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2006-01-06
  moodus sportsman's club
calendar of events


MOODUS SPORTSMEN'S CLUB
2006 CALENDAR


JANUARY   9  Monthly and Annual Board of Directors meetings
                   21  Game Dinner  6:30 p.m.
                  28 & 29  Smelt Fishing Trip

FEBRUARY    5  Super Bowl  
                    6  Monthly meeting  -  7pm
                   12  Ice Fishing Derby
                   25 Game Dinner
MARCH   DEP Hunter Safety Course 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 9th,  10th, & 12th
                    5  Archery Course
                    6  Monthly meeting  -  7pm
                  11 Women in Sports

                   18  Game Dinner

 
  enigma
what is it?

write me or put your guess in the "Comments"
 
2006-01-04
  wrestling
Fridays have become wrestling night


    
That's when BillP and I get together for our weekly visit. Now, I watch pretty much because of these guys: Batista and Mysterio. They make a pretty impressive team; full of bravado and spunk.
     Yeah, I know that much of what goes on in the ring, and out, is pure entertainment, but alot of it isn't. These two have stamina and as a duo, they have a spirit that is difficult to match. Batista with his pure raw muscle, and Mysterio's lithe gymnastics are every bit as enthralling as, say, Cirque de Soleil can be ...for me at least. Thought in contrast, there's nothing much intellectual about the wrestling at all; which is just fine.
MORE ON BATISTA & MYSTERIO: DemonBoard, Demon's Dreaming, Batista Data, Mysterio Profile | SOME OTHER WRESTLING SITES: , Wrestling Kingdom, Obsessed with Wrestling's Gallery |
 
  pasttimes | boot maintenance
Care and maintainance of foot gear
  
  
     What with winter weather, and water seeping into the back of the trusty Smiths gets me to thinking I need to waterproof them. Nick's Custom Boots ["America's Boot Specialist since 1964"] offers an assortment of tips on proper maintenance, the 2-1-3 method of lacing, and other curious boot care advice for "your lifestyle." Their prices are NOT cheap but they assert that they are good for "years of wear."
     Advice for breaking a new pair:
     Break-in takes roughly 80 to 100 hours of wear. It can take another week for your feet to adjust to the transition.
     1. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of rubbing alcohol & water.
     2. Spray the mixture on the boots every time you feel them getting tight or stiff.
     3. While wet, friction-rub them with your hand as if your were polishing them. This allows the alcohol to penetrate.
     4. Lacing-It is important to lace the boot tightly over the instep and around the ankle , which allows the leather to seat properly. (Snug is good; snugger is better)

                               Then again, there's always the spit polish method. -->>

MORE ON BOOTS: Georgia Boots offers a free Hunting Boot Wear Guide [pdf] providing you more info than most folks will ever need. There's also Jon Eake's Boot Saver [ for when you "...work on your hands and knees a lot..."], the sturdy Danner Quarry GTX 14500, and for durable cold season footgear check out Winter Footwear |
 
  corporate responsibility
Who's behind the West Virginia coal mine cave in?

Let me help you get in touch with them
.
ICG, Inc, | 2000 Ashland Drive | Ashland, KY 41101 | PH: 606-920-7400
KEY PEOPLE: Chair: Wilbur L. Ross Jr. | President/CEO: Bennett K. Hatfield | SVP Sales and Marketing: Michael Hardesty
PARENT CORP: W L Ross | 600 Lexington Avenue | New York, New York 10022 | PH:212-826-1100 | FAX:212-317-4891

International Coal Group owns the Sago mine in West Virginia where 13 miners were trapped and where 12 died. ICG is a relatively new company that was formed in May 2004 by a group of private investors, including the leveraged buyout king, Wilbur Ross. In the months since then, U.S. officials say the number of safety violations at the company's mines has risen.
     Outside of his investment efforts, Mr. Ross maintains a busy social schedule attending parties and fundraisers in New York City. Here he is with a companion at a cocktail reception to celebrate Palm Beach! America’s International Fine Art & Antique Fair which will be held next February in Palm Beach. In 2004, around the time he was grabbing up Horizon Resources, [former owner of the Sego mine], Mr. Ross was also donating money to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, a group I suspect the dead coal miners widow's will never get to hear.
     International Coal Group focuses its energy on one nation, the US. The company produces coal from 12 mining complexes in Northern and Central Appalachia (Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia) and from one complex in the Illinois Basin. International Coal Group produces low-sulfur steam coal, which is sold mainly to electric utilities, and metallurgical coal, which is sold to steelmakers. Steam coal accounts for the majority of the company's reserves, which amount to some 885 million tons of coal.
     Horizon Natural Resources the company that ICG bought out before taking over the Sego mining operation was involved in union busting and eliminating worker pension benefits before purchase.
     According to the Washington Post:
In the past two years, the mine was cited 273 times for safety violations, of which about a third were classified as "significant and substantial," according to documents compiled by the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Many were for problems that could contribute to accidental explosions or the collapse of mine tunnels, records show.
     In addition, 16 violations logged in the past eight months were listed as "unwarrantable failures," a designation reserved for serious safety infractions for which the operator had either already been warned, or which showed "indifference or extreme lack of care," said Tony Oppegard, a former MSHA senior adviser.
And The Louisville Courier Journal reports that:
The Sago mine in West Virginia, the site of a Monday explosion that trapped 13 miners, had 208 citations in 2005 and was fined $24,155. It employed 137 people at its highest level last year.
     Kentucky mining regulators issued 54 temporary closure orders to ICG mines in the state last year because of safety problems, said Holly McCoy, a spokeswoman for the state Office of Mine Safety and Licensing.
     Only late last year a U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration Report on another Mining Operation Fatality at a different coal operation owned and managed by International Coal Group that occurred on 28 December 2004. On the other hand, ICG has developed initatives to combat workplace substance abuse.
     On another note, Mr. Ross remains a stalwart opponent to leveling the playing field in international trade and vigorously opposes to trade concessions given to developing nations like Mexico.

Finally, I'm not completely certain, but ICG, Inc may be connected with the PIRA Energy Group, a big international energy shares trader/speculator.
    
PIRA execs: John Lichtblau/Chair | Gary Ross/CEO | Lawrence Goldstein/Pres.
USA CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS: PIRA Energy Group | 3 Park Avenue, 26th Floor | New York, NY 10016-5989 PH: 212-686-6808
RESEARCH SOURCES: National Public Radio, Lousiville Courier-Journal, North Carolina Business Journal, The New York Social Diary, International Coal Group, Oligopoly Watch, W L Ross & Co. LLC |
 
  photography | home life
waiting for summer

red chairs in the yard
 
  antique radios
   
We own a Philco 38-7 table model wood box radio. We've seen the breadth of it's Philco family history and read something about antique radios in general. The tubes light up. It would seem to get am/fm overseas stations and police band frequencies. We don't know. We know it was seen by a White Plains, NY "Radio Doctor" in 1955.
      
This baby's been sitting in the attic for probably 20 years and we've done nothing with it. I know we can get the proper manual to make it operable but not really certain we want to. We think it needs a new home withsomeone else who would properly care for it. And yes, we'd prefer to sell it. Suggestions?
 
  memes
100 things | Set up as "key words" or "phrases" to provide some hints into my psyche.
I've also got a longer, more detailed 100 Things as well. Bruce says that one is more interesting. I'll take his word for it.

001- New Year's Eve Baby
002- Teenaged Loner
003- Working Class Guy
004- Good sense of direction
005- Can milk a cow
006- Homophile
007- Game Cookery
008- Talkative
009- Classical Music
010- Taciturn
011- Montreal
012- Civil Rights Activism
013- Homebody
014- I can sew if I have to
015- Watercolorist
016- Museum goer
017- Married
018- Cartographer
019- Breeder
020- Divorced
021- Adirondack Mountains
022- Bisbee, Arizona
023- Sustainable Resources
024- Pop Culture voyeur
025- Aurora Borealis
026- PTSD Survivor
027- Landscapes
028- Wood Stoves
029- Kidney Stone
030- Buddhist
031- Germantown, Philadephia, PA
032- Sportsman's Hunting Clubs
033- North Country Observer
034- U&lc
035- ProSex
036- Leisurly Dining
037- Voltaire's Ingenious
038- Paris, France
039- Congress of Racial Equality
040- Collage
041- Anemia
042- Shy Exhibitionist
043- Pack Rat
044- African American English Teachers
045- Lifetime Sketch Artist
046- Stonewall Tavern
047- Human Rights Officer
048- Socialism
049- Mummer's Day Parades
050- DeSade's Justine
051- Historic Preservation
052- PC not MAC
053- Hunting
054- College Years Pothead
055- Sexually Precocious
056- Pick-up Trucks
057- Women Who Wed Gay Men
058- "Are you a Bear?"
059- Jagermeister and Steel Reserve Ale
060- George's Mills, New Hampshire
061- Sun Tsu's "Art of War"
062- Fred Bear
063- Workaholic
064- Ukiah, California
065- Childhood Institutionalization
066- Good Cook
067- Great Spirit
068- Math Clutz
069- Stalwart
070- Santee, California
071- Prolific Reader
072- White House Invitee
073- Wilderness Camping
074- Deja Vu
075- Internet Savvy
076- Kokadjo, Maine
077- Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY
078- Musee des Beaux Arts
079- Stuart, Florida
080- White & Case
081- Firewood
082- Philadelphia Museum of Art
083- Slang Books
084- Economic Treason
085- New York City 1960s
086- Baby Boomer
087- 21st Century Feudalism
088- Civil Unioned
089- Mary Selma Evans
090- Land Use Planning
091- Mass MoCA
092- Bethlehem Steel
093- Sonesta Hotels
094- Essayist
095- The Bronx Sauna
096- Tate Modern
097- Enigmatic
098- "Hot Type" Typographer
099- Journal Keeper
100- As long as just one person suffers in poverty, that immense personal wealth is unjust
FOUND AT OTHER SITES: Pax Nortana, Love and Rage, Amanita |
 
2006-01-02
  blogosphere "geography" update
The Common Man has morphed into Love and Rage. He thoughts had been working in that direction for some time and note was made of this recently at TCM, when he wrote
There are many things that I think about, engage in, create, away from the strictly anarchic and political but I don't feel able to post them here (I have friends in the real world who read this and, while I don't mind letting the closest of them into the deeper parts of my head, I wouldn't want everyone to know what's churning over behind these eyes, at least not yet). So I also have a blog elsewhere that I use for the rest of my life and which no-one I know knows about.
I look forward to this new incarnation as the new site evolves, especially since he greets the new year thusly: "...here's to more rabble-rousing, trouble-making and general all-round mischief in 2006. Cheers!"
IMAGE CREDITS: created by Eric Drooker and used with permission by The Common Man |
 
2006-01-01
  misanthropes
Kathleen Parker is not impressed with the blogosphere. In a recent op-ed piece she penned, published online at Town Hall, she laments that "...There's something frankly creepy about the explosion we now call the Blogosphere - the big-bang "electroniverse" where recently wired squatters set up new camps each day..." and that bloggers are "...effete and often clever baby "bloggies" rich in time and toys, but bereft of adult supervision. Spoiled and undisciplined, they have grabbed the mike and seized the stage, a privilege granted not by years in the trenches, but by virtue of a three-pronged plug, [ a computer] and the miracle of..." instant posting programs. She goes so far as to posit the thought that bloggers are more dangerous than AlQaida and Osama Ben Laden combined.
     She is, however, pretty impressed with herself. This is too bad, for her self-admiration apparently blinds her from thinking clearly about where she stands, herself, in the world of journalism.
     Her forte, after all, is not investigative journalism, wherein one researches a story and digs for all the sordid details. Rather, she's an opinion columnist, and what else are blogs but vessels of opinions.
     Being an opinion writer does not require that you be informed. It makes the quality of the writing's content better, but knowledge isn't necessary. Being a syndicated opinion writer requires you be able to turn a phrase well, but, again, it doesn't require being informed on the things you opine about. Since I didn't know that much about her expertise, and since I like to find out the details on a subject, I relied upon her own bio pages. This is what I found.
     On her own promo pages, Ms. Parker takes pains to let you know she can turn a phrase well. She makes note of the fact that, in 1993, she was the recipient of H L Mencken Award, "...defeating 102 professional contestants..." to attain this.
     While this might be impressive to some, I greet it with some skepticism. It isn't lost on me that Mencken "...prided himself on being a man of print. He didn't think much of having his things syndicated." In addition, Mencken's writing was a staple for me while taking collge journalism classes. But I remember less of what he said, and more of the fact that he was an articulate cynic whose prose was heavily seasoned with sarcasm. Given this, I have to wonder the criteria for being recognized for her work as an opinion columnist. I expect the standard would differ than an award for investigative work. Finally, that j-school class [and a subsequent three year tenure in a small chain of newspapers] allowed me to be equally cynical about the value of awards in general. For there are plenty of good, even excellent, writers out there who never get awarded simply because the do not bother applying for the accolade in question.
     Then there's Ms. Parker's stated credentials, those "...years in the trenches... she so nobly intoned about. Her bio notes that she is "...is director of the School of Written Expression at the Buckley School of Public Speaking and Persuasion in Camden, South Carolina..... Buckely School is hardly the Columbia School of Journalism or S I Newhouse School of Public Communications. The Buckley School's headquarters is in an expanded house [check the picture]; it was founded by none other than F. Reid Buckley, younger brother of Conservative elder statesman William F. Buckley and the faculty roster of 14 people plus "consulting" faculty that include no less than four other members of the renowned Buckley clan. While I'm not disputing the writng skills of the Buckley clan, reading the credentials of some of the other faculty is, at times, almost laughable, until you realize that, if any of them follow Ms. Parker's example, they also take themselves quite seriously. Good thing, I suppose, for once their, um, "credentials" are known, would anyone else? I suspect not.
     The motivation for starting the school was nothing less than watching Union Carbide executives squirm when asked tough questions by the media about their role in the Bhopal toxic gas leak disaster in India that killed 3,000 people. The principal purpose of the school was to conduct "...workshops to teach executives how to express themselves with poise under duress...." "Alumni" from Buckley School include a PR flak for Philip Morris, an former Army Intelligence officer who also served time with management consulting frim McKinsey & Company as well as a "Nationally Known Home Style & Entertaining Guru."
     Perhaps the coup de grace in Ms. Parker's supposed credentials as some high-principled expert are the outlets that seek her for speaking engagements, which include the following television programs: The O’Reilly Factor, Court TV, Greta Van Susteran’s The Point, and she regularly joins other journalists on Chris Matthews’ Sunday roundtable.
     There's something to be said for truth in advertising. Sadly, in my book, Ms. Parker flunks this test. Though I do agree with her on the point that if you are expressing your opinion, that identfy yourself. She does at l east do that.
     Say what she may about her objections to the unsavory rabble that run about in blogland. She's no different really....and, I suspect, is actually only objecting to "lefty" bloggers like Orincus, Corrente, Steve Gilliard, Peter Kurth or Scott Bidstrup. She might be more comfortable with Andrew Sullivan [except that he's a queer and she purports to be so pro-family], Gerard Van Der Leun, the Roseville Conservative or even Matt Drudge.
     From my point of view, it is not enough to be opinionated and sharp-tounged. You have to be able to provide facts and data to make the opinion have any weight ...or credibility. I'm not certain that Ms. parker has the latter ...with approximatly 350 papers in syndication she may very likely have the "weight". But Ms. Parker ought to heed that advices that says: "
     I'll close this rant protesting Ms. Parker's santimonious drivel by quoting D J Drummond, who writes the weblog Stolen Thunder. He says in response to her column "...You know what I find “creepy”? That someone like you would be teaching future journalists. Watch and see, madam. Blogging is neither going away, nor is it ignored. Within ten years, you will start to see major journalism schools take it up as a necessary skill. Within five you will see a blog report segment on the major news networks, at least the ones which can keep their viewers. It’s simple really, just supply and demand – as long as you refuse to supply real news, people will demand it from us...."
THANKS TO: Space Coast Blog for exposing this right-wing crypto toadie from underneath her rock | On the other hand, if you like Ms. Parker enough, here's her archives page so you can wallow in all that expertise as much as you wish. Her "blog" if you would. |
 
  message from the sky
Did you lose a blue balloon in June? I found a message in a plastic bag in the woods today attached to that balloon.
     It was stuck on a twig of a branch in a low hanging tree. Mind you, it was in the middle of a 50 plus acre area that is undeveloped and populated mostly by deer, fox, possum, wild turkey rkey, the occasional coyote and [some say] possibly a bear. Very few people would be likely to just chance upon it.
     I've no idea how long it's been on the tree. The ballon was quite well shredded on one side. Very likely it was hidden by foliage until winter.
     Although the sender made good efforts a trying to preserve the message [e.g. writing in pencil and apparently sealing the outer edge of the bag] water got into the container, froze and mushed up the message.
     I can tell the sender is from Green... somewhere [New Hampshire? North Carolina? can't tell] has an e-mail addy that appears to be "jhurley @ ncap.rr.com" and that it was sent on June 23, 2005.
     On the off-hand chance you know who sent this missive along, let them know. I'd like to hear from them.

Once landed and snagged, this is the view the balloon had, if the balloon were able to enjoy the scenery.
This is not a new phenomena. In November a man in Quebec found a balloon sent off by a boy in Michigan. And in Belfast, Ireland schoolchildren sent off thousands of "friendship balloons" last June, many of them landing in Northern England towns such as Yorkshire, Cumbria, Durham and Stockton-on-Tees.
     The Washington Post also reported that missionaries in South Korea have been sending messages to people in North Korea by balloon for some time now. No doubt there are other examples to find.
     Right now, however, I'd just like to hear from "jhurley @ ncap.rr.com" because I'm really intrigued and curious how far this balloon traveled and from where. So if you think you know him or her, coul dyou pass this blog entry along? Thanks.
 
  welcome 2006
me, Easter Sunday around age 12omygosh! Another year is upon us.
So we begin from here. A few of my public resolutions:
  •  Spend more time working out at the gym
  •  Paint more often... heck, paint at all. The same goes for drawing, sketching, collage, calligraphy ...and get aggressive about marketing my stuff
  •  Get better organized
  •  Practice my archery skills more frequently
  •  Prioritize my life
curmudgeon  •  Follow healthier eating practices
  •  Get to Montreal, the Adirondacks, Boston and plan another European vacation

That ought to be enough for now. I have some other resolutions, but I really don't plan on sharing them with the world as yet.
Yup! That's me at age 12. Pix 2? I was driving behind him one day a couple of years ago. I don't know the old coot who owns it |
 
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blogs I check in on
thought provoking reads - many I agree with, but not all.


POV
[my top of the list]
 • Charles Henry Eldridge Adirondack Native
 • Al Fin
 • Defective Yeti
 • Joe Bageant's Deer Hunting with Jesus
 • Educate Yourself
 • Larry Barr / Rebel Wolf Online
 • Billy Miller's A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
 • Mike Power
 • Nightmare Hall
 • Nurse Ratchet's Place
 • Pam's House Blend
 • P Michaud
 • Pax Nortona
 • Path to Freedom
 • Clarke Lane
 • Ron's Log
 • Wood's Lot
 • Y Hate

[individual writers]

more personal
 • Al in the Country  • Curmudgeon Report  • Eramosa River Journal  • Frog Ponder  • H Kent Craig  • Dale Hobson  • Kestrel's Nest [now Twittering]  • Mickey Z  • Neurotwitch  • Other Stream  • Sarcastic Bastard  • Andrew Phelps  • Brenda's What's UP down South?

[personal/topical/news mix]
 • Angry Biscuit  • Kathryn Cramer  • Defective Yeti  • Something Completely Different  • UltraSparky

more topical/news oriented
 • Atypical Joe  • Charlie's Diary  • CT Blue  • Esoterically  • Feral Scholar  • Fouroboros  • Juan Cole's Informed Comment  • J-Walk Blog  • Happy Scrappy  • Obsidian Wings  • Pandagon  • Panopticist  • Space Coast Web  • Sphere  • Officialsay [stop sleeping]

more news than blog
 • Angry White Kid  • Corrente  • Plus... same gang, different material Corrente Wire  • Crooked Timber  • Current Era Blog  • Exiled Online  • Fire Dog Lake  • [in memory of Steve Gilliard] Group News Blog  • Digby's  • James Kunstler's ~ Clusterfuck Nation  • Le Speakeasy  • Mikhaela's News Blog  • No Quarter  • Stupid Enough Unexplanation  • This Modern World  • robot wisdom

cultural
 • Truck and Barter

science oriented
 • Tim Lambert's ~ Deltoid  • Greg Layden's Blog  • Mixing Memory  • PLoS ONE  • Space Coast Web  • Stuart Savory  • Verbumlogos

health + nutrition
 • Hakeem Alexander ~ Look again / Research  • Monika Woolsey ~ Nutritionist's Perspective  • John Crippen's ~ NHS Blog Doc | Great Britain  • Become Natural

writers + artists
 • Kathryn Cramer  • Eric Drooker  • Michael Nobbs  • Pound  • queer bohemian  • Spunk Library  • John Scalzi's ~ Whatever  • Wood's Lot  • UltraSparky

eclectic
 • Boing! Boing!  • Wilson's Almanac  • ZudFunk's Blogroll

not active - still online
 • Celebrity Cola  • F-Train  • Buzz Stuff  • John Strain  • Just an Inkling  • Love and Rage  • No Milk Today  • Querylily  • Rayz' Journal + Rants  • Unquiet Mind

gone - regrettably
 • Andrew Olmstead  • amnesia insurance  • Philipp Lenssen's Feeeds  • Moon of Alabama  • That Colored Fella  • V-2-dot-org


HEAR / OPINION

[news sources]
 • Aljazeera  • AlterNet  • Capitol Hill Blue  • Crooks & Liars  • Free Speech TV  • Focal Point  • The Gadflyer  • Google News  • CBC - Iceland Daily News  • Indymedia UK  • My Way  • New Left Media  • Now Public  • Official Wire  • Online Journal  • Plime  • Politico  • The Morning News  • Public Radio International  • The Raw Story  • Rense  • Indybay, San Francisco CA  • New Hampshire Gazette  • Sploid  • I am TRex  • World News Network

[publications / periodicals]
 • The Atlantic  • Countercurrents  • Counterpunch  • Fairness + Accuracy in Reporting  • The Economist  • The Guardian  • Human Nature Review  • Miller-McCune  • The Nation  • National Geographic  • The New Yorker  • Ode  • Seattle Post Intelligencer  • Truthout  • Pravda  • Public Eye  • Q News  • Village Voice  • The Wall Street Journal  • The Wilson Quarterly  • YES! Magazine  • Z Magazine

[internet radio / audio media]
 • Wilson Almanac's Radio Bandwidths
 • ABC - Australian Broadcast News  • BBC - British Broadcast News  • CBC - Canadian Broadcast News  • WAMC - Albany NY  • WPKN - Bridgeport CT

[media watch]
 • columbia journalism review  • Conservative Web Watch  • Dart Center - reporting on trauma & violence  • cjr's "Who Owns What"?  • Media Monitors Network  • Video Vote Vigil

[essays / critical thought sites]
 • AAAARG.ORG  • Edge  •   • Wood's Lot

[hyper-vigilant]
 • Counterterrorism Blog  • Cryptome  • Jerry Pippin

[information geeks]
 • The Agonist  • Grey Literature Report  • Resource Shelf

[commentary - left]
 • Scott Bidstrup  • Jim Hightower  • Noam Chomskey  • Orcinus  • Mike Palacek  • ratical.org  • Regressive Antidote  • Think Progress  • TPM Cafe
[commentary - in between]
 • Blogcritics.org  • Citizens for Legitimate Government  • Denis Horgan  • In The Fray  • Lawrence Lessig
[commentary - right]
 • American Prospect  • Kathleen Parker  • Andrew Sullivan  • Town Hall

[manifestos]
 • Abolition of Work
 • Class War
 • The Cluetrain Manifesto
 • Wark's A Hacker Manifesto
 • Earth Charter
 • A Call to Economic Justice
 • Orcinus' Media Revolt
 • Net Neutrality
 • Shrinking the Freedom of Thought
 • The Social Phenomenon of Blogs

[news as humor]
 • Cecil Adams' Straight Dope  • Mark Fiore's Fiore Blog  • Mikhaela Reid's Boiling Point ~ a News Blog  • Damn Interesting  • Tom Tomorrow's This Modern World  • Garry Trudeau's Doonsbury

[man bites dog / humor]
 • BuzzFlash  • College Humor  • The Onion  • The Daily Howler  • Morons  • Yankee Pot Roast

[gossip]
 • Gawker

COSMOS
[spirituality]
 • Council on Spiritual Practices  • Druid Journal  • The Equinox Project

[separation of faith + state]
 • Americans United for church-state separation


IN THE HEAD
[psychiatric hospitals - history]
 • POTN's Abandoned Hospitals

[first person account keepers]
 • Marian Goldstein's Different Thoughts  • Jim Gottstein  • Gianna Kali's Beyond Meds  • Kangaroo Court | Archives pre 1/1/05  • Mind Freedom's 1st Person Accounts  • Psychiatrized  • Psych Survivor Archives [CA]  • Songs of the Survivor

[psychiatric clients' rights]
 • Bazelon Center  • Center for Public Representation  • Dendron/MindFreedom
 • Law Project for Psych Rights  • U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

[info on psychotropics]
 • Ecologia Cognitiva | Portugese
 • Monika Woolsey ~ Nutritionist's Perspective

[self-help/recovery]
 • Freedom Center | Northampton, MA  • National Empowerment Center  • Copeland Center for Wellness + Recovery  • Natn'l MH Self Help Clearinghouse

[mental health info sites]
 • Mental Health Matters  • Psychiatric Drugs  • Ctr for Mental Health Services [USA]

[alternate views on treatment]
 • Peter Breggin  • John Grohol  • Hakeem Alexander's Hypno Athletics  • Hooper's Forensic Psychiatry


[health care reviewers]
 • Health Care Renewal

REGIONAL
[connecticut]
 • Connecticut Weblogs
[NYC metro]
 • Gothamist  • Bitter Queen's A History of Gay Bars in New York  • Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
[Southeast USA]
 • Southern Studies


LBGTF
news/opinion
 • Atypical Joe  • Pam Spaulding  • Andrew Sullivan  • Towlerroad  • Independent Gay Forum  • Michelangelo Signorile
media reviews
 • LBGT Books, Films & Videos
personal blogs
 • Brave Creatures  • Butch Jax  • Eramosa River Journal
erotic/adult content
 • Buff Tufftalk  • Drub

PLACE
 • Urban-ism  • we-make-money-not-art  • New Urbanism

COMMUNICATION + GRAPHIC DESIGN

[comment]
 • Dave Gray's Communication Nation  • Design Observer  • Jason King Design  • Mandarin Design  • Panopticist  • Speedbird

[html coding tools]
 • CSS Zen Garden  • Page Tutor's HTML Basics  • HTML special character codes  • Hex Hub's Color Codes
 • Page Tutor's 1536 Colors Chart

[typography tools]
 • DaFont's Free Downloadable Typefaces  • Linotype's Font Explorer X  • Typo Generator

[photography tools]
 • Photoshop Tips & Tricks

['zines]
 • foto 8  • JPG Magazine  • U & lc

[geek links]
 • Lee Fleming's Resources  • Software Tips & Tricks

VISUAL ARTS + ARTISTS

[art magazines + blogs]
 • Arts Journal  • Art News  • Art Knowledge News  • Issac Buie's The Simple Connoisseur  • Wood's Lot
[art supplies]
 • Dick Blick  • Jerry's Artarama  • Trekell & Co.  • Utrecht Art Supplies

[group sites]
 • Artween  • Concept Art  • Rational Painting

[collage]
 • J. Long's Die Mythographer!  • Judy Wise  • Toyen [Marie Cerminova]

[installation artists]
 • Hirokazu Fukawa  • Remy Jungerman

[interactive media]
 • Sébastien Chevrel

[painters / print makers / illustrators]
 • Eric Drooker | Painting / Illustration / Graphic Novels  • James Gurney | Landscape / Illustration  • Peter Hocking | Portraiture  • Gerard Huber | NeoClassical  • Rockwell Kent | Illustration / Painting / Social Comment  • Diego Rivera | Murals / Social Comment  • Jim Riccio | Painting / Illustration  • Street Anatomy | Medicine / Art / Design

[photographers]
 • Joey Lawrence  • Drasko Bogdanovic  • Chromisa  • Ian Grey  • Chad Kleitsch  • Ed Roppo's Rusty Jam

[sculpture]
 • Louise Bourgeois  • Alexander Calder  • Marisol Escobar  • Henry Moore  • Robert Rauschenberg  • George Segal  • Augustus Saint-Gaudens  • Gustav Vigeland

[street art]
 • Banksy  • Roadsworth  • Wooster Collective

[art centres]
 • I-Park

[arts marketers]
 • Zhibit.org

[intellectual property rights]
 • Creative Commons

ENERGY
[sustainability blogs]
 • Rebel Wolf's Energy Self- Sufficiency Newsletter
 • Watthead
 • 
 • 

GOV
 • World War 4 Report
 • Reason Public Policy Institute
 • State + Locals Govs

LAW
[legal resources]
 • EFF's Legal Guide for Bloggers
 • FindLaw
 • Law.Com
 • Law Guru's Knowledge Base
 • JURIST: Legal Dictionary
 • regulations.gov
 • Scruffy's State Statutes
 • Univ of Houston's O'Quinn Law Library
 • A Public Defender

[law & philosphy]
 • distributive justice
 • DeNovo - Not active since early 2008
 • Legal Theory
 • Volokh Conspiracy

[intellectual property issues]
 • Creative Commons

[liberty interests]
 • The Agonist
 • American Civil Liberties Union
 • Canadian Civil Liberties Assn
 • Center for Democracy + Technology
 • Electronic Frontier Foundation
 • ALA's "Patriot" Act Updates

[rights concerns]
 • The Bill of Rights Institute
 • Center for Constitutional Rights
 • Human Rights Watch
 • People for the American Way
 • Prison Legal News
 • Southern Poverty Law Center
 • Stanford Center for Internet and Society

[rights of disabled persons]
 • Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
 • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
 • Mouth Magazine
 • Center for Public Representation
 • Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

[resources]
 • U.S. Hunting | Fish & Wildlife Service
 • U.S. Hunting | Fish & Wildlife Service
 • IAFAW Fishing + Hunting Permit Fees
 • U.S. National Wetlands Inventory | Fish & Wildlife Service
 • U.S. Bureau of Land Management | Department of Interior
 • U.S. National Park Service | Department of Interior

[archery/bowhunting]
 • Archery World
 • Bowsite
 • Bowhunting.net
 • Bowmasters
 • Bowyers & Fletchers Guild [UK]
 • Hunting Society's Archery Links
 • Principles of Archery
 • Primitive Archer

[firearms/hunting]
 • Firearms: Technical + Training Manuals

[outdoors/orienteering]
 • The Backpacker
 • Adirondack Hiking Trails
 • Go take a hike!


FREE TIME

[bodybuilding]
 • A to Z Fitness  • Amateur Wrestling News  • Better Body  • FitLike [UK]  • Testosterone Nation

[food]
 • He Said : She Said

[futuristics]
 • Future Scanner

[travel]
 • Travel Blogs [dot] org  • Hobo Traveler  • Lonely Planet  • Proper Course  • Sailing Anarchy  • VagaBlogging  • Where's Bender?

[urban spelunking]
 • Wikipedia describesp;Wi Urban Spelunking
 • Kelm + Rodenbaugh's Abandoned Missile Base
 • JAN JÖRNMARK Deserted Places
 • JAN JÖRNMARK Deserted Places

[other distractions]
 • Weirdsmobile

REFERENCE

   Dictionaries, Grammars,
   and other online language resources

[English Language]
 • Acronym Finder
 • Blogossary
 • One Look's Dictionary Search
 • Etymological Dictionary
 • JURIST: Legal Dictionary
 • Slang City Dictionary
 • Word Spy "The word lover's guide to new words
 • Thesaurus
[Other Languages]
 • Jennifer's Language Page

[Literature]
 • Indeterminacy
 • Poem Hunter

[encyclopedae, etc]
 • About
 • CIA World Factbook
 • RefDesk
 • Project Gutenberg
 • Project Gutenberg - 2004
 • Nation Master [stats]
 • Questia
 • Wikipedia

[atlases, maps]
 • Digital Topo Maps
 • U S Census Bureau Maps
 • USGS Land and Map

[documents]
 • Bill O'Rights
 • Magna Carta
 • Unversal Declaration of Human Rights

[Postal Codes]
 • Canadian Postal Codes
 • International Postal Codes
 • USA Zip Codes
 • Universal Postal Union

[weather]
 • Foote's Forecasts
 • NOAA National Weather Service | USA
 • Weather Channel
 • The Weather Underground

[Weights and Measures]
 • Measurement Conversion Charts
 • RefDesk's Weights and Measures Resources

[translators]
 • Bablefish Translation Service
 • IM's Online Translation Portal
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