I’m on vacation. Which means I can either blog more. Or less.
I’ll be working more on this site.
Here is today’s column.
Here is a Tumblr I started on Friday and will now probably neglect.
Here are the shows we are airing next week.
MONDAY: Procrastination (rebroadcast) – Why do so many people struggle with procrastination? What are some tactics that will let us manage our time better? We hear from Elizabeth Larkin who writes and blogs about home organization and productivity for About.com, Piers Steel, the author of “The Procrastination Equation” and one of the world’s foremost researchers and speakers on the science of motivation and procrastination, and Sheryl Canter, the founder of the fellowship and the owner of the website procrastinatorsanonymous.org.
TUESDAY: Internet Trolls (rebroadcast) – It’s tough to generalize and even accurately name the people who stir up trouble on the internet. You’ll find them trying to hurt people’s feelings in comment sections, sharing offensive memes in 4Chan, and even attempting to damage government institutions in the form of the group, Anonymous. Hear from trolls and troll researchers as we seek to understand why they do what they do, and what it is that they’re looking for. Contains a surprise call from London: one of the founders of Anonymous was listening to the show,
WEDNESDAY: Prison Love (rebroadcast) – Why would a woman intentionally seek out a relationship with a man behind bars? What might make such a relationship work, or in so many cases, not? Hear from women who have attempted, successfully and not, romance with incarcerated men.
THURSDAY: Jill Sobule (rebroadcast) – Jill Sobule has been on the music scene with her witty, funny, thoughtful songs for almost two decades. She wrote about kissing girls before it was cool, rallied her fans into funding a new album before anybody ever heard about Kickstarter, and toured with comedienne Julia Sweeney. We’ll talk to her and hear a few tunes live in our studio.
FRIDAY: Nudists (rebroadcast) – There are many ways to What’s it like to be a nudist? Hear from the president of Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut, the author of a book about the history of nudism and naturism, a photographer who took self portraits while nude in New York City, and the Nude & Natural Magazine Consulting Editor. Also, tune in to hear a postcard from Chion Wolf as she goes nude for the first time at Solair.
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14 Responses to Notes from a nice place
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So someone who disagrees with the in-fashion opinion is a troll?
I think the validity of your own argument is the real issue. It would not be so hard to refute people at home in our tighty-whities henpecking the keyboard if your opinions made any sort of sense.
John, inasmuch as you were repeatedly invited to be on that show and were too scared to do it, I think you have two options:
1. Listen to the show and
2. Shut up.
My my, did you get up on the wrong side of the bed? You are so sensitive.
Is it radio or TV? Is it available online like maybe Youtube? I had this idea your show was public access but maybe not. I might watch/listen to it after I get back from the Flea Market.
How is it fair to ask a guy to be on your show when you are only given a few days notice and 1-2 is work time for most. I too was asked to be in the studio the day of the troll show…but was at work. John you and Richard both have by far the best posts on the Hartford Courant. You’d think that Colin being on vacation would find him in a better mood. I wonder if “shut up” is code for anything?
invitations to John started way earlier than that.
he wasn’t busy. just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
now he’s got a lot of ideas about the show, which i can guaranteev he hasn’t listened to yet
I was somewhat disappointed that some pain-in-the-neck commenters didn’t call in to explain why they do what they do. One on this blog, somewhat recently, said something to the effect of “it’s fun to irritate people” or “it’s fun to get under peoples’ skin.” If so, why? What satisfaction does it bring? Clearly it doesn’t change any hearts or minds, so what’s the point?
McCommas didn’t you get the Malloy Information Technologist Directive? It’s Happy Thoughts between now and Election Day. Unity. Malloy Forever! Those $150,000 to $250,000 appointees better toe that line. From Esty to Adamowski they need to start singing “Its a Sunny Day”.
Thanks for the compliment Todd.
“Susan”:I think what I wrote is it’s fun to argue. Not quite the same thing as you said. You are such a mischaracterizer!
I did not do the show because I did not want to. I thought it was a TV show so not even a comfy chit chat couch like they have on Fox and Friends? Gawd.
I would give it a listen if someone sent me a link (if it is even available online) but getting back to what I said to begin with, why are people who disagree trolls?
Isn’t starting a shouting match the reason for these forums? Are we supposed to trade recipes for biscuits on here instead?
And just to prove I am not a troll of a person, I will say something kind about our sensitive Mr. McEnroe. He is kinda cute. I got to give him that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6HQ_4ZNuOQ
No, I don’t think I’m paraphrasing you, I think it was someone else.
The show will be broadcast on Tuesday on a bunch of CT Public Radio stations, I think including WESU — and it IS available, streaming live online, at http://www.cpbn.org/
@John, could we say all that hated on the RNC, Clint, Mitt, and Ryan are all childish trolls? Loved to see how MSNBC went to ad breaks when the rising star Republicans of color were on stage. Perhaps hypocrites would be better than troll. The DNC should be a blast. I’ll bet anyone that posts here that Barry is going to attack Mitt, and never, ever, mention the 44 months in a row of 8% (and the adults in the room all know it’s much higher) unemployment. Keep up the excellent responses John.
Unemployment has NOTHING to do with businesses not hiring despite record profits, right? And will Fox be any better than MSNBC in its coverage? And Clint has made some really good movies, but his performance the other night was simply weird, IMHO.
The microdata entry was interesting but old hat at the same time. These same demographic wizards are pushing their polling and analytics to everybody and their brother outside of politics too. The key to a sale of course is convincing a campaign they are in the dark without this pricey propietary analytical model. Doing Defense Department Work and commercial branding analytics helps sell the political product as does running influence campaigns on the sell side of the service equation.
When we see Malloy’s Information ‘Technologists’ mandating Happy Talk we experience what is simply a new take on information flow and spin. Or more accurately propoganda flowing from the Ministry of Truth. Orwell was never that precise but we live in a world as well fabricated and controlled by disinformation in the name of controlling information flow and selling branding services as any dictatorship.
I’m not sure they are ahead of the press in a meaningful manner. We’d see more campaigns terminating earlier. Instead money still drives that bus in the primaries
trolls are not simply people who disagree. they seem to be ones who hijack threads with cut and paste articles, or who say the same thing in various places regardless of the original post, or worse, people who add nothing relevant to the discussion, say with insipid little 5 line poems.
If Bush had Obama’s unemployment numbers he would have been a one-termer. Why some here insist on using all capital letters to make a point…it’s like they are shouting, and it’s unattractive.
Of limericks Dom is not a fan
I’d write more if it weren’t for the ban
I like Mitt the most
Barry’s toast
Where are all the shouts of yes we can