me questions and I’ll answer them. Maybe you want my opinion on something. Or maybe you’re wondering my philosophical feelings on [...]
David Nygren devised a method of novel writing using only an Excel spreadsheet that seperated action, dialogue and character’s thoughts. His first novexcel, “Under The Table”, is now available and quite interesting to see in action.
[...]1001 Rules For My Unborn Son is my favorite blog find of the day.
[...]Richmond Public Library’s Spring Book Sale begins this Friday. Like I need more books (wait, yes I do!).
[...]Consumerist is reporting that Borders may have to deliver some bad news in the near future and is speculating that the book chain may be going under.
That’s unfortunate because I’m quite fond of Borders. A combination of working there for three years (opening the Fredericksburg store as a temporary [...]
F.T. Rea argues that if Richmond “Baseball In The Bottom” is such a great idea and deserves public funding that you might as well put it up as a referrendum and allow the public to just fall over themselves to show their overwhelming support to throw money at another [...]
Person gets a job at Cisco. Person tweets that they’re not all that excited about job. Person gets tweeted back at by Cisco employee. Person does not get job.
Person then learns a lesson and shares it with others:
Should Tim Levad have backed off? Not necessarily; it was crass [...]
Pew’s 2009 State Of The Media report is out in all its gory details. You can read an overview here.
[...]From Scott’s Morning Brew comes word that Democratic Lt. Gov. candidate Pat Edmonson is suing to shut down and identify the author of an anonymous blog:
Edmonson spokesman Conner Morris said the campaign is “hiring security, which is highly unusual for this kind of race” because of concerns about [...]
Today’s letter from nine unit chairs stating a change of leadership is needed at RPV coupled with Alexandria’s resolution two weeks ago gives you every unit chair in every locality that has had a special election this year coming out against Jeff Frederick:
Alexandria (Murray - 46th)
Fairfax (Herrity/Cook)
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Charlie Gibson doesn’t get it either, really, and Mark Biggs calls him out on it:
Gibson began with a somber rehash of newspapers cutting jobs and going out of business. “The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is gone — gone,” he said with dramatic effect.
After blaming young people for getting their news online [...]
Bob Hollsworth wrote earlier this week some thoughts I’d been having as well:
But this is what baffles me about the Frederick story.
What would a win look like?
The party rules say that his detractors need to have 75% of the vote at the smackdown to remove him.
What if they fail [...]
Take a McDonalds double cheeseburger and put a McChicken in the middle and you’ve got yourself a McGangBang.
[...]RichmondWiki is neat. I like the idea of creating an encyclopedia of Richmond and others being able to give their takes and bits of info they know as well. I’m not sure how successful it’ll be in the long run of providing a good history of Richmond, but it’s [...]
Fan of the Fan is a new community blog for all things the Fan. Give it a peek and enjoy.
[...]Dan Gillmor posts through Boing Boing that he is looking for an honest bank:
One of my projects keeps its money at Bank of America. I want to move the money to a bank that behaves more honorably. This isn’t just a moral issue, but also a financial one. An [...]
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