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Love the look/feel overall! This page is particularly visually delightful. Like the concept very much. I’m drawn to the idea of a community of artists — and if you add that it’s a community of blogging artists, that’s niche-ing it in a more interesting way. Add the demographic and I think you’re on to something. I will pass this on to a friend of mine, approx my age (i.e. DECADES older than your demographic) who has beenblogging regularly since last summer — or before – I’ve just been checking her out since then. She may have some input. As a personal aside, I’m very very proud of you, JK!!!

oh yeah -one other thing – “views from the blog world” doesn’t pop enough imho – or is it just that my eyes are way old? seems a bit dim.

YAHOO!! You rock! viva arsblog! woo hoo!!

Down with communist blogs! Up with Arsblog!! At last, a voice for the masses!

Hoorah for life! Hoorah for Arsblog!

This website looks so awesome. Except it needs to have a links page. And then you could set up a link to your brother’s website.

I think one of the main components of blogs that separate them from common forms of publications is the almost total lack of editing. You may want to consider your magazine also as an opportunity for some of these fledgling writers to learn about the wonderful world of white-out.

The name of the club Natural 9 comes from the card game baccarat, in which a natural nine is when the first two cards of the hand total up to nine (which is the point of the game). Give me my dollar.

Did you write that? I like it. It sounds like it would make a good song.

Spring air
Tunes themed coffee and yay
Post discs to me

hey now we have an official group haiku!

go me!

~jpk

weh, Pipeye wishes she could join you!! Dang it! Keep your schedule free in August Peep, b/c Pip will be coming to LA LA Land this summer! )

What did the note say?

Anyone who does this should also check to make sure the dye isn’t toxic. Most fabric dyes aren’t, but any of the powdered kind could be raw pigment, which is highly toxic (don’t believe what your coworker says when she claims that it’s “inert” or “inactive” metal and therefore safe enough to even eat… she’s horribly misinformed!)

Maybe you should just have a “Surprise I’m staying in Boston” party instead. j/k, I know you’ll have a blast there! Even if it means leaving an ‘eye in Boston.

Most frightening photo ever.

What camera did you get?

This was a really good wrap-up of the weekend. I agree that it was too bad we missed the Thrills, although I go back and forth on whether I like them or not. Just like you are sad that you missed half of Paul van Dyk, I am sad that I missed most of Belle and Sebastian (I wanted to be up close to Bright Eyes… which was worth it, but still a shame). You were kind to the organizers to not mention the fact that they scheduled the best bands all together in a clump on Sunday so that if you were a fan of one certain genre (i.e. honest, lyrics driven indie rock and the older bands that have been around a while) you were screwed. Air is a great band, and it sucked that I missed it because I was watching Bright Eyes, and Belle and Sebastian shouldn’t have overlapped Cursive. Also, the different pieces of artwork and interactive sculpture were very cool and not distracting or in-the-way at all. My one complaint (and what is this, a unique complaint, or something?) is that the food was nasty and the water was overpriced. Plus the merch was a rip. The bands, tho… The bands did rock.

Aaaahcaw! aaaahcaw!! Nothing says “relaxed” like listening to bird calls!
Still to this day, no one has been able to answer my question: Is it a criminal offense to knowingly posion birds?

Yeah, well, where is it?

Hot damn, J—glad you made it!

Did you sing “I’m turning Japanese”?
I just heard on the radio that Japan is one of the top beer consuming countries. Must be all that Budweiser Light we keep shipping over there.

mmmm…extra lettuce for me, please! Can you imagine the aftermath in your Hyokonakiau?

That last photo is very telling. I should carry my digital camera around more often. Please take more pictures and post them – when I check your site and see pictures, I get all giddy like I did when I finally got a Cabbage Patch Kid in 1984. Well, not quite that giddy, but almost.

Renting a dog for an hour sounds “okay”. But what about renting a Burmese for an hour? It sounds like they have forgotten a very important niche market.. Thank god I live in the U S of A.

Hot damn, sounds amazing. So was this the Mexican place from, like, eight weeks ago?

Thank god you can get good mexican over there…otherwise I’d imagine you’d have little reason to stay for very long. Sounds like you’re giving this place a 3 toot salute! YAY!

Do you have any comments on the Charles Robert Jenkins situation?

Am very much enjoying reading about your adventures

Damn, J — gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing.

That’s very impressive photography, Poopeye. You should consider publishing a book of photographs of your time in Tokyo (don’t forget to put a picture of Wiggles on the cover!!!). )

yah- the woman outside the cafe is my favorite too.

yay! Wicked good wrap-up. Glad to hear you had such a fun time. And SO JEALOUS that you met Stuart from B&S. I would have scream-asked him to sing “A Summer Wasting” or “Electronic Renassiance” but hey, at least you remember ONE of their tracks. ;o) Boston B&S fans are the best uber-dorks on the planet…especially since NONE of them would stand up during the concert. God forbid you startle the band by having a good time.

I’m happy you had fun poopeye!!!!

hee! cool!

Please I use an excrement of account of the hotmail of 2 megas, it sends me an invitation for the gmail.

Did E.B. White write this whole post? Or just the last paragraph? Either way, it was well done. Pipeye sends her approval via Federal Express.

This metroblogging in tokyo is quite interesting. It’s a neat perspective of the Japanese culture through Western eyes. I enjoy seeing and learning how the other side of the world lives, via English interpretation. While I enjoy your personal blog, I will also make a habit of visiting your new home. ps. I especially like the pictures of stores/places with the weird American names. The grocery store sign had funny descriptive words like “tasty” “enjoyable”–which makes sense but really isn’t the types of words our culture would use for a grocery store.

Poopeye, perhaps this can be motivation to learn how to say “Who’s there?” in Japanese? Or you can learn how to say, “Thank you…come again.” ;o)

“Look Pedro…I don’t know how they do things down in Juarez, but here in Idaho we have a little thing we call ‘pride’.”

First of all, as a Chicano, I am deeply offended by the previous post. Whatever. Sorry we didn’t cross paths in NYC last month. You missed quite a wedding in C-ville. I have the pictures to prove it.

How funny that you posted a link to the most popular words used in the English language…and their ranking. I watched a documentary last night on ‘English in America’ and how every ‘area’ of the country really does have it’s own dialect (and meanings for certain words). Interestingly enough linguists reported that, Boston/New York has the most PROPER English (closest pronunciation to British words), while Ohio (and the Midwest) speaks the most NORMAL English (understandable by almost all fluent Americans). The South is said to speak the most PLEASURABLE English…not understandably, but the most popular in terms of listening pleasure. Truth be told I got bored after watching two hours on the East Coast…so I didn’t watch the reamining two hours highlighting the West Coast (but they did briefly mention that West Coasters are affected by Spanish…and it is more commonly mixed in their language). hmmm..this reminds me that I need to check and see what ranking ‘Pipeye’ is on that site. ;o)

Two things…1. Pipeye is not considered a word, according to wordcount.
2. Rochester, NY used to be considered one of the few places in America that set the standard for proper pronunciation of words…BUT it has seriously declined in the last 50-100 years. It is now considered one of the least understandable accents by foreigners. I bet Grandpa Keegan would get a kick out that. ;o)

Jonah, This and the other “song” entry are excellent. They remind me a bit of another blog that I sometimes read: http://www.furia.com/log/indexplus.html.

Glenn McDonald, who writes it, is a very talented writer (sometimes a bit pompous though). I encourage you to check him out.

Jeff

very interesting. I like what you wrote. It’s different from what I meant…

Jonah – I know EXACTLY how you feel when you say “And is she thinking about you? Probably not, but it’s the question you ask yourself the most. Why didn’t she see what you saw? Where was the piece missing for her that fit so perfectly for you? She could never answer you and it made you want to burst with sadness.”

I was listening to a song that is driving me with reflections, from my generation. Coyote, by Joni Mitchell. In it she says
“There’s no comprehending
Just how close to the bone and the skin and the eyes
And the lips you can get
And still feel so alone
And still feel related”

I’m of the persuasion that truly we are all one – our separatness is an illusion (have you seen “What the Bleep Do We know”?). But yet, at a human level there is that huge gulf sometimes. What does it mean? Why didn’t she see it as you did? I don’t get it. Thank you for this. Your mother reminded me of your blog, gave me the URL and now I’m a true believer. thanks for sharing you with all of us.

Or, you can always start talking about the elephant in the living room. Was in a Buddhist discussion group when the esteemed teacher came in. Took awhile to figure out she was WAY loaded. Way. And expounding for sure. Interesting scenery (ala the beard) but not THAT interesting. A comment about the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous and how lifesaving it can be, gently tossed like a pebble in the stream of her self-absorbed narcisstic ramblings had the desired effect of Wake Up! However, luckily, no vacation slides were involved….

yes i did. thank you.

fau·cet n.
a fixture for drawing or regulating the flow of liquid especially from a pipe

You are right–the rain coat is really cool. The braclet is cool–but it appears to be similar to the belts you can get in the US now…which have the ability to put digital scrolling words on the buckle. ?Neccoah Onadogah Atmas? Say it three times fast and tell me your answer.

Neko wa onara ga arimasuka?

Beautiful Photograph

I wanted a free pro account on flickr… could u give me it?
thank you!

oh dear…just the messenger, don’t shoot…don’t SHOOT

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comments……..left…………another…website…….mouseover….to………….see.

<I die.>

I hate to nitpick, but the game is actually Chinese — I can read Japanese and some Chinese, and those are Chinese characters on the opening page. I don’t know where someone got the idea that it was a Japanese game.

yes, there’s no doubt that hugo chavez is wringing his hands right now, thinking, “no bueno! if only there was a way to stop this kiva.org!”

I remember seeing these Hong Kong photos a while back…. I forget where, but after visiting the city last spring, the whole idea of “density” really took on a new meaning in my mind. Not only is the city unbelievable dense, but it’s so ecclectic! Little mom-and-pop stores wedged in between towering apartment complexes and such…

I must say, that is one wicked good poem; I really like it.

Happy New Year!

Hey, consider me in!

Lou Tamposi

loutamposi.net

Thats a great idea, I like the site and concept.

Hey! This isn’t just for bloggers! You could create a word cloud T-shirt with 30 words describing someone for whom you’d like a UNIQUE gift (your sweetie, best friend, the person you wish were your sweetie, your dear old dad, etc. etc.). Talk about unique! And (for me, at least) the price is right too! Love this idea!!!

These are awesome! I have so many people that are impossible to buy for, and now I can give them a really personal unique gift that I know they won’t already have.

Do you know why I haven’t received a confirmation yet? It’s been over a week.

Jonah -

Thanks for the heads up on the book and your insightful comments. Do you read Ode magazine? (http://www.odemagazine.com) – it bills itself as “for intelligent optimists”. They had an insightful article on microcredit awhile back – perhaps you could turn this blog entry into an article for them. But back to the content – we live in the midst of such unimaginable (to me, at least) change – it would seem to me that surely this is one of the great turning points in human history. Being in the midst of it, it’s hard to see where we’re going. If the quantum physicists & mystics are at all right (and I happen to think they are VERY right), our thoughts – individually and collectively – will guide us. That is, if we follow your advice above and move into action to help the poor, the outcome of where this world is going will look differently than if we lapse into materialism to ease our fears about “terrorists” (forgetting who the true terrorists are and that the true enemy is fear). When I was young there was a popular slogan “What if they gave a war and nobody came?”. I think it’s time to ponder “what if we turned our backs on lethargy, sloth & despair and instead turned to the power of small groups.”

“Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

Thanks for some very thought-provoking material. I’m eager to explore ways in which I can re-activate my generation’s idealism and get us back into changing the world rather than overly-rapicly-consuming it.

Great post, thank you! A company that I find interesting and inspiring related to this topic is Cemex in Mexico. Granted, Cemex is a huge corporation, cement company, and their incentives are to make money, not solely to improved the poor’s access to land and housing. However, they are using microfinance and it’s solidarity models in clever ways both make money and expand the poor’s access to affordable housing. A great book for more examples like Cemex is “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” by C.K. Prahalad. The case studies are a little too bogged down in details, but it’s great for getting examples of how some businesses are having positive social impact in a sustainable way.

Where you been? Where I been if it’s a month late? And now I know why “Brontosaurus Media” having discussed The Long Tail with Arthur J.

Right!

Jonah,
Nice post. I use both services quite frequently, but your ideas on a mashup of the two would be definitely useful.

As for 1st degree or 2nd degree contacts – I really found Malcolm Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point and Keith Ferazzi’s book Never Eat Alone both very insightful about the value of networking, and how often it is the 2nd degree contacts that help a person break out of the “orbit of their dull and ordinary lives” (I made up that last part). But the point being – that we know our close friends quite well, and it’s the further degrees of separation that push us to expand our boundaries.

Rob

Great insight Rob, the bleeding edge of my social space is definitely where all my thoughts and energies are directed lately… professionally it’s where I want to be. There’s an innovation manifesto there, as companies (or politicians, artists, any thought leader) grow and achieve success, the incentive at the top to push out to that social edge shrinks, with uniformly negative results I’d wager. I read tonight how the hardest job in leading a successful enterprise is selling the company mission to your own employees… as you whisk from the private jet to the executive suite and so on, you lose your edge and eventually your endeavor takes a hit. Somebody should tell Mr. Ballmer

ref: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003454.html

Very meaningful post on aneat blog. I am linking this.

Jonah -

What a great post! As a Vietnam era war protestor, as well as a current war protestor, I am glad to see that those of us who oppose this war are not, in general, making the same mistakes my generation made when young of villifying those who served. Your comments are well written, to the point and important. I’m out buying a birthday gift for an 8 year old friend this weekend and will pick up some of the supplies you mention. I’ll contact you to get soldier information.

THank you for YOUR service in posting this. You make a difference.

Diane

Jonah,

Soldiers have been asking for extra things when they are deployed – in wartime or not. Go to any military base and you’ll see plenty of shops off post selling what the soldiers, sailors and airmen can’t get on post. It’s just a greater need that these guys are in Iraq – and the off post shopping isn’t exactly available.

That being said, it’s very cool that you want to help out.

Just for the record, I served in Iraq with the Marine Corps in 2005. We had everything we needed: body armor, more gator dry mix than you could believe.enough baby wipes to fill a room from floor to ceiling and care packages out the wazoo.

Its not the militaries job to provide toiletries…you are given ample opportunity to buy things at the PX. Granted the PX doesnt carry everything…if I remember correctly Wal-Mart wanted to set up some mini stores over there, Im sure they could offer a better selection than the PX.

Note: I was at a very forward base and in the field everyday as well.

This is delicious!

I appreciate the link and all, but did you have to link the word “fraudsters” to me???

Oops! Edit made Marc.

Jonah – congrats on the win! nice idea…

Hey Jonah – just saw on LinkedIn you got a new job as Market Analyst at Right Media. Congratulations!

Jonah, I love where you are going with this. I used to say that everyone is going to have a unique IP address which follows them throughout life. that IP address is/will be their phone number so bridging online/offline is something that will eventually happen. Whilst the media and business is becoming transparent, the individual user will have to be as well. You’ve laid out some interesting observations and ideas… would love to see you follow up on this.

If it doesn’t make your eyes water, you may be human, but you are very, very different from me.

Something we have known for a long time.

Oh! Great one, please bestow upon us the esteemed
privilege of a Flickr Pro Account, I’d appreciate it

Love & Regards

Sounds like Google is once again taking food out the small peoples mouths….eg…tinyurl….smh

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