Monthly Archives: January 2009

UK Online Protest Finds Success In Just 48 Hours

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Using social networking tools to organize political protests is nothing new or surprising, but online protests have been growing increasingly efficient, especially on Facebook. In Canada, for example, a group protesting copyright legislation caught the attention of federal parliament last summer, and another opposing strict restrictions on young drivers …

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    Problems with the New Translations of the Psalms…

    I’ll be covering the real problems with the new translations in the new few weeks (hint: copyright) but, in the meantime, Ironic Catholic suggests that they aren’t all bad…

    The Lord is King; thou shouldst not ever forget it;
         the Lord is King, and he can kick your ass.

    He is truly smart and knows lots of …

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      If You Care About Fighting Inequality, Say No To Babies

      Unless you’re one of those crazies who believes in creationism, guns, families, bibles and babies, you’re going to love this piece (via The Dawn Patrol) over at the Feministing community site by freethinkr (that’s not a typo — “er” is so Web 1.0). Conservatives and the religious right keep going on about “family values,” …

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        The Last Family Ski Vacation

        My mom loves to ski. My parents used to joke that it was part of their marriage contract that my dad would ski and my mom would golf (not that my dad was ever much of a golfer for the first 26 years of the marriage, I think he was just looking for a …

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          Hired via Facebook? Fired via Facebook

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          We’ve seen stories of people being fired over email and even text message before, but now there’s a story of a Canadian spa worker fired via Facebook (via Michael Geist). The woman still got dressed and went to into work that day because she thought it was a joke. …

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            Pope Benedict XVI Defends World Youth Day

            Pope Benedict XVI defends World Youth Day, head on:

            Benedict laid out the traditional critique of World Youth Day – one that he knows well a few of his own lieutenants are, at times, inclined to share.

            “What, therefore, is the nature of what happens at World Youth Day?” the pope asked rhetorically. “What are the …

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              Facebook Artist Pages Still Have A Long Way To Go

              When Facebook first launched music pages back in November 2007, I predicted a shift away from MySpace. A couple months later, I created a MySpace profile for myself, ending a self-imposed boycott. It was stupid of me to ignore the community (MySpace is simply where musicians are, unfortunately), but beyond that, Facebook Musician Pages …

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                New Song: Everything I Want To See

                Everything I Want To See is a song I finished writing over the summer and recorded at Robyn’s in September. This is actually the what-do-you-think-of-this-song live-off-the-floor version, but it’s the only recording I have so far. I first played this at Hugh’s Room at the Humber Summer Songwriting Workshop showcase.

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                  New Song: Canvases

                  Canvases is a song I finished writing over the summer and recorded at Robyn’s in September. This is actually the what-do-you-think-of-this-song live-off-the-floor version, but I prefer it to the one we tried to work on. Uploaded, as it’s the first recording I have of this song, though I’ve played it live quite a few …

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