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Blogging May Cost You Your Life

doug3505 — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:03:48 -0800

Blogging May Cost You Your Life NY Times discusses the possible "death by blogging" of two prominent Tech Bloggers, Russell Shaw and Marc Orchant, Blognation. A third, Om Malik of gigaom.com, 41, survived a heart attack in December. I am thinking twice about my late night posts.

How one young man became one very funny, "Christian" old woman

Unicorn on the cob — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:40:13 -0800

Melba Jackson has long been the terror of local Christian radio hosts and various sports programs. Her contributions have tickled many a listener, wondering exactly who this elderly woman from a rural area is, exactly. Turns out she isn't a she at all, but a very talented and shy young man by the name of Brother Russell. Russell's ability to almost instantly morph into Melba Jackson is stunning, and he can be heard "becoming" her on at least one prank call on Radio Jihad. He has been the bane of such televangelists as Robert Tilton, Benny Hinn, Bob Larson, and Christian radio talk show hosts from Dallas to Austin and everywhere in between. He's pranked the guys at The Ticket and done video collages, chastised Mormons and pretended to be raptured while ordering religious children's books, too. But he is not the supposed 88-year-old Gladys who called the Ellen Degeneres show at the beginning of 2007, despite some startling similarities. This is my first post... be gentle, o wise MeFites!

Wind thy Self

Alex404 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:58:02 -0800

Some of you likely have read, The Mouse and His Child. Some of you may remember the movie. It is not in print. Here it is on YouTube.

Nipsey Nipped

me3dia — Tue, 04 Oct 2005 12:19:30 -0800

Nipsey Russell, comedic "poet laureate of television," dead
The opposite of pro is con
That fact is clearly seen
If progress means move forward
Then what does Congress mean?

melting wax

painquale — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:00:18 -0800

Is Civilization Decaying? Will technological progress be accompanied by moral progress? Notes on a 1923 debate between J. B. S. Haldane (Daedalus) and Bertrand Russell (Icarus). "As John Brunner pointed out in an article in the New Scientist in 1993, these two books ... inspired two generations of science fiction writers."

Nipsey Russell's Funky Palace

NedKoppel — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:53:19 -0800

Nipsey Russell's Funky Palace "Hands down, Nipsey Russell is simply an entertainment master. His work in Vaudville, The Match Game, $20,000 Pryamid and The Hollywood Squares all represent wonders of modern entertainment. However, they pale in comparison to his greatest work, breathing new life into the Disco inspired Tin-Man character in the '70's revival of the classic Wizard of Oz film known as The Wiz." This hyperbole-spouting little site also includes photographs of vintage vinyl from the couplet comic himself.

The

ed — Mon, 05 May 2003 16:59:17 -0800

22 year old schizophrenic Farrah Russell was rebuilding her life. But when the plug was pulled on the state program that allowed her to subsist, she took her life. Her heartbreaking story is a cautionary tale of the dark consequences of state budget cuts. While politicians argue over tax stimulus proposals that benefit the wealthy, while wild numbers are applied to war budgets, the States have been forced to cut social programs in order to survive. Whether it's California teachers, Connecticut and New York residents dreading tax hikes, Pennsylvania public transportation, or Texas prescription drug coverage for the poor, the States, supposedly United, have been left out to dry. While the States have been forced to cut their programs, groping for survival, Washington remains silent in its mission. It does not remember history. Why do we turn a blind eye to the hidden costs? What can be done about this? And how do we make it stop?