Fireworks tend to follow me everywhere I dance even last night the roofs of Pelican River were peppered with sparkles only five meters away ...
Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word—the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again.
In the topsy-turvy world of chain bookselling, never poke a Media Dragon while he is marketing:
I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed Why I Blog
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Time for the last post
On a winter-cold morning last autumn, before the leaves could summon up the energy to burn and fall, the barbarians entered the gate. A group of feisty young writers, known only to millions of readers by their blog names - Gawker, Gizmodo, Wonkette and Defamer - were in a soigne studio in New York’s Chelsea district to be photographed for the February issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
The irony was sweet: Gawker was supposed to make fun of this kind of inside-the-establishment posing. But the victory was sweeter: it was a signal moment, a benediction from a magazine that, more than any other, has become the plush chronicler of the celebrity establishment.
• Would George Orwell have made a good blogger? Maybe. But it still would have been a waste of his time, as it is for a lot of others Would George Orwell have made a good blogger? [You think the London Book Fair is about making deals and licensing rights, but the press will be focusing on oddities like the official demonstration debut of Margaret Atwood's LongPen device--invented to let her conduct fascimile book signings via a computer Author-turned-inventor Margaret Atwood launches book-signing gadget; HarperCollinsAdvantage: A site that lets booksellers purchase directly from the publisher online]
• · An electronic clearinghouse that uses emerging technologies to deliver more powerful searches will be tested by the Australian accommodation services industry Ontology to find room at the inn; ;
• · · Cluelessness is underrated. It's the newbie who does something he didn't know was supposed to be impossible. The Clueless Manifesto from Larry Osterman's WebLog ; MEDIA: John Grogan Likes It Ruff Bessie and Marley
• · · · IT Community Blog Choice Awards ; Put AdSense on your blog! Blog Ads
• · · · · Bringing music therapy to Bloggosphere; Sci-Fi / Fantasy Blog
• · · · · · Local author’s book featured on Oprah’s blog; Blog opened for law-makers, political advisors ; Companies are tuning into cyberspace to find out what potential customers want Companies pay to listen to blog buzz