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GG20200616 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 8 and 9

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 8 -- The End of the Household Gods:

"The only place where it is possible to find an echo of the mind of the English masses is either in conversation or in comic songs. The latter are obviously the more dubious; but they are the only things recorded and quotable that come anywhere near it."

Chapter 9 -- A Short Chapter:

"Round about the year 1913 Eugenics was turned from a fad to a fashion. Then, if I may so summarise the situation, the joke began in earnest. The organising mind which we have seen considering the problem of slum population, the popular material and the possibility of protests, felt that the time had come to open the campaign. ... But as a matter of fact this is not the first chapter but the last. And this must be a very short chapter, because the whole of this story was cut short. A very curious thing happened. England went to war. This would in itself have been a sufficiently irritating interruption in the early life of Eugenette, and in the early establishment of Eugenics. But a far more dreadful and disconcerting fact must be noted. With whom, alas, did England go to war? England went to war with the Superman in his native home."

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GG20200609 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 7

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 7 -- The Transformation of Socialism:

"Socialism is one of the simplest ideas in the world. It has always puzzled me how there came to be so much bewilderment and misunderstanding and miserable mutual slander about it. At one time I agreed with Socialism, because it was simple. Now I disagree with Socialism, because it is too simple."

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GG20200602 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 6

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 6 -- The Eclipse of Liberty:

"If such a thing as the Eugenic sociology had been suggested in the period from Fox to Gladstone, it would have been far more fiercely repudiated by the reformers than by the Conservatives."

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GG20200526 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 5

Tue, 26 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 5 --The Meanness of the Motive:

"Now, if any ask whether it be imaginable that an ordinary man of the wealthier type should analyse the problem or conceive the plan, the inhumanly far-seeing plan, as I have set it forth, the answer is: "Certainly not." Many rich employers are too generous to do such a thing; many are too stupid to know what they are doing."

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GG20200519 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 4

Tue, 19 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 4 -- The Vengeance of the Flesh:

"By a quaint paradox, we generally miss the meaning of simple stories because we are not subtle enough to understand their simplicity."

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GG20200512 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 3

Tue, 12 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 3 -- True History of a Eugenist:

"He does not live in a dark lonely tower by the sea, from which are heard the screams of vivisected men and women. On the contrary, he lives in Mayfair."

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GG20200505 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 2

Tue, 05 May 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 2 -- True History of a Tramp:

"He awoke in the Dark Ages and smelt dawn in the dark, and knew he was not wholly a slave."

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GG20200428 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 2 Chapter 1

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Part 2 -- The Real Aim

Chapter 1 -- The Impotence of Impenitence

"The root formula of an epoch is always an unwritten law, just as the law that is the first of all laws, that which protects life from the murderer, is written nowhere in the Statute Book."

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GG20200421 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 8

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 8 -- A Summary of a False Theory:

"I have up to this point treated the Eugenists, I hope, as seriously as they treat themselves. I have attempted an analysis of their theory as if it were an utterly abstract and disinterested theory; and so considered, there seems to be very little left of it."

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GG20200414 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 7

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 7 -- The Established Church of Doubt:

"Let us now finally consider what the honest Eugenists do mean, since it has become increasingly evident that they cannot mean what they say."

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ADDITIONAL NOTE: Check out what Chesterton had to say about news reporting. Sounds a bit familiar, huh?

GG20200407 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 6

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 6 -- The Unanswered Challenge:

"Dr. Saleeby did me the honour of referring to me in one of his addresses on this subject, and said that even I cannot produce any but a feeble-minded child from a feeble-minded ancestry. To which I reply, first of all, that he cannot produce a feeble-minded child. The whole point of our contention is that this phrase conveys nothing fixed and outside opinion."

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GG20200331 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 5

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 5 - The Flying Authority:

"It happened one day that an atheist and a man were standing together on a doorstep; and the atheist said, "It is raining." To which the man replied, "What is raining?": which question was the beginning of a violent quarrel and a lasting friendship."

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GG20200324 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 4

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:23:36 +0000

Finished editing this, then forgot to post it. (sigh)

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 4 -- The Lunatic and the Law:

"The modern evil, we have said, greatly turns on this: that people do not see that the exception proves the rule. Thus it may or may not be right to kill a murderer; but it can only conceivably be right to kill a murderer because it is wrong to kill a man."

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GG20200317 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 3

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 3 -- The Anarchy from Above:

"A silent anarchy is eating out our society. I must pause upon the expression; because the true nature of anarchy is mostly misapprehended."

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GG20200310 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 2

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 2 -- The First Obstacles:

"Now before I set about arguing these things, there is a cloud of skirmishers, of harmless and confused modern sceptics, who ought to be cleared off or calmed down before we come to debate with the real doctors of the heresy."

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GG20200303 -- Eugenics by G K Chesterton Part 1 Chapter 1

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Narrator's Introduction:

For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book.

I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his introduction, but it might help to start with a sense of the time in question. Chesterton started work on Eugenics and Other Evils in about 1910, but it was not completed and published until 1922. In his own introduction he talks about the period before and after "The War." The war he refers to is now called World War One.

We now have a distaste for the word Eugenics, largely driven by events in World War Two. But at the time this book was published, Eugenics was lauded to the skies as a wonderful idea, and Chesterton was nearly the only person saying in writing that Eugenics was in fact evil. A case could be made, and has been made, that today, though the word Eugenics is avoided, some practices that are in fact Eugenic practices, and some sciences that are in fact Eugenic sciences, enjoy great popularity and engender great public enthusiasm. To which practices and which sciences I refer, is left as an exercise for the reader.

To the Reader:

"...It was a time when this theme was the topic of the hour; when eugenic babies (not visibly very distinguishable from other babies) sprawled all over the illustrated papers; when the evolutionary fancy of Nietzsche was the new cry among the intellectuals; and when Mr. Bernard Shaw and others were considering the idea that to breed a man like a cart-horse was the true way to attain that higher civilisation, of intellectual magnanimity and sympathetic insight, which may be found in cart-horses...."

Part 1 -- The False Theory

Chapter One:

"The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt."

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Eugenics by GK Chesterton - the Promo

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:06:50 +0000

I'm going to be reposting my old recordings of G.K. Chesterton's "Eugenics and Other Evils." I heard the other day that the idea is making a comeback. Again. And Chesterton said what needed to be said rather well. He could make a point, stick it in your gut, and make you chuckle when he did it.

And, sad to say, it does need to be said. Again. Coming soon to a podcast near you.

Episode 20181127 - Back in the Game

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:26:51 +0000

Where I've been and what I've been doing and not doing. And where I'm going next.

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Episode 20180527 - Not Too Terribly Special

Sun, 27 May 2018 07:55:00 +0000

Exhausted, all my tech is failing, including this podcast. Oh, did I mention I'm losing my hearing and half-blind in one eye? So, how's your year been going. See also one of my earliest podcast episodes, "Some Old Guy Whining."

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Prince Martin Wins His Sword - the Promo!

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 02:10:19 +0000

I recently completed the Audible version of "Prince Martin Wins His Sword" for the author, Brandon Hale. While recording this rhyming book, I noticed a particular piece of music fit the rhyme scheme perfectly. And then I also noticed the promotional language on the book's page on Amazon also rhymed the same way.

And the rest is history... a promo was born!

Griz

Episode 20180122 - Our Stories Tell Us

Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:47:01 +0000

We all tell stories, and listen to stories, and learn from stories. And our stories tell us, too.

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Episode 20180108 - Madison's Plea

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:06:41 +0000

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

This is David Grizzly Smith. You probably guessed that, of course.

I normally wouldn't do what I'm going to do tonight. This is rather unusual for Grizzly's Growls -- though Grizzly's Growls doesn't have a strict format, and besides it's mine, I can do what I want.

As you know, I've been getting a few episodes ahead in my recording of the Federalist Papers. Tonight I recorded Federalist #14, the whole of which you'll hear when it drops on February 1st. Every time I've recorded a book, it seems, there's that one part I have to record two or three times. It gets me right in the heart, and I break down a bit trying to get the words out. So I do it over till I can finish it intelligibly, more or less.

This time, so far at least, it was Federalist #14. It purports to have been written by James Madison, and I can believe that, it seems the most heartfelt essays came from Madison. Some sources'd say Hamilton really wrote them. I'd go with Madison, even so.

The first part of the essay is along the workmanlike likes of those just prior. And then I got to the last part. And I could hear in the words the voice of a warrior for American independence, and American innovation, at a time when Kings and Queens were the order of the day for much of the world. And at a time when some in this country were arguing for dividing us up into fragments, rather than preserving the Union which made the American revolution possible.

Seems to me there are those forces and those voices today who likewise would like to divide us. And we need words that express those fundamental values and that fundamental unity in which almost all of us believe. We are quarreling amongst ourselves, as families do sometimes. And there are certainly those who'd like to encourage those quarrels, to weaken us and strengthen their own grasp on their wealth and power over us.

I think James Madison said it well, so I'm going to let him say his piece. If you're interested, the background music is Johann Sebastian Bach's "Prelude in C Major" played by Kevin MacLeod, the theme music for the whole series. Enjoy. And I hope you take it to heart, as I did.

The original text from Congress.gov

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Episode 20171225 - The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field

Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:13:52 +0000

"The Symbol and the Saint," from "Christmas Tales and Christmas Verse," by Eugene Field, published in 1912.

A very pretty story I found, and recorded on this date back in 2008, as Hiber-Nation 45. Still makes a good audio Christmas card, not perfect, but heartfelt.

Best wishes for a joyous holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate! And here's to better times in the coming year.

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Episode 20171215 - The FCC Killed The Internet!

Sat, 16 Dec 2017 04:38:18 +0000

OH MY GOD THE FCC JUST DESTROYED THE INTERNET AND MADE IT NOT NEUTRAL ANYMORE!!! Well, no.

A brief quote at the end from "The Desiderata."

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Episode 20170821 - Local Elections

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:57:05 +0000

Talked briefly to Janet Kennedy who's a candidate for an At Large seat on the Duluth City Council. She was nice enough to ask, so I'll probably vote for her. I'd have her on the show sometime, too, I think. Dunno if she'd do it, though.

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Episode 20170520 - Federalist #1 test video

Sun, 21 May 2017 05:45:21 +0000

Tried a Youtube livestream recording for Federalist #1 as I mentioned a while back. Probably need to redo it. Wanted to see how the video file would be handled by Libsyn, though. (Bad video, since my room's a mess!)

Episode 20170219 - The Federalist Papers?

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 23:30:00 +0000

Think I'll record all 85 essays in The Federalist Papers. But I'm not sure I should.

Episode 20170220 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 5

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 5, The final (hour-long) Chapter. Mill provides some sample applications for the principles from previous chapters. And points out that though society could restrict liberty when others experience loss, that doesn't mean they always should. Some losses aren't as important as preserving Liberty.

Hope you enjoyed the book.

Episode 20170216 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 4

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 4 - Aren't there limits on liberty and individuality? Certainly. But there are also limits on society, and both are to preserve. And sometimes, liberty has costs. But liberty is worth the costs.

Episode 20170213 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 2

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 Part 2 - It's important to be an individual, and to allow others to be individuals in thought and act. And it's important to preserve that liberty, even for individuals you don't like. Because they come up with good new ways of doing things. Bad new ways, too -- and then you learn what doesn't work... Something like that. Mill explains it better, just listen!

Episode 20170209 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 3 Part 1

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 3 Part 1 - Mill speaks about the importance of not just thinking and talking but acting as an individual (as long as you don't harm others) and preserving the right to act as an individual. One of the strengths of his arguments is that though he might well not approve of some of our new sorts of individuality, his truths about liberty are still true. And will drive some folks crazy. Which is why I do this!

Episode 20170206 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 4

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

The pursuit of truth, and the necessity for opposition, in politics and government. On point, anyone? Timely, even a century old.

Episode 20170204 - Thanks for All the Fish

Sun, 05 Feb 2017 06:24:03 +0000

Ten years of podcasts, and I almost missed the anniversary. I'm a bit down tonight, and I'd completely forgotten till the last minute, so nothing planned. So, it is what it is.

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 3

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 Part 3 - Why even regular people still have to hear all the views, even though the Best and Brightest know what's best for them.

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 2

Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Chapter 2 Part 2. Mill talks about the idea that persecution is always good for new (religious) truths. Love this because so many of the new persecutors claim to be bringing back Old Time Religion. Here's an intelligent religious philosopher from a century ago petty much slapping them down in so many ways.

Post truth? Yeah, right. It's in there.

Episode 20170128 - Politically Correct

Sun, 29 Jan 2017 04:35:11 +0000

Was going to to a blogpost or podcast about Political Correctness. I started by looking up the origins of the phrase, "Politically Correct."

So I ranted a bit on YouTube. But video takes a whole lot of space on my Libsyn account, so...

Episode 20170126 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 2 Part 1

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 23:00:00 +0000

And now it starts to get good! Chapter 2 Part 1, including some opening comments on freedom of the Press which kinda sting to listen to. I could tell Mill was getting rolling, and so did I. Enjoy!

Episode 20170124 - On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Chapter 1

Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:19:44 +0000

Since I'm at a low ebb in confidence and energy, I'm bringing back a project I started back in 2012 and didn't finish till 2014, "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill. I think it's on point for current events. And I think some things bear repeating right now. And this time I'll just put it all up right away.

In the meantime, perhaps I'll manage to record something new for you? Still haven't gotten the recording I needed to finish Swinging Doors. And there's three or four other possible Next Projects.

Episode 2017-01-21 On the Bias

Sun, 22 Jan 2017 01:35:38 +0000

A critique of "unbiased journalism," and why not everyone is a Journalist.

Wanted to talk about a pet peeve, not really an issue as such. Unbiased Journalism.

You're out there saying, "But wait, unbiased journalism is a very important issue!" I understand your feeling that way. But actually it's only an issue because of misuse of terms. Everyone who has a job in what we still call the Press for some reason, wants to be called a Journalist. This is understandable. Journalist sounds like a cool and hip job. Assuming anyone not my age still says cool and/or hip. Most jobs in the press, quite frankly, sound kinda geeky, and perhaps even sleezy. Journalist means one particular vocation, or perhaps an avocation, and not all of them.

Let's go back in history for a bit. The Press actually started with folks who actually used presses, to print newspapers. On actual paper. And at least hypothetically, newspapers conveyed news. News was gathered by news reporters -- not journalists, reporters. News is very simple. It's what happened, who what when where and how. That's all. Not why. Why is not news. If someone said what they thought was why, I suppose that's news, the "somebody said" part is. That's something that happened or didn't. But that last bit is hopefully done with caution, because "why" itself, is not News.

As for Bias, well, a news report is not biased, if it simply states who what when where and how. It can't be. What happened happened, and it's news. If it didn't happen, then it's not news, it's a lie. If someone lies, the lie is news, and the truth is news to demonstrate, if you will, the truth about the lie.

And a news reporter, had better not be a Journalist.

A journalist is a whole 'nother sort of animal. Back in the day, most people didn't travel much at all. It's still pretty rare for folks to go very far from where they were born. Travelling was something special, and usually very expensive. Sometimes some fairly well-known person would get to travel out of their own home area, maybe even to another country on another continent. They might keep a journal of their adventures on their travels, possibly so they could write a book later. And they might agree to occasionally share a page or two of their travel journal with a newspaper, and they might well get paid a bit for doing that. So they became a Journalist.

Is a Journalist biased? Of course, absolutely. A journalist is supposed to be biased. We read the works of a journalist because an interesting person is visiting interesting places, doing interesting things for interesting reasons. We don't just want an elementary school "What I Did This Summer." We want their impressions. We want their opinions. We demand their biases. If they are not biased, they are boring, and we'll go read the news instead.

Travel today is marginally cheaper, and it is marginally easier for regular folks to go some other places. But still, most of us don't leave the country without wearing a uniform and possibly carrying a government issued firearm. Journalists may go to places we could conceivably visit. But we still expect their impressions. We still demand bias. An "Investigative Journalist" is exploring another sort of place, the dark and stinking underbelly of a beast with an innocent and mostly pristine face. They often can't be sure what happened, they can only draw conclusions from what limited facts they can gather. Again, we demand bias, and hope they are biased in the same direction we are. We hope they value the truth, and strive toward it. But we want their attitudes to be part of their stories.

The news is just the news. Does this mean a newspaper can't be biased? No, quite the opposite. In 1886, Adolph Simon Ochs applied the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" to the New York Times. Other papers were blatantly sensational. He wanted his paper to be a NEWS paper. From what I've read, he did his best to live up to that. Realistically, newspapers print "all the news that fits." They have to be selective about what they print. They are selective about what gets on the front page, if for no other reason than no more fits.

They are also selling papers, which in turn sells ads. So, like it or not, they have to pick and choose. A news report that is News will state the simple truth, as I said earlier. But given the editors have to select anyway, they select what suits them and sells papers. A newspaper, with the best of intentions, will be biased. A headline, to capture reader attention, will be biased. But news is news, or it is not.

An editor is not a journalist. An editor is an editor. And an editorial is opinion, not news. An editorial is intended to convey the opinion of the paper, usually of the owner, and sometimes of the editor which may not be the same.

A columnist is not exactly a journalist. A columnist expresses opinions, on important or on frivolous subjects, but usually within the day-to-day experience of the reader. A column is not news. A column is intended to convey the personality of the columnist in an entertaining fashion. In doing that, it is at least going to be affected by the opinions of the columnist. If it lacked that columnist's personality, that columnist's biases, it would simply not be worth reading. Even if it does, sometimes it's still not worth reading. But that's another story. You're probably buying the wrong paper.

Editorials and columns are thus, not ever unbiased. Of course they are not. They are opinion.

So, there is no such thing as "unbiased journalism," and there shouldn't be. News is news or it is not. But no news outlet will contain All The News, so it will be selective, and will one way or another be biased. A news outlet, so-called, will also contain opinion. Opinion is opinion. If it isn't biased, then I suppose it isn't opinion, is it?

And let us not forget the news reporter. The news reporter is not a Journalist, doesn't need to be, and can't be while remaining a news reporter. Reporting the news is an honorable profession, when done well. It is usually an unglamorous and unsung profession. Opinion needs a byline. The truth doesn't need a byline. A rose, by any other reporter, will smell as sweet.

Episode 20170101 - Citizens or Subjects? a column by Theodore Roosevelt

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 04:11:47 +0000

Originally a VIDEO: Theodore Roosevelt's column, "Citizens or Subjects" from the KC Star, April 6, 1918 -- My live reading for my Grizzly's Growls podcast, on YouTube earlier this evening.

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Episode 173 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Conclusion - The Summary of This Book - Appendix I & Appendix II

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Finally I'm done! A slight change in style, partly due to losing much of my voice...

Conclusion - The Summary of This Book

Appendix I - On Prehistoric Man

Appendix II - On Authority and Accuracy

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Episode 172 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter VI The Five Deaths of the Faith

Mon, 26 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe strained my voice a bit recording this second- or third-to-last episode for this book, but I definitely want it on Podiobooks, too, so...

Part II On The Man Called Christ

Chapter VI The Five Deaths of the Faith

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Episode 171A -- The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field - Revisited

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 23:19:44 +0000

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Episode 171 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter V The Escape from Paganism

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Preparing for Chapter V, I found out there's also a Chapter VI that I hadn't known about, as well as a Conclusion chapter, then there's the two appendices. So I better get to steppin'.

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Episode 170 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter IV The Witness of the Heretics

Sat, 10 Dec 2016 09:00:06 +0000

I can maybe get this book up on Podiobooks in time... along with my other project. But I'll have to be very quick! And then...

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Episode 169 -- The Latest Thing

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 06:49:59 +0000

Only a couple subjects to cover tonight. Maybe a brief "get off my lawn" rant on this new Virtual Reality thing.

First let me give you some rather bad news. Podiobooks.com has been sold to a site called Scribl. Podiobooks is still there. Sort of. The stuff I've already posted is still on that site. So far.

Thing is, Scribl is all about _selling_ audio versions of books. Podiobooks was about giving away audio versions of books, and accepting donations, if any. There weren't many donations, or at least I didn't see many. Lots of downloads and listeners, not so much with the money.

So, Scribl the sellers of audiobooks, don't accept anything using Creative Commons content. Can't sell something licensed for only non-commercial use. And even if I decided my recordings were not so licensed... I use Creative Commons licensed music and sound effects. I'd have to pay for commercially usable music to support the Public Domain books I record. And of course I can't afford to do that.

Higher bitrates, that I could manage. A few minor technical changes, maybe. Paying money I don't have for audio I don't want to use just doesn't make sense for me.

So while I've been preparing both the books I've been recording for posting to Podiobooks over the months I've been producing them... I can no longer put them on Podiobooks, because Scribl sets the rules there now, and I can't afford to fulfill their requirements. The only place my recordings of these books will be available will be on my own website. Which will be disappointing, because I don't have the audience Podiobooks has had. And I won't be able to do that final stage of posting Mike Hampston's book on Podiobooks, either, because I don't have the right licensing on the music I used to back those recordings, and I don't have the right permissions from the author to put it there anyway. Not on a commercial site like Scribl.

I suppose I might put the recordings on Librivox. The old books like Everlasting Man would be fine there. Don't think I can put Mike's book there. So all in all, after years of work... that kinda sucks. I can understand Evo selling the place. He's not obligated to keep it up just for someone like me. But that kinda breaks my plans. And I don't know what to do next.

And that other thing...

I've seen a lot of coverage of all the swell new-ish tech they offer now for trying Virtual Reality. Got yer basic wrap-around headsets, and special motion controllers and whatnot. All very shiny, new and expensive. Tend to require more powerful computers and more powerful graphic cards. Also very shiny and new.

But once I thought that through, the tech is all that's new. I've been playing around in a simulated three-dee environment for several years now, Second Life. No wrap-around goggles, just a keyboard and mouse to control interactions. But still, it's a three-D environment, albeit rendered in two-D. To be fair, sure the three-D effect is clever and new. The fancier controllers are new. To make all that work you'll need pretty heavy-duty graphics capabilities. So does Second Life, but I don't think the machine I use for SL could manage that. I'm sure playing with the new hardware will be fun for a while.

And yet...

What'll happen in these new VR worlds, in a social sense, will not be new. You'll start with the early adopters, and for a while the only people there will be those people. Exclusivity has a profound impact on the feel of any social environment, on computers or otherwise. If you were there, you know that about every previous social site, for as long as there have been computers. But then, of course, the companies trying to make money off all that will expand, and try to expand their audience. Crowds of new folks will come. The builders will come. And so will the griefers. The nice folks who treat each other well will be there, for a while. And the bad folks who treat others evilly will be there, too.

The new tech might allow new ways to interact and experience the environment. That'll be swell. But the people will still be people.

So I figure if you want to know how VR in virtual worlds, as compared to 3D video shows from real life, will turn out... you'll come to Second Life. The anonymity will most likely be the same. The interactions without apparent consequences will be the same. The loves will be the same, the hates will be the same. People will be the same. Only the technology will be different.

VR will be, they say, immersive. Second Life is immersive, too. Takes some time to get used to. So will VR. It would be entirely possible to upgrade the existing SL to work somewhat with VR hardware. It might not work well, but it's liable to be doable. And for that matter, however hard, it'd likely be quicker and cheaper than building a whole new world from scratch. Probably won't happen. But it could.

Anyway, if folks want to know what a real Virtual World, a real Metaverse would be like in a social sense, well, we can show you. Second Life started out as an experiment in exactly that Metaverse like experience. Been there, done that, got the virtual teeshirt.

Some of it is wonderful. Some of the people, in particular, are wonderful. And some of it sucks. The sucky parts suck disproportionally to the time and effort involved. I suppose the same could be said for the wonderful parts.

I don't think saying any of that will change anyone's opinion of SL. People who haven't been in SL, or been long enough to actually settle in, have already set their expectations in stone between their ears, and me talking here will probably not make a damn bit of difference. I don't think much of anyone more will come to SL to find out what VR will turn out to be.

But it's the truth. And if anyone is still interested in the truth anymore, this would be a good place to come find some of that particular truth. We have more than a decade of experience in a laboratory for the beginnings of that same phenomenon. Some of it will be new. Most of it will not.

Enjoy the magical new technology and hardware. But don't expect magical changes to human nature. Given time, you'll be in a place very much like here. And from my experience of previous technological advances and changes, it'll probably be much less than what we already have.

Good night. And good luck.

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Episode 168 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter III The Strangest Story in the World

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:34:40 +0000

Noticed an ironic typo in the title of the current chapter, and had to share that, but went with (probably) the correct version.

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Chapter III The Strangest Story in the World

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Episode 167 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter II The Riddles of the Gospel

Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:56:59 +0000

Upgraded my computer a bit, new SSD, but I might have done it wrong. Whole lot of room now, though. And then, "The Everlasting Man..."

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Chapter II The Riddles of the Gospel

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Episode 166 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part II Chapter I The God in the Cave

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 08:05:34 +0000

A little bit on starting work from home. Still feels odd, but probably good.

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Episode 165 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VIII The End of the World

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:24:55 +0000

Just a quick note, in case you've been wondering.

I've recorded more G.K. Chesterton books than of any other author. I like his writing, and I like the way I sound when I read it.

That doesn't mean I agree with everything he says, and I am not endorsing his beliefs. He was I gather considered a liberal by the standards of his day. By modern standards he'd be a bigot and a racist. He was profoundly parochial in every sense of the world, and proud of it. His views were those of a man of his time, place and background. He could use terms and language that in a public venue today would make jaws drop and fists rise. And yes, I quote them word for word. Because yes, that's what he wrote in the book.

That said, he was an intelligent man and a good writer. And he spoke in a manner that has gone out of fashion. It seems the fashion lately to despise people who don't agree, and to see malice in every opinion and action, what one writer has called the "indig-nation," a whole society whose first response is anger and hatred. As mentioned in the introduction to "Heretics," Chesterton could disagree strenuously with his closest friends, and they remained his closest friends. He admired them and treated them with respect. They returned that view. That's refreshing, and it's sad how rare that's become.

So I'm recording this book because I was asked. And I'm recording this book for the reason I recorded the others, because these books are worth exploring, it is valuable to be reminded that good ideas and wisdom weren't invented in last week's latest self-help book. Sometimes the old books ought to be dusted off and reread. And it's much easier if someone, me for example, can read them aloud to you so you don't just see what was typed, you know what was meant -- at least as well as I can figure that out.

So now that I've got that off my chest, let's get on with recording the book.

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Episode 164 - No Fly No Buy - Not Buyin' It

Sat, 02 Jul 2016 05:19:47 +0000

I have a severe allergy to too-clever political speech. This is my abrupt sneeze on a timely topic. Sorry. Here's a tissue.

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Episode 163 - My Well-Regulated Mansplanation

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:39:29 +0000

I casually mentioned on Twitter that the late Chief Justice Warren Berger was wrong about the Second Amendment. And he was, indirectly. I got jumped on with both feet by someone with lots more followers than me. And when I responded without fawning, Twitter decided I must be hacked and took me offline.

So here's my well-regulated "mansplanation" of what I'd only suggested I might say before. It's not as articulate as it might be, and I didn't make an effort to respond to the million-follower trolls and flamewars in detail. Just said my piece in 10 minutes or so, and stopped.

It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can. As some old white guy once said.

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Episode 162 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VII The War of the Gods and Demons

Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:47:16 +0000

Got the Karaoke machine working. Turned out I simply needed to unplug and reseat the cable from the machine to the mixer, and it seems fine now. Here's hoping. And then The Everlasting Man...

Part I On The Creature Called Man

Chapter VII The War of the Gods and Demons

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Episode 161 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter VI The Demons and The Philosophers

Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:20:32 +0000

Just a brief mention of trying to get my Karaoke machine working for singing in Second Life. And I forgot to mention the new logo, based on a gift from a fan (on Second Life, dunno if he listens here)... which as you can see is gorgeous!

Recorded this episode and this chapter of Everlasting Man on the Blue Yeti. Better? Took six hours to edit, especially the traffic noises. UPDATE: found an edit problem a month later and updated the file. Oopsie.

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Chapter VI The Demons and The Philosophers

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Episode 160 - Critical Precedents

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 06:52:15 +0000

About that iPhone encryption thing... Was listening to Leo LaPorte et al on This Week in Google 341, after so many other discussions of the Apple dispute with the FBI over access to the content of the one particular iPhone, and Leo made a passing comment about how some people think phones ought to have special legal protections... and I thought to myself, "you know, maybe they should!"

So I spent a few minutes trying to explain off the cuff what I mean by that, why we are setting precedents now that will be critical for generations, well into the Singularity. So listen in, bear with my pontification, and let me know what you think.

It's a discussion we damn well better have now, while we still can.

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Episode 159 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter V Man and Mythologies

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 08:10:50 +0000

So, GRIZZLYSGROWLS.COM is back! And a brief discussion of what Podbusker and DigitalVoyageur mean.

And I added a new @BlueMicrophones Yeti which hopefully improves the sound. Think I might do a review of the thing sometime. Followed by...

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Chapter V Man and Mythologies

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Episode 158 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter IV God and Comparative Religion

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 12:23:24 +0000

A reading from my blog, wherein I am "Speaking Freely," and then, my throat was a bit rough from allergies...

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Chapter IV God and Comparative Religion

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Episode 157 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter III The Antiquity of Civilization

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 06:38:13 +0000

Various growls about the Podcast Awards, the Survey, and a couple of "job offer" phishes I got, claiming to be from Australian energy companies. Unfortunately no, I don't get to go to Australia. And then, The Everlasting Man...

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Chapter III The Antiquity of Civilization

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Episode 156 - Donors Choose some more!

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 07:22:38 +0000

Devoted the whole show to my reactivated Donor's Choose Giving Page including three new projects from Duluth:

Seating for Active Students

Classroom iPads

and

Flexible Seating to Complete Our Classroom

All three are from Piedmont Elementary, not too very far from where I went to elementary school. They actually closed down all three of my elementary, junior high and high schools, so this was close. Give early and give often!

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Episode 155 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter II Professors and Prehistoric Men

Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:23:12 +0000

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Chapter II Professors and Prehistoric Men

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Episode 154 - Insert Title Here

Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:30:24 +0000

Autism blah blah blah Executive Dysfunction yadda yadda yadda podcast.

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Episode 153 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Part I Chapter I The Man in the Cave

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:02:54 +0000

By popular demand...

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Chapter I The Man in the Cave

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Episode 152 - The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton - Preparatory Note and Introduction

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:35:14 +0000

So, here's the deal. On the one hand, I'm still in the middle of producing Swinging Doors over on Stories from the Hiber-Nation. On the other hand, people who have liked my GK Chesterton books, and said so on Podiobooks, have repeatedly requested I record "The Everlasting Man." Didn't want to interrupt Mike's book, and didn't want to keep putting off Chesterton's book.

So I'm compromising. I'm going to interject the episodes of The Everlasting Man over here on the Growls feed, and continue Swinging Doors on Hiber-Nation till that's finished. That should dissatisfy everyone with the added advantage of exhausting me. What could go wrong? ;-)

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Episode 151 - But Wait, There's More!

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:07:22 +0000

Took off MeerKat, added #Periscope, another live-streaming option tied to Twitter. So that's at least 3 ways I can stream video, 4 or 5 ways I can livestream audio, a dozen different ways I can record podcasts on maybe eight different devices... TOO MANY OPTIONS! Or... why it took me so long to do another podcast.

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Episode 150 - Nine Years After

Sun, 07 Feb 2016 02:52:30 +0000

Nine years of podcasting, 373 podcast episodes including 150 Grizzly's Growls. And just maybe some good news on the job front?

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Episode 149 - Anecdotal Review of the 2015 Kindle Fire 7

Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:35:36 +0000

This is an Anecdotal Review of the 2015 Kindle Fire 7. But this is not a review, really. Reviews delve into all the tech specs and whatnot, and frankly I don't care much about the specs of the Kindle Fire 7. Just wanted to share my experiences with the cheap Kindle Fire. I have a fair amount of Kindle experience from which to compare.

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Episode 148 - The Choice

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:29:25 +0000

It is wise to wish to preserve life. But it can be a wiser and more noble choice to risk one's life, or even sacrifice it, if you are actually accomplishing what you have hoped to achieve in your life.

Includes:

Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia in November, 1967 from The Internet Archive

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit from The Internet Archive

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Episode 147 -- Just a Moment

Sun, 17 Jan 2016 05:58:26 +0000

I just had a minute or two....

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Episode 146 - The Mad Stuart Index

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:07:18 +0000

A quick and dirty first impressions review of the Blab social media audiovisual thingamajigger. Reference is made in particular to Evo Terra's concept of "The Mad Stuart Index."

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Episode 145 -- Corporations are People

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 07:58:35 +0000

Just a little niggle with a comment by Congressman Rick Nolan saying that "Corporations are not People." Well, not quite correct, at best.

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Episode 144 -- My Life and My Town

Mon, 18 May 2015 08:40:07 +0000

A little bit of news:

I get to start a new podcast for one of the sims in Second Life, a community of common interests that I think the rest of the world will find interesting, too.

And a friend asked me to help him start his own podcast. Flattering and gratifying, to know someone who knows me face to face thinks this podcasting stuff is a worthwhile skill that I actually have, after eight years of practice.

I finally got my music back! Got my old account at CyberPR opened again, found a tune I really love (My Town) from a group called Antigone Rising, which I got to play on the podcast. I missed having music!

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Episode 143 -- Wanna Come Out and Play?

Wed, 13 May 2015 08:43:45 +0000

Some comments on a small recent debate about what Second Life is all about. Drawn from a blog post from Honour McMillan, related to some reactions to a post by Eric Grundhauser.

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Episode 142 -- Feedback and Other Interactions

Mon, 11 May 2015 06:47:57 +0000

Recorded while live-streaming in Second Life. Nobody listened, but even so.

Got a voicemail!

Swinging Doors will be back, starting the 2nd Thursday in June.

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Episode 141 -- Hot Mike!

Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:24:37 +0000

A first try with the new tech setup, which should allow live recording from Skype while livestreaming with Shoutcast (into Second Life) and recording. More fiddly, and I had my levels a bit too high. Better next time I hope.

Have some dire financial issues which will impact the podcast, so I yelled for help on that.

I also got some further word from TR Kelley & The Raventones regarding their IndieGoGo fundraiser to help pay for producing their new album. Yes, that is a link up there, go ahead and click!

And "Starstruck Enterprise" at the end, used by permission, which will also be on the new album. Still trying to get some of the new tunes. Again, next time.

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Episode 140 -- Live from Second Life!

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:42:18 +0000

Just as an experiment, I recorded the whole show while live streaming it in Second Life. No SL-specific content, but maybe someday soon. Gotta figure out Skype for that yet.

I explained what happened with the feed, and some of you getting a whole lot of old episodes with your usual. Funny story... well, maybe not funny. One of those mistakes I figured out after it'd all happened. Sorry about that.

Started playing from the stack of promos for Podiobooks.com. The books are still there, so the promos are for existing books, just not the most recent ones. First one was one of my own, "Flatland."

Talked about the upcoming new album from The Raventones, and played a song from their last album Odd Birds at the end, "White Crosses."

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Episode 139 -- It's a Beautiful Day, Or Night anyway

Sun, 22 Feb 2015 08:30:45 +0000

Big news for an old friend Natalie Brown, getting "It's a Beautiful Day" from her Random Thoughts album in play with the City of Ottawa, and

A bit if explanation of the recent confusion on the Stories from the Hiber-Nation feed. No wars, just a bit of confusion cleared up now, and yes, "Swinging Doors" might be back at some later date.

And the full tune at the end, "It's a Beautiful Day" from Natalie Brown's "Random Thoughts" album

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Episode 138 -- PRESS RELEASE

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:32:19 +0000

Minneapolis App & Web Design Company, KaJ Labs Releases New Mobile Games

Find more games by KaJ Labs on the App Store and Play Store.

Google Play Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joel-kasr/id824833887

App Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=KaJ+Labs

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Episode 137 - PRESS RELEASE

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:00:21 +0000

Experimenting with content I don't have to write myself, cause that's how I roll.

KPI Partners Launches Cloud-Based Analytics for NetSuite

As part of the launch of KPI Cloud Analytics for NetSuite, KPI has released a 1 minute quick overview video and an extended product tour. These videos are accessible at http://www.kpipartners.com/KPICloudAnalytics

150+ Minnesotans Embark on an 18-Week Weight Loss Battle in the Slim Down Challenge

Registration and official rules are available at www.SeattleSuttonSlimDown.com.

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Episode 136 - Guys Like Me

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:33:51 +0000

Some thoughts on "Californication," and what all that has to do with ordinary guys like me.

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Episode 135 -- In Defense of Marriage

Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:06:00 +0000

This is my humble response to laws claiming to defend marriage, revising and extending an earlier comment I made on Twitter.

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Episode 134 -- Second Life dot Biz

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:47:34 +0000

Yes, you could do business in Second Life. But there's some things they didn't tell you.

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Episode 133 -- I Have No Words

Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:24:08 +0000

I need your help in coming up with more stuff to podcast. Lemme know, 'kay?

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Episode 132 -- Where Credit Is Due

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:44:03 +0000

Got a pleasant, intelligent and informative response to a nastygram email I sent, and I wanted to give credit where it's due. Yes, I am a crotchety old man.

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Episode 131 -- Using the Space

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0000

A Modest Proposal to use the space in the former Lincoln Elementary School. It'll never happen, but here it is.

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Episode 130 -- There's a Story There

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 06:25:11 +0000

Walking through my neighborhood, noticed some unremarkable buildings that really are remarkable, if you give it some thought.

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Episode 129 -- Not That Guy... Yet...

Sun, 29 Jun 2014 06:31:42 +0000

Had a good week, and a chat with the folks who are letting me record "Swinging Doors." It's an honor just to be nominated.

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Episode 128 - Perfect is Enemy of Good

Sat, 01 Mar 2014 06:36:18 +0000

Some Dork with a Microphone. Just an update so there's something not way old in the feeds. I'll do more later.

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Episode 127 -- What do you DO in Second Life?

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:26:00 +0000

Followup to Episode 126. Now we know what Second Life is, what is it you do there? Just about anything and everything, I suppose. Second Life as Social Media. Second Life as a virtual world and "actual" place, where you don't spend time killing people or critters for gold. Mostly.

Oh, it turns out Chris Kirby has a brand new album, "Wonderizer." I just got my MP3 copy from Amazon (and then Chris wanted to send me one, oh well...) and I look forward to listening to it. Might be getting a signed CD for a later giveaway, we're talkin'. ;)

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Episode 126 -- Second Life : This Is Not Your Life

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Leo LaPorte said on "This Week in Tech" that he abandoned Second Life because "it's all about sex." Made my jaw drop to the floor. After I picked it up, this is what I wanted to tell you about Second Life, what it's not "all about," and what it is, at least from my viewpoint.

Used a tune called "Day Job" from Chris Kirby's album "Vampire Hotel" on the show. Back when I interviewed him on The IDSL he said I could use his music on my show. He may even vaguely remember who I am. I encourage you to buy and check out the rest of the album, too -- I think the title tune from "Vampire Hotel" reminds me of almost all the clubs in Second Life where I've DJed late into the night. Except of course we take vampires a lot more seriously in Second Life. ;-)

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Crap, quoted Cunning Minx from the Polyamory Weekly podcast, and forgot to provide a link. Till now.

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Episode 125 -- Four More Years! Four More Years!

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:24:00 +0000

Yes, this is my 125 episode, and as of tomorrow it'll be four years since I started. Yay. :)

A GOOD DAY!.

I got a call for a short Temp assignment, which happens to be working for a temp agency that's working for another company that's working for our Public Radio folks. Only three degrees of separation. Wow. Sure will be nice to be working again.

Oh, and I found my lanyard for my glasses. And you should care because.... ?

Started recording from practice scripts I found at the Edge Studios website. Recorded 35, and put a couple in this podcast. What do you think? Talked about doing a demo disk, if I can make up my mind what should be on there. Eventually I'll get it.

1-800-COLLECT Demo

I've always started with seriously Entry Level jobs, with not much in the way of qualifications. Broadcasting and voiceover requires coming in the door with talent and skills. Maybe I have them, but I find it hard to ask for that sort of job. Very new to me.

1-800-OK-CABLE Demo

Four years. Wow.

New Group Quest Intro & Outro

I could do one for you, too, ya know. Just sayin'. Call me.

Did a few other folks, too. Here are a couple examples:

The Rejoiner I didn't do for "Evo@11." :)

Rejoiner for Annie and the Awkward Cakeman on B.T.R.

Rejoiner for Boise and Beyond podcast

Piteous whining.

IDSL-ish tune for the day....

A little "Face Funk" called "Snacks" from The Twin Cats' new album, "Thick."

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Episode 124 -- Experimental Hybridization... Huh? (218-234-CALL)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:47:00 +0000

Experimenting with recording the regular parts on my portable Zoom H2 Handy Recorder, and the music parts of the show via SAM Broadcaster, combining all of it in SAM.

Part 1

Where does "Internationally-Renowned New Media Celebrity Grizzly Smith -- Yes, That's Me!" Come from?

Finally getting around to playing some of the music from Ariel Publicity I've accumulated. A bit about The IDSL, which may or may not have been a successful podcast, and may or may not be coming back.

Music

Marie McRae - Until I Met You

Part 2

Podcasting Administrivia - We Should Talk Podcast and what's up with that?

Music

Kelly Richey - Only The Bird Knows

Part 3

Many different online services I'm on. Not sure why. Twitter make sense. Facebook I'm tired of, and seems pointless (especially Gangster Wars or whatever) but everyone is on Facebook, so I need to be. Friendfeed, but I'm not really there. My podcatcher (MediaMonkey), but I tend to let a lot of podcasts "age out" and I don't hear all of them. How many people are like me, downloading but not actually listening? "Long tail" downloads -- I get a lot of those. Annoying whining about Libsyn 3, and why they didn't just make it simple, if they could. "Criminalization" of cigarette smoking. The War on Drugs -- AKA the Federal Price Support Program for Illicit Pharmaceuticals.

Music

Sora - Heartwood

And Finally...

My turn to forget to hit the button twice on my Zoom H2 Handy Recorder. Begging for Comments. Begging for Donations. Begging for Work.

Okay, one more piece of Music...

Cady Finlayson & Vita Tanga - All Set for St. Pat's

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Episode 123 -- Revise and Extend (218-234-CALL)

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:49:00 +0000

I started a rant last time about Second Life. Decided to Revise and Extend my remarks here, about the Mainland, exploration, Search, what SL is For, and so on, and so on.

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Episode 122 -- The Internet is Over (218-234-CALL)

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:22:00 +0000

Part 1 -- Second Lifeless

I've been on Second Life for over a year now, and most of the things I've tried to do there have turned out to be hopeless and pointless.

Part 2 -- I'd better get on this one...

I finally have the necessary stuff to do a project I was asked to do for Behringer, in exchange for...

Part 3 -- The Internet is Over

Why Prince was right. Kinda.

Part 4 -- The High Road

Terry Fallis' new sequel to "The Best Laid Plans" is out in podcast form. Yay!

And finally...

Stuff I really gotta get done. Soon. Really.

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Episode 120 -- Regular Rates (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Part 1 -- A Learning Experience

A little bit about how school is going, and how I'm going to school.

Part 2 -- Regular Rates

Voicework, and actually getting paid. Wait, I'm supposed to have some idea how to do this?

Part 3 -- The New Local Radio

My thoughts on streaming radio as the new local radio station. With just a bit of a rant in there.

... And Finally ...

Comments on live streaming this show, and on commenting. I'm including the comment line in the shownotes, but haven't updated my own podcast outro. Sloppy of me.

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Episode 119 -- Where Was I? (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:15:00 +0000

Yes, I'm back, more or less.

Part 1 -- School

How's school going? Well... it's going...

Part 2 -- Podiobooks

Seventh book, Orthodoxy, is up on Podiobooks.com. Thinking the eighth will be "Eugenics and Other Evils," also by Chesterton. Big deal? Yeah, kinda.

Part 3 -- A New Plan

What do I have planned? Wait, a plan? I should get one of those.

Part 4 -- Final thoughts

I will try to continue Grizzly's Growls, and restart The IDSL. I will certainly keep doing the audiobook stuff. Might even get a job somewhere along the line. We'll see what they'll let me do in that line.

I really need to redo that Outro with the new comment line and whatnot. Some Day Real Soon Now.

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I Remember Joe: 2010

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:51:00 +0000

Just heard the latest of these today, and I realized I'd forgotten this year. Do I remember Joe? No... and yeah, kinda.

And the rest of it isn't mine anyway, so go ahead and listen.

http://teemorris.com/2010/04/01/i-remember-joe-2010/

Episode 118 -- Education in Second Life (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Here's the audio from a video I put together for Cosmic Surrounding Technology for a foreign presentation. First time I've ever tried a long video, and first time I've tried anything this big from video captured from Second Life, and the video is, well, just okay.

I think the interview about SL for education, with Dr. Carolyn Lowe, PhD, of the University of Northern Michigan, is very worth a listen. Enjoy.

Griz

Coffee Hunt

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Here's another little project I did for school. Not brilliant, but rather clever:

My new Video promo for The IDSL

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:30:00 +0000

As I may have mentioned, I'm currently in the Media Studies and Production course at Lake Superior college since August. I just today completed my second project for Video Graphics class. Came out kinda cool.

Since I can, and since I haven't done a podcast in a long while, I decided to put that video out on the feed here. Dunno if anyone will see it go by. UPDATE: I finally decided running my voice audio through Levelator wasn't cheating. I'd do it for work, why not do it for school? Glad I did. Made a real improvement, I think.

See ya around campus!

Episode 117 -- A Helluvathing! (Comment line 218-234-CALL)

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:50:00 +0000

Decided to try a Grizzly's Growls the old way I used to do it. Turned out pretty good, I think.

Part 1 -- A Hell of a Thing

My rant about taking a beginner's writing course -- blatantly swiped from my blog.

"We Dream For Jeanne" from Spider Robinson

Part 2 -- Thinking in Pictures

This video stuff is very new to me, and now I'm learn to do it professionally? Yikes! A bit of story about my life in pictures.

Part 3 -- Bits and Pieces

I've gotten pretty good at all those little bits that get added to podcasts. There's a story behind that.

"Feedback PSA" from Nobilis

And Finally...

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