The headmaster of a technical school in Lozere, France, has been dismissed after discovery of his anonymously-written weblog, which was deemed obscene and pornographic. Apparently he was discovered when he posted his photo in a recent entry.
Categories: 15Minutes,Current Affairs,Links
Tagged: 15 minutes of fame, employment, france, school, Weblogs
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- January 19, 2006 – 8:36 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
Three items caught my eye today: The New Yorker’s reprinted account of the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; Dr. King’s speech, which I’d never actually read in its entirety before; and dad’s recollection of marching in a rally in Kokomo, IN, after Dr. King’s assassination.
Categories: Current Affairs,Life
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- January 16, 2006 – 2:16 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
No, I’m not kidding. Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.
Categories: Current Affairs,Internet
- Published:
- January 9, 2006 – 2:20 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
Oh my lord. It’d bad enough reading about an airplane accident — thankfully, one that didn’t end in tragedy — in the steady, calm voice of newspaper reporting. But then comes the report of the incident from passenger Jeremy Hermanns.
Categories: Current Affairs
- Published:
- December 28, 2005 – 9:17 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
Sure, you can read all sorts of meaning into the stories and why they’re being brought to the screen now — religious indoctrination, right-wing propelled mass media conspiracy theories, whatever. You can also tell your inner Fox Mulder that every so often it doesn’t matter and go watch a movie.
Categories: Books,Current Affairs,Film,Religion
- Published:
- December 6, 2005 – 1:28 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom