October 2005

Hope from the Word

by La Shawn on 10.31.05

in Faith

To LBC readers who prayed for my sister and/or contributed to the “Send Shannon to California” fund, she has a message for you.

By the way, welcome her to the blogosphere! I’m still working on my other sister and brother.

Dead Man Blogging

by La Shawn on 10.31.05

in Bloggers

This may be a strange question, but have you bloggers made arrangements for your blog when you die? Is there someone you trust with the password to carry out your wishes? For instance, if this site is still in operation at the time of my death, I’ve made arrangements to have it shut down completely. It will live forever in Google’s cache, of course, but LBC will cease to be, just like me.

A morbid rhyme.

A story called Ghosts in the Machines reminded me of my own blogger mortality:

More than a year after his death, Aaron Huth continues to haunt those who knew him. His profile on the behemoth six-degrees-of-separation Web site Friendster.com still lets people know that in May of 2003 he was listening to bands like the Birthday Party and the Postal Service and reading Nietzsche. His likes and interests were frozen for posterity on May 26, 2003, the last time he logged into the site….Twenty years old at the time of his death, Huth had made no preparations and left no instructions with regards to how his worldly affairs should be dealt with, much less his online presence—how the people he knew only in the virtual sense should be notified. He is far from being alone in that regard.

Think about it. If you’re like me, blogging and various online activity have become a big part of your life. Just as you make plans for your assets, the care of dependents, etc., you ought to make plans for your blog and all password-protected web-based accounts, such as e-mail. Remember this story?

Happy Monday. :?

By Jove, I think he’s got it!

Selecting an experienced, sitting judge for the Supreme Court instead of an inexperienced former employee…what a novel idea! :?

Update: “In a recent column I suggested that all the fuss about Harriet Meirs’ credentials and by implication her intelligence, which is probably higher than many of her critics, is a distraction. What matters is not that she have previous experience as a judge or be several standard deviations to the right on the Bell Curve, but that she have an originalist judicial philosophy.” — Red Phillips.

Regarding the “separation of church and state” issue, see Incompatible Kerry’s Immaculate Deception.

Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. EST (Don’t forget to turn back your clocks this weekend!) on WRKO in Boston, Kevin and Gregg of Pundit Review will interview Kris Mineau, President of the Massachusetts Family Institute and Vote on Marriage, about homosexual “marriage.”

Mineau is collecting signatures to put a marriage amendment protecting traditional marriage on the 2008 ballot in the state. Gregg in particular wants to debunk the ridiculous notion that homosexual “marriage” is a civil right or is in any way related to the Civil Rights movement.

clockTo stir things us up (This typo has been up here all day. The shame…) a woman from Mass Equality will be joining them. Listen live at WRKO in Boston at 9:00 p.m. EST.

Call in and weigh in at 617.266.6868 or 877.469.4322.

Don’t forget to turn back your clocks!

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