VirusHead - Mutating bits of contagious discourse, because language is a virus.

I am a serious fan of Joe Frank. He is the radio noir guru of my soul. I have been listening to him since the eighties. He was the joy of my Friday nights, and did much to get me through a difficult graduate program in philosophical theology and ethics. From 1986 until 2002, Joe […]

Which words do you associate with me?
My Interactive Johari Window
The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of […]

UCAUTION

IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY IT IS ADVISABLE TO KEEP VIRUSHEAD AWAY FROM FIRE AND FLAMES.

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How to make a VirusHead

Ingredients:
3 parts mercy
5 parts humour
1 part energy

Method:Stir together in a glass tumbler with a salted rim. Add caring to taste! Do not overindulge!

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Personality cocktailFrom Go-Quiz.com
(tip o’ the hat to my old friend Laureth)

This morning, I read a great article at Salon by Lindsay Beyerstein (Majikthise) on why she refused the Edwards campaign blogging job the others accepted. I think her analysis of the issues was dead-on, and she figured it out in advance. I also thought she was perceptive about the issue of off-the-campaign surrogates:
Unfortunately, as the […]

Arcade Fire was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night. I hadn’t heard any of their music before. I really enjoyed both songs. It’s a Canadian band, but they had a kind of politically-astute blue-collar New England feel to me. Maybe it was just a subterranean Bruce Springsteen echo, or even just a […]

In its first month of its new global campaigning effort, Avaaz.org has run a climate change tv ad on three continents. 92,000 of their members participated in a global virtual march for peace on Washington DC. They’ve had press coverage in several countries, including the US, UK, France and Columbia. The new site is up […]

Coincidence? Uh-huh. Right.
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