THE LEMON BASKET: THE BEST & WORST OF THE WEB
#548 NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Copyright 2009 FRANCIS DIMENNO
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JOSEPH JOUBERT (I)
Children always want to look behind mirrors. (1795)
The penchant for destruction is one of the ways used for conserving the world. (1796)
When men are imbeciles, the one who is mad dominates the others. (1797)
Beautiful clothes are a sign of joy. (1798)
When you want transparency, the finite, the smooth and the beautiful, you must polish for a long time. (1799)
NEW AMERICAN MAXIMS
In our cars, at least, we are Kings. Albeit, Kings of Nowhere.
Cynics aren't always right. But don't bet on it, because the fix is in.
The well-off are every bit as error-prone as lesser mortals. Difference being, they are never encouraged to calculate just how much their mistakes will cost.
Healthy people are sickened by the recreations of the abnormal. And vice versa.
You can have free love, though it will cost you. Yet hate is always in plentiful supply.
When you're on a train to nowhere, it doesn't really matter how fast you're going.
Nothing's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Except, maybe, one monkey in a barrel...one...very... special...monkey.
If the European escapes from his prison by the slow wearing away of a boulder with a spoon, the American perpetuates his by making everywhere he flees into the same prison he has left behind.
People are prey to delusions, but don't forget--you too are prey to a delusion-- that you are delusion-free.
We're encouraged to think for ourselves, but soon discover few will understand us unless we express ourselves with the thoughts that others have already had.
1*SALUTATION
World's worst book proposals
http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/004960_10082008.html
http://writersweekly.com/the_latest_from_angelahoycom/005494_07222009.html
2*REFERENCE
GLOSSARY OF BOOK TERMS
http://www.magersandquinn.com/index.php?main_page=popup_book_terms
3*HUMOR
THE SHAGGS
IT'S HALLOWEEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xFyuD-62w
4*NOVELTY
Slow Motion Video of Bullet Impacts Recorded at One Million Frames Per Second
http://laughingsquid.com/slow-motion-video-of-bullet-impacts-recorded-at-one-million-frames-per-second/
5*AVATAR OF THE ZEITGEIST
DAILY INCIDENTS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Spilt Milk Sends One to Jail
On Monday, September 21, 2009, at approximately 7:37am, Boston Police Officers assigned out of Area E-18 (Hyde Park), responded to 25 Pierce Street for a report of an assault & battery in progress.
Officers arrived on-scene and spoke with the third floor resident who stated the third floor resident threw milk on herself and young child while they were walking by her apartment door. Officers observed milk on the staircase and in front of the suspect’s door. Officers also noticed the one-year-old child to be covered with, what appeared to be, milk. The female victim informed officers that the suspect had also dumped milk all over her vehicle prior to throwing it on her and her young child.
Officers then spoke with the suspect who denied any involvement or interaction with the victim. Officers spoke with a third party who corroborated the victims’ account of events. Based on the suspects’ actions, she was placed into custody.
Officers arrested Andreka Wilson, 31, of Hyde Park on the charges of Disorderly Conduct and Disturbing the peace. A complaint application will also be filed against her on the charge of Assault & Battery.
http://www.bpdnews.com/2009/09/
6* DAILY UTILITY
BROCKTON POLICE AND FIRE LOG
http://www.wickedlocal.com/brockton/news/police_and_fire
7*CARTOON
"STARCHIE"
"Shoddop eveyone who yells shoddop".
http://www.hollywoodnorthreport.com/article.php?Article=7291
The whole Archie marries Veronica story, by the way, was just a simple "What-If" exercise. There's another one where he marries Betty.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33226851/ns/today-today_books/
8*PRESCRIPTION
The Remains.
"Don't Look Back"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ne_H5HL88
9*RUMOR PATROL
COUNCIL BOOK OF TIME FOR THE INITIATED
http://www.scribd.com/doc/7528314/Council-Book-of-Time-for-the-Initiated
1O*LAGNIAPPE
October 24, 2009 was the one-year anniversary of Black Friday.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_crash#The_Crash_of_2008
11*DEVIATIONS FROM THE PREPARED TEXT: A REVIEW OF OTHER MEDIA
NEW COUNTRY HITS
Ayds Mama and the Crystal Meth Diet Revolution, "Broken Teeth and a Broken Heart"
Birmingham Church Bombers, "Scraping Cletus Off the Wheel"
Brokeback Jockeys, "Gotta Drain Mah Lizard (Honey)"
The Chigger-Lovers, "Positive Wasserman Jones"
Peckerhead and His Feral Hog, "Keep Yore Hand On That Plow"
The Snopes Clan, "Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (My Favorite Things)"
Spitback and the Methodone Wranglers, "Smack Crack and Pot (Make the World Go Round)"
Thousand Yard Stare, "Drop Your Cocks and Grab Your Socks"
The Walmart Greeters, "Two Hours of Pushing Broom"
When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Outhouse, "Non Compost Mentis"
452. CONTROVERSIES IN POPULAR CULTURE
JOURNALISTIC ELISION
"Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity." --Thomas Gray, on Boswell
Ever notice how, in any given article, journalists have a tendency to get at least one or two things wrong--as in, providing a piece of information that is somewhat true, but not strictly accurate? If you have ever been the subject of such an article, you will know what I mean. I think of it as a type of slurring over, not of words, but of facts. That's why I call it "journalistic elision".
Perhaps this practice has become widespread because journalism is not an art; it is a craft. And an increasingly devalued one. There is no time to make certain that every fact is scrupulously accurate within its context, so journalists have a tendency to...fudge.
Ever notice how this practice has begun seeping into books? Even bestselling nonfiction such as "1959: The Year Everything Changed". (E.g.; n.b.: Scorcese's first film was "Who's that Knocking at My Door," not "Boxcar Bertha": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_scorsese )
There doesn't seem to be much justification for this type of journalistic fudging in a published book. Not any more. Seems as though back when fact-checking was difficult and depended upon a library at one's disposal, people were more scrupulous about it. Now that checking facts is, nine times out of ten, very simply done, people don't seem to feel the need to bother.
Worse, they just don't seem to care. Thus, errors are inexorably perpetuated. Truth is a hermit, while half-truths have a thousand friends.
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