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# Dymersion

Dymerse yourself in today's world.

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## Posts

- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541321/) - One of the reasons I'm really drawn toward the decentralized/federated open source networks is that there is so much innovation going on. It's not perfect and has a long way to go but it's very exciting and quickly developing. For example, it is very cool that I can follow Jack Dorsey's #nostr account from the
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541237/) - Reading up on the #ATProtocol and came across this. Nice.
- [The One Job of an Outgoing President](https://dymersion.com/2024/10/the-one-job-of-an-outgoing-president/) - An incumbent who loses an election must transfer power peacefully. If they don't, they shouldn't be re-elected.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/10/356277/) - Trying something out for BSky purposes, to see if images posted via API are CDN'd.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/07/278747/) - Testing Brid.gy Fed federation again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/07/277880/) - @mikewmerritt.com Could have been either.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/07/276922/) - @masto-ai-users-mikewmerritt Oh, for sure I will!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/07/260020/) - @mikewmerritt.com Test
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/07/259939/) - Trying a quick cross-post because I haven't in a while.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/05/thats-interesting-since-the-docs-say/) - @mmasnick@mastodon.social That's interesting since the docs say replies should bridge both ways. I use the regular Brid.gy and have noticed replies don't always bridge immediately.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/03/141477/) - Crosspost test
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/03/141269/) - The new labeler service on Bluesky looks very cool. It'll solve a lot of problems people have long had with moderation at places like Twitter, and even help hide or content warn about content that traditional moderation is not really designed to manage. Like today I came across one that hides Twitter screenshots. No traditional
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/03/140370/) - Let's try the cross-poster again after it just got some fixes.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/03/134048/) - Attempting to see if the Brid.gy cross-poster will work to syndicate with Blue.Sky.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/02/107154/) - Testing to see if there's a longer time to token revocation in x-post context.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/02/90329/) - Testing the cross-poster again after a few days to see if the token refresh code is holding up.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/85501/) - Alright, true test of the cross-poster coming up, 24 hours later, theoretically after a session might expire.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/84292/) - Because it worked, just more test to ensure another capability works, then I'm good for tonight. Partying, even, because my first foray back into PHP will have been a success.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/84289/) - A'ight, one more time trying the BSky cross-poster tonight before I pack it in.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/81947/) - Assuming last time's failure wasn't a fluke for the cross-poster...
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/77221/) - Okay, the last post didn't come through to BlueSky. Remedial PHP classes it is.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/77170/) - Testing to see if I have any PHP skills at all and my changes still work, or if I need to go back to remedial classes.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/74751/) - Been wanting to get back into programming in #PHP for a while, so I took the opportunity to slightly modify an extension that cross-posts from #WordPress to #BlueSky in order to fix an issue it had with authentication after the initial configuration. So far it appears to be working!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/71348/) - Dear YouTube: Please fix issues with the back button breaking in some situations! It's annoying to have to go either open in a tab and go back to the front page, or search again when I want to go back and play the last video again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/66491/) - Yay, I can use Pinafore again! Thanks @alex
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/541348/) - Now that the #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin has matured to a greater degree, please find me on the Fediverse at @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com. I may post on this account occasionally if I cannot post a message otherwise or for testing purposes as I tinker with federation from the blog. At some point, hopefully I'll be able to formally
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/541347/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com Well, I would.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2024/01/52686/) - @mmasnick@mastodon.social Does public domain really operate on a time zone basis?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/38646/) - Quickly checking the BSky cross-posting status now that I've reinstalled.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/33753/) - @BeAware@social.beaware.live Thanks for the boost! I am using the latest update, but to clarify, I'm trying to reply to someone else on Mastodon (or another Fediverse platform) with a new WP post, but when it gets to Mastodon / the other platform it doesn't display as a reply to their post. This worked fine before
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/33682/) - To those who use the #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin and also are using the #PostKinds or #IndieBlocks plugins as a way to reply to toots: Or is it just me or has anyone noticed that recently (last week or so, maybe longer) #Mastodon isn't threading the incoming reply? It may just me. My integration seems to
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/33679/) - In reply to https://masto.ai/@mikewmerritt/110511121529537351. @mikewmerritt@masto.ai Yes, I finally did!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31971/) - Looks like I've finally outgrown shared hosting, thanks to having the #ActivityPub plugin installed on my #WordPress install. For anyone not on shared hosting, what size droplet (or equivalent concept in AWS, GCP, Azure, etc) are you using to support a WordPress install with ActivityPub / #Mastodon integration?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31965/) - Liked the post "My dad has spent some of his retirement doing hobbyist machine learning projects" [...] by @snarfed.org@snarfed.org https://snarfed.org/2023-12-03_51578
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31849/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com Oh now Post Kinds is working again for some reason. Good to know.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31846/) - @code_wyrm000@c.im FWIW, you can modify WordPress to exclude the social stuff from the homepage if it's in a certain category. This is what I do. Exclude the social category and then the homepage is reserved for the more serious stuff and it's not flooded with social posts. I created a category page for the social
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/541346/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com It most certainly is!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/541345/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com That's a very fine comment, sir.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/541344/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com Trying comment level one.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31837/) - Alright, let's try the new #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin threaded comments feature.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/12/31653/) - Testing new cron job.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/30623/) - Looking at recent resource usage for this blog with #ActivityPub and #WPFriends enabled, and I think it's time to migrate to a better solution. I've been wanting to learn more cloud, so this would give me an excuse.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/541343/) - Re-upping my offer of #BlueSky invites.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28472/) - Hmm. Indieweb post kinds isn't working so I can't write replies (easily). Will have to look into that.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28361/) - Image from the annual Thanksgiving Day Road Race in my town!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/541342/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com May as well throw in a test here to check on multi-platform backfeeding.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28223/) - This autoposter isn't working, it seems, so I am trying a manual cross-post in order to test backfeeding.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/541341/) - Hey folks. I have some #BlueSky invites. If anyone would like one, please let me know. While I feel for developers who may need an extra account for testing purposes or folks who want a second account for any reason, I'm setting them aside for those who don't already have an account. Basically, I'm following
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28129/) - Ok, final BlueSky cross-posting test for the night. Then I'm going to bed.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28127/) - Testing 2 for BlueSky
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28125/) - Testing on BlueSky
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28120/) - Third time always works...
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28118/) - Once more is the charm for BlueSky?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28116/) - Trying this again because it sometimes seems like every other post doesn't get to Mastodon.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28114/) - Testing posts on BlueSky again since something seems to have gone wobbly about it. If it works, also facilitating a test of the need Brid.gy backfeed functionality.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/541340/) - @dirkhh @mmasnick Did you already get one? I have some.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/541339/) - @WaddlingFungus @jasonekratz@social.lol @mmasnick @Popehat The code is open source and there are several projects going on to create new services that will be able to federate with BlueSky main.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/28039/) - Yeah, I think I'm at my limit when the site owner goes fully anti-Semitic. I'll be here and on #ATProto / #BlueSky. Hopefully more folks I read join one or both.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/27646/) - Not sure how happy I am that #Chrome is now pushing shopping so hard. I get that it's a vehicle for advertising, but if I want shopping help there are extensions for that.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/11/testing-omnibear-after-a-while/) - Testing Omnibear after a while.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/10/26913/) - Retesting the BlueSky auto-poster again. Worked.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/10/26911/) - Retesting the BlueSky auto-poster.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/09/541338/) - Have four #Bluesky invites available, if anyone would like one. First come, first get.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/09/25750/) - Testing the new ActivityPub version. Will updates work? [Updated] Yes, updates work!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/07/541337/) - @jeremydebose If you still have it, may I please get it?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/07/23082/) - It's my birthday today and I got water damage as a present. Yay!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/07/541336/) - @atomicpoet I think more likely BlueSky is heading towards failure because they're taking so darn long to open it up. All of this initial fanfare and then radio silence. Sad to say that most folks don't care about interoperability if their website works well enough. See reddit.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/541335/) - @pfefferle Maybe! More options to follow is good. But I expect most will be from Mastodon and the regular follow button does work.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/541334/) - @pfefferle Used to be 2, now just 1 (myself lol). Will probably be like that until I use it more or until we can migrate followers from another account.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/21462/) - @atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org The ability to use my blog as a Fediverse instance is wonderful.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19658/) - So what is the reason I can sometimes send a #WordPress generated reply and sometimes not? Mostly not recently.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19661/) - And now replying is working consistently! Explain that!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/20564/) - Finally taking a look at #Lemmy. Looks very interesting the way they've integrated a topic-type structure into #ActivityPub.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/20580/) - I finally watched The #MatrixResurrections. I went in with my expectations as low as possible and I actually found it...okay?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/541333/) - @plexus Webmention is pretty much the standard here.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/541332/) - Anyone been getting access to #BlueSky lately? Seems like they've slowed down the influx of people. A few weeks ago so many seemed to be getting access.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/06/541331/) - @xerophile Be hilarious if Trump was one of them.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/541330/) - I don't know much about Taylor Swift but I can appreciate someone who works hard, and she works hard. Seems like she deserves all the success she's getting.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19659/) - @SwiftonSecurity@infosec.exchange Aaand now it's spread into the wider internet. We're screwed.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19656/) - @mikewmerritt@masto.ai But hopefully not now?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19654/) - @mikewmerritt@masto.ai You break things!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19561/) - @davidb@zirk.us I've noticed that since adding the #ActivityPub plugin my blog sometimes gets very slow. I think I need to upgrade to a better host.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/541329/) - @Popehat @sharoz Fate mandates that you always be ready to re-tape portions of the show. Tape Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, it doesn't matter. It will follow you.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/541328/) - I broke WP posting again, seemingly. Good grief, Mike.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/541327/) - @FinchHaven@mastodon.sdf.org @raccoon Not trying to accuse you of anything, just that I don't think he's doing anything bad. I get the concern. Maybe a better approach would be some oversight/agreement in how these things are being done, but I don't think the move toward it is avoidable if Mastodon/AP are to be viable to a
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/541326/) - @FinchHaven@mastodon.sdf.org @raccoon I don't see any malicious motive on Rochko's part. The distributed nature of Mastodon's instances was posing a huge problem to adoption. It's either funnel people to a default server and let them change later or risk forever being a niche social network. It may even be too late to change its fate.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/05/19511/) - Testing because replies seem to have been broken again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/19224/) - @dansup Not sure I get this attitude. I keep seeing people saying this service or another should adopt #ActivityPub and federate but some people are opposed to the idea that some companies may do so? Is it not better that some do federate in order to develop the concept and technologies? Otherwise, what is the
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541325/) - @mmasnick Just booked to ensure I have something. May look for another option but I also chose Texas. May do a train trip out of it!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/19042/)
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18955/) - @mmasnick@mastodon.social @gpollara@med-mastodon.com There is a bridge available between nostr and ActivityPub, so definitely expect it.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541324/) - @KarlBode I don't understand this line of argument since it was scheduled earlier. Not having the diverter system in place when it's been standard was definitely a mistake. Whatever stupidity he's brought to Twitter and his childish character, SpaceX is actually one of his successes, not just a fluke.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18690/) - @wynch@soc.ironwyn.ch So far, so mostly good here, but I am concerned about being booted someday for resource usage. I'm only on shared hosting now but I've been considering moving off to more a solution more responsive to demand increases.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18654/) - Interesting discussion on the approach to content filtering at #BlueSky.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18643/) - As has been recently reported, Substack Notes is quickly learning all the lessons other social network platforms have learned. @mmasnick@mastodon.social has a good article here on why trying to please everyone will just ruin the platform before it really gets off the ground: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/substack-ceo-chris-best-doesnt-realize-hes-just-become-the-nazi-bar/ And my own take on content moderation here, which broadly agrees
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/17501/) - Reblog via Mike Masnick ? How's my day going, you ask? I have dual monitors and both have giant spreadsheets where I'm comparing things across screens.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18207/) - Testing posting with Mastodon client.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18227/) - Using the #WordPress instance as if it were #Mastodon is very cool.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18232/) - Those other ones actually didn't post as expected on other apps, so tried a modification in the AP code...
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18253/) - Finally, I seem to have found a way for posts/toots from #WordPress to default to the 'note' #PostKind when posted from outside the WP interface. Now to find a way for the plugin to always respect the choice selected in the settings, as it currently doesn't in this use case.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18257/) - Anyway, more to come!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18601/) - It's really awesome being able to post on the blog instance from a Mastodon client. It's really tying together the feasibility of using it as my main account.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18429/) - And the threads are coming together.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18410/) - I broke #WordPress #ActivityPub posting the other day, so seeing if it's fixed now.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541320/) - @jackyan Blogs in a subdirectory require some additional configuration: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/#what%20if%20you%20are%20running%20your%20blog%20in%20a%20subdirectory%3F
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18231/) - @sharearea I'm also not a #BlueSky user yet but I do like the account portability aspect. Currently with #Mastodon, if you switch instances you can't carry over your posts. You can manually copy them over but then you lose all timestamp information. And theoretically I like the Speech -> Reach layer separation, which is tied
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18193/) - The #WordPress-as-instance concept finally seems to be in a relatively usable state. Posts mostly seem to be...posting. My following requests seem to be registering, at least on the same instance of the user being followed, though not globally (maybe they need time to catch-up). Some of the remaining issues are: -Updates are not yet implemented
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/18185/) - @Popehat Planning the offensive.
- [Chicago to San Francisco on Amtrak's California Zephyr](https://dymersion.com/2015/09/chicago-to-san-francisco-on-amtraks-california-zephyr/) - My trip from Chicago to San Francisco aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr.
- [Leg 2: San Francisco, Sept 1-5](https://dymersion.com/2015/09/leg-2-san-francisco-sept-1-5/) - My trip to San Francisco.
- [Leg 4: Southwest Chief, Sept 7-9](https://dymersion.com/2015/09/leg-4-southwest-chief-sept-7-9/) - Not long after getting to Union Station, we boarded the final train trip of this vacation, the Southwest Chief. As its name implies, it goes through Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, in the Southwest particularly, then up into a sliver of Colorado, into Missouri, a sliver of Iowa, and into Illinois. I have to say
- [Some Thoughts About Globalism](https://dymersion.com/2016/06/some-thoughts-about-globalism/) - Some quick, relatively unorganized thoughts on globalism, the issues surrounding it, and some solutions.
- [What Kind of Temperament Do We Want in a President?](https://dymersion.com/2016/09/what-kind-of-temperament-do-we-want-in-a-president/) - Donald Trump has used Twitter frequently to go on angry rants against people he doesn't like. Do we really want this quality in a president?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541319/) - Thanks @bravegpt and @duckduckgpt@technodon.org for liking a couple posts so I can test Like webmentions. They are working but seemingly inconsistent. The BraveGPT Likes came in but the DuckDuckGPT one did not.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541318/) - @Popehat @yosephus I listen because you're honest in your assessment about these things. I'd rather know it's a tough hill to climb than listen to you play it up as "he's totally cooked now" just because you don't like Trump.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541317/) - Oh, nice. Incoming webmention comments posted by the article author now appear to be tagged as bypostauthor. Unless I messed something up, which is not outside the realm of possibility. https://dymersion.com/2022/12/bit-of-an-indieweb-update/?replytocom=4562#respond
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541316/) - And...webmention back.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541315/) - Will this webmention? https://dymersion.com/2022/12/bit-of-an-indieweb-update/comment-page-1/?replytocom=4560#respond
- [The Moderation Conundrum](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/the-moderation-conundrum/) - Elon Musk now owns Twitter but he may find opening it up for free speech harder than he intended.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541314/) - @Popehat @notheactualworddash And scope-creep, I suppose.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541313/) - @Popehat @notheactualworddash What you choose to emphasis is still a bias. But I'm not faulting them for that. If you start from one ideological direction or another, it's going to happen. More important is what you said about non-partisanship and if they're upholding the principles.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/541312/) - Testing something to see how Mastodon handles it.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/04/17505/) - I just reacted with ?? on How's my day going, you ask? I have dual monitors an….
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/541311/) - Charge for polls on Mastodon?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/17115/) - For some reason, all of my mobile posts in the past few days won't forward to Mastodon. Odd.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/17097/) - Trying again from mobile
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/17063/) - Testing the changed default post format of status from article when posting from mobile.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/541310/) - @Popehat Was this tour narrated by Prince Harry by any chance?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/16803/) - Haven't posted here in a bit. Pulled away a little, to my fault. Really want to work on a few outstanding things, like trying to get a few reply #webmention features working that seemed stuck last time I worked on them, as well as try to get the Following number populated if I can figure
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/03/541309/) - @Popehat Is this her version of the not-subtle jab?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541308/) - I guess 'Nimrata' is a thing again. The least people can do these days is call people by whatever name they want to be called and refer to them the way they prefer. This is not difficult.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541307/) - @mmasnick I mean, even a basic understanding. It can't well perceive what something does. But this is particularly egregious since you have an About page.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541306/) - @mmasnick This has been my general thought about all ChatGPT articles. They all sound like something you might find in a high school essay and you don't really get much deeper than that. If it's something the bot lacks deep understanding of, it chokes.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541305/) - It was never a spy #balloon to begin with. That's my weekend head canon and you can't say anything to change my mind. Reality resumes 8am Monday.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541304/) - The Google Chrome search side panel is just the worst. I want my searches to open in a new tab, not the panel. Luckily, it can be turned off but came back today. Browser must have updated but the setting didn't persist.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/02/541303/) - @SwiftOnSecurity Likely two in the next month. One TBD on scheduling.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541302/) - @peatbog I'll concede that if your livelihood depends on it, it may be difficult to leave.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541301/) - @peatbog Lots of people didn't find it too problematic in the end to leave Twitter for Mastodon and other networks.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541300/) - Got my bivalent COVID shot the other day. I can report that the updated HUD view is magnificent. Anyway, all hail Fauci.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541299/) - @Popehat There is definitely a segment of the population that doesn't know how to deal with people they come across who don't think in a like manner and who may be nasty.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541298/) - @mmasnick Your request is why I wish they existed here lol.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541297/) - @sarahemclaugh Very much a "halp!" reaction going on here.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541296/) - Sometimes things I post on my own website with the #ActivityPub plugin don't show up here on Mastodon and there's no rhyme or reason to it.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/8048/) - Testing new #ActivityPub plug-in delete capability.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/7508/) - Hi Chris, I'm having trouble getting this to work. I can reply to my own posts from Twitter but not to the manually-syndicated comment with the reply URL. I see you have your comments syndicated as well. Does threading the comment via Twitter require the parent also be syndicated? If so, how are you doing
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541295/) - @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com Will this comment post?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/7455/) - Testing commenting backfeed on a Masto post.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541294/) - @dave No worries. Actually just happened to come across this in the home feed. Unfortunately, the WP plugin doesn't seem to handle mentioning at this time, so it didn't alert me in notifications.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541293/) - Will the 14th time be the charm?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/7071/) - Based on what I'm reading, some of the concessions being offered, like floor amendments and a review period for bills, are good. @justinamash has long highlighted issues in the current legislative process that should be fixed. If they are, his lobbying will have been worth it.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/7091/) - Testing a Twitter syndication.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/6964/) - @mikewmerritt Third time's a charm?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/6961/) - @mikewmerritt Trying mentions again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/6959/) - @mikewmerritt And to you!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541292/) - @RdoPeta @atomicpoet Interesting. I'll have to check it out!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2023/01/541291/) - Happy New Year!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541290/) - @atomicpoet There's a Chrome extension, nos2x, that acts as a way to generate and carry the keys from one client to another, however my success in actually using it has been mixed. The only client I've actually been able to use successfully, I had to copy in the private key. The idea of a client
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541289/) - @rmdes Have you gotten this to work for any other account? I'm also using the Friends and ActivityPub plugins and while my blog account seems to have followed this one, I can't seem to get it to follow anyone else.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/6397/) - This comment is from my own blog! I'm using the #ActivityPub plugin as the main driver of federation, with the other main IndieWeb plugins (webmention, syndication links, post kinds, etc) to fill in the gaps to bring back comments from elsewhere, incl. Mastodon, and to reply to posts/toots. The Friends plugin acts as a feed
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5917/) - Yes, sweet! Real posts will include a link and an except and anything else will use the standard post format. Now I just need to make this work well in different use cases, like when I use an external Micropub app that can't set the Post Format, so the published post defaults to Standard. And
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5914/) - Did we get it this time?
- [Third Time's a Charm](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/third-times-a-charm/) - Third time's a charm.
- [This should have a link](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/this-should-have-a-link/) - Standard post format should have a link.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5907/) - Let's try this again.
- [Bit of an IndieWeb Update](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/bit-of-an-indieweb-update/) - A couple weeks ago I mentioned that this place was transforming a bit, to become more of hub for contents of all types. Since then, I've been trying to figure out the best way to do things. I've been experimenting with adding a Reply button to the Friends plugin and I've been experimenting with modifying
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5901/) - Hey, whadda you know. My PHP knowledge hasn't completely atrophied. I can now create posts with content and a link and simple statuses without one.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5892/) - FWIW, pt. 2 may be more a personal preference and pt. 3 may be a task for the Friends plugin.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5885/) - A few observations regarding the #WordPress #ActivityPub plugin: 1) It'd be nice if certain posts could be prevented from being widely distributed. For example, a reply distributed to another blog or Twitter doesn't make sense to post to Mastodon/Fediverse since the quoted source itself isn't included. 2) It needs a few more options for how
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/5841/) - I assumed the margin call already happened.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541288/) - @Popehat @avram In addition, maybe something about the conjunction of private-sector companies and the government in how it related to lawsuits with a 1st amendment component. Honestly, I've gotten this one wrong myself and have only learned from you and others (Ari?) on it.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541287/) - @Popehat I didn't realize he was even back in the U.S. now. Didn't he opt to go back to Bahamas jail like a few days ago?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541286/) - @Popehat I think this is why Josh calls it an HOA. There are numerous controls one can use to hide sensitive content and mute and block options if that isn't working. There are also facilities to report posts and users and the mods can block users and whole domains if needed. I think it has
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541285/) - @Popehat Mastodon is based on local moderation by the server admins and mods. The server rules should prevail. This kind of "global culture" thing about content warnings isn't a thing, even according to Mastodon's creator, though some people have tried to make it one. It can't be "it's moderated server by server" and then try
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/4635/)
- [No Longer Just a Blog](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/no-longer-just-a-blog/) - Update on incorporating federation with ActivityPub.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541284/) - @Roberto_the_robot @Popehat Same. Whatever. As an atheist, cases like these are extremely important to me. I understand his personal history may have him see this through a certain lens, though.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541283/) - @godlessmom Might as well go full circle and have it be Robert Downey Jr.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541282/) - @sarahemclaugh Fantastic performances by Sinbad and Phil Hartman too!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541281/) - @sarahemclaugh Truly Arnold at his post-80s best and still relevant to the culture of secular Christmas.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541280/) - Status of alt-social protocol attempts so far: -#ActivityPub (mostly via Mastodon): ? By far the easiest and well into having WordPress setup as a primary instance.-#Nostr: ? Found it difficult to understand and setup at first but finally got it. Even found Dorsey.-#SecureScuttleButt: ? I gave up for now. Nothing is working.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541279/) - @AriCohn Surely a satire?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541278/) - @Roberto_the_robot @alicrook@sfba.social @Popehat Yup. They may have originated in self-interest of a religious group but they all help non-religious people too.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/the-fields-to-fill-in-a/) - The fields to fill in a URL for the Reply post kind no longer appears on the WP post screen and I can't figure out why. Replies still work as a feature and will route to the correct post. Hmm...
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541277/) - @alicrook@sfba.social @Popehat Am I missing something? These are all good. I'm no fan of their anti-blood transfusion beliefs and cultishness but these cases helped expand free speech. That they came from a religious denomination with other bad views is besides the fact.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541276/) - @mmasnick Depends on the topic, I guess. I can think of a few instances that you might refer to a rival corporation in a speech. Not even a reach. Even Microsoft will happily do so these days!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541275/) - @Imoptimal Sorry, I mean any comment will also include a link, not just a link!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541274/) - Question to #Mastodon users. I'm trying to use my own site to post here/on the #Fediverse. However, by default the #ActivityPub plugin generates a link to the origin post alongside the content. I'm thinking of some ways around this that would also still easily allow posting long-form articles but until then... Would you consider links
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/oh-come-on-this-is-ridiculous/) - Oh, come on. This is ridiculous, all because he's having a moment.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541273/) - @mmasnick So by prohibiting linktr.ee he's going to hurt most people with a network of professional sites?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541272/) - @Popehat I see it now but didn't when this post first came across my feed. Had to refresh.
- [Article Test, Again](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/article-test-again/) - Testing AP article posting.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/seems-to-work/) - Seems to work.
- [Test Article](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/test-article/) - Testing article posting with AP.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/testing-a-micropub-client-carry-on/) - Testing a #Micropub client. Carry on with your day.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3859/) - Testing AP posting without a link again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3593/) - Need to see why AP will not post unless there's a link. Not even necessarily a link but the fourth line since my post last night just included a broken template code.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3591/) - Trying this without a link again. Maybe my connection was bad last night.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3585/) - Testing post with link enabled for ActivityPub integration.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3583/) - Seeing if I can post a regular status without the link back to the blog, which I think will seem spammy when I'm using the blog full-time as my post generator.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3559/) - He's receiving a crash course in why you sometimes need to make quick moderation decisions that don't cleanly line up with the rules, and then adjust policy later.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3547/) - Interestingly enough, I subscribe to my @mikewmerritt@masto.ai account with the #WPFriends plugin and the feed reader does show the whole post, so maybe the issue is on Mastodon's side not accepting the note as a note.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541271/) - @Popehat Took a look and yikes.
- [Quick Note with a Title Test](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/quick-note-with-a-title-test/) - Hmm, it seems anything sent as an Article post kind is being sent by the #ActivityPub plugin to Mastodon as a link only. The settings page does mention that Article kinds present as a link as Mastodon but I have the 'Note' Activity-Object-Type settings selected. Wonder if it's a bug...
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3526/)
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3521/) - Okay, I can confirm that Birdsite isn't yet blocking links to my blog, which is a fediverse instance. Maybe Elon just hasn't gotten there yet.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541270/) - With today's upgrade of the WordPress #ActivityPub and #WPFriends plugins, two-way following is now possible between WP and #Fediverse accounts. I'm going to be slowly moving my activity to the blog account, which you can find here on Mastodon at @mikewmerritt@dymersion.com. I'll keep this account open for now and will be boosting here as I
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2605/) - Yes, agreed!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/3473/) - Agreed, and with the recent collaboration of the #WordPress #ActivityPub and #WPFriends plugins, IndieWeb-enabled WP blogs now have two-way following without needing to maintain a separate social account (other than for discovery). So pumped for the possibilities.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541269/) - @pixelfed So is Elon going through the entire list of federated instances or something? If so, any bets on how long before he gets to the federated WordPress blogs?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541268/) - @timlee Nope. Also not possible with counter.social. Gab also defederated by last year, though it was blocked in a lot of places already anyway.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541267/) - @AriCohn Surprised I haven't seen a few people banned who've been evading the link block. That's gotta be next.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541266/) - @seanstickle Can't even post it in your bio. Tried changing mine to add my Post. link and it's failing because of the Mastodon link that's already there.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541265/) - @mmasnick Also, very difficult to prove in any case. Maybe Mastodon wanted to advertise the existence of the account of their own accord.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541264/) - @mmasnick Most charitably, it's similar to what Trump did when he tried posting content to official accounts after his account being banned. But by the same logic, Trump should still be banned.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541263/) - In an reply earlier, misinterpreted Elon as talking about Lil Nas X. Apparently, "Lil X" is a pet name for his kid. I do feel for him. Scary situation for sure. Yet, changing policy and banning accounts this way is exactly the kind of snap, emotional, in-the-moment moderation decision for which he and Weiss/Taibbi have
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541262/) - At least Elon seems to finally be admitting that circumstances can shift quickly, requiring a quick response in moderation.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541261/) - @mmasnick @elonjet It appears he changed the rule after some loony stalked the plane and chased after a car. There's some irony in wanting this stuff gone for safety reasons while posting conspiracy theories about former employees.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541260/) - @mmasnick It kind of goes against Elon's earlier mantra about only blocking people who directly threaten violence. After Kanye, I guess that's out the window.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541259/) - @mmasnick By this wording, it bans the mobile app's own location feature.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541258/) - @meadowhawk JSON-LD seems to have taken over for sure but a lot of the #IndieWeb folks are strongly in favor of microformats for blog & ActivityPub-enabled post markup/parsing. I'm guessing because the primary JSON-LD format is in large part guided by Google but I am not sure.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541257/) - I'm not sure why Kyrsten Sinema is considered the only non-theist/unaffiliated member of Congress when Tammy Baldwin and Jared Huffman are as well. Of the three, Huffman has been the most explicit of his views.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541256/) - Trying the PESOS pull again after a change, so we will see.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541255/) - My efforts at PESOS with Micropub are also proving challenging!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541254/) - The #WPFriends experiment is a mixed bag so far. It now has the ability to ingest #ActivityPub accounts but updates seem to be few and far between except a couple accounts. Might switch back to RSS for the feeds.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541253/) - @Popehat @fishecon@econtwitter.net @mmasnick Some people are miserable if they can't shout at you.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541252/) - @mmasnick Wow, just how much of his available assets did he take out a loan on this if he's at risk of being called?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541251/) - Saw again concerns about reading DMs. All platforms should commit to encrypting DMs but you should know they've mostly always been able to be read. That they're not is more a matter of professional courtesy than technological limitation.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541250/) - @Popehat The partner in the back doesn't seem that impressed with you.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2312/) - Anyway, still need to test more.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2309/) - Go figure. I post this last one and it's fine.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2281/) - Testing Friends status page posting.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2306/) - Apologies for the spaminess below. Something is messing with the #ActivityPub for #WordPress Post-Content settings. Don't yet know what it is. Will continue debugging so there may be some more rapid-fire posts for the next couple days.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541249/) - Testing IFTTT trigger.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541248/) - The ultimate goal is to be able to transform #WordPress into a full #IndieWeb instance since right now the offerings, though great, lack the ability to fully engage with content in one spot like you can on Mastodon and other services. With the goal achieved, content ownership is secured and essentially extends IndieWeb-style social networking
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541247/) - Been having fun testing my #IndieWeb setup on my #WordPress blog. So far can post from it to Mastodon but not Twitter and can reply to posts on both. I'm also experimenting with the #WPFriends plugin, trying to see if it can replicate feed features to some degree. I've successfully added a Reply button to
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2268/) - He sure should!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/2264/) - @mikewmerritt Testing Replies! Welcome to Mastodon!
- [Theme Updated](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/theme-updated/) - Today I updated the site theme to Sempress, the great offering by Matthias Pfefferle, to take advantage of the built-in Indieweb features such as Microformat labeling for use in Webmentions. Though the theme itself is updated, for the most part the layout won't change. However, there have been some improvements to the comments section to
- [Domain Bliss](https://dymersion.com/2005/12/domain-bliss/) - At last, I'm able to operate this site under a proper domain. As you might already see, this layout won't last in its original form forever, so hang tight.
- [King Kong](https://dymersion.com/2005/12/king-kong/) - I went out to see King Kong with my mom tonight, and I must say that I thought it was awesome.
- [LiveJournal Authentication Added](https://dymersion.com/2005/12/livejournal-authentication-added/) - I thought I would update on Dymersion development. In addition to spending far too much time editing the layout of this blog last night (and getting too little done), I've added LiveJournal authentication to the comment section of the article pages. It uses the OpenID system created by LiveJournal founder and SixApart CSA Brad Fitzpatrick
- [Extreme Audio Board](https://dymersion.com/2005/12/extreme-audio-board/) - This is the audio board that my cousin (Second cousin? Great cousin? Something like that) uses when working with well known (and some not as well known) music artists. The story behind the picture is that my mom's cousin went to California for Christmas. Her brother works for the Universal (as in Universal Studios) Music
- [Happy New Year!](https://dymersion.com/2005/12/happy-new-year/) - Whilst it's still a few hours away for me, I'd like to wish anyone who comes across this blog a Happy New Year, and well wishes for 2006. I'm aiming to get a bit more work done on the templates tonight, so hopefully the blog will look a bit different shortly into 2006. Have a
- [Welcome to Dymersion 2006](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/welcome-to-dymersion-2006/) - I figured I might as well make a first post from this side of the year line as well. As you might see, I've begun ushering both the new year, and a new look here on the website. Hope you like it.
- [Done!](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/done/) - Well, pretty much anyway. Done in the sense that the major work on the blog layout and color scheme has been finished. However, expect there to be some small tweaks here and there over time. Besides the layout, I've added the "Suggested Reading" block over to your right, along with the infamous "About" link. Nothing
- [Troublemakers at Invisionize, Parts 1-3](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/troublemakers-at-invisionize-part-3/) - I chronicle the continuing trials and tribulations in dealing with troublemakers at the website I help manage.
- [Compliant...mostly](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/compliantmostly/) - Well, since I last wrote something, I've gotten this thing mostly compliant. XHTML wise, it's all compliant up to version 1.1. CSS wise, I've gotten compliant in that there are no more major errors, but there are still a good amount of warnings. Umm, ok, so probably noone cares, but thought I'd give an update.
- [Get Your Daily Dose of Questionable Content](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/get-your-daily-dose-of-questionable-content/) - Quite the double entendre in the title, yea? *Cough* Get your mind out of the gutter! But, really, I've had a link to the awesome Questionable Content to your right since at least January 6th, and have yet to explain it. QC is a webcomic by Jeph Jacques that's all about the lives of an
- [When Installing Plugins](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/when-installing-plugins/) - Just a quick note to myself for the future... It is probably important to note that when installing a plug-in, to first make sure it has a php version for the dynamic rendered sections! I found this out the hard way, and for an awesome plug-in too, the Sidebar Manager. Hopefully it'll come out with
- [If Jack Bauer Was in Adama's Position](https://dymersion.com/2006/01/if-jack-bauer-was-in-adamas-position/) - My list of changes on a Jack Bauer featured Battlestar Galactica.
- [Where Are You?](https://dymersion.com/2006/02/where-are-you/) - I've known of this website for some time now, but have never gotten around to talking around it for various reasons (chief reason being the non-existance of this blog). Website: http://www.politicalcompass.org/ It's called Political Compass, and it's a different way of finding out where you are on the political spectrum. Instead of simply categorizing you
- [Ports, Israel and Mutants](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/ports-israel-and-mutants/) - No, the three really have nothing to do with eachother, although two are close. However, all three have a similar underlying issue: tensions between different groups of people.
- [Testing out SharpMT](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/testing-out-sharpmt/) - Hey, gang. Just testing out a couple different desktop clients for Movable Type, seeing which one I like better. Not much to say, so stay tuned...
- [Testing w.bloggar](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/testing-wbloggar/) - And now w.bloggar. I think I like it better, and you can edit posts you haven't written with it, unlike SharpMT. SharpMT also lets you edit more than one entry at a time, but seriously, I don't do that. So, w.bloggar it is.
- [The Awesomeness of Tonight's Sci-Fi Friday](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/the-awesomeness-of-tonights-sci-fi-friday/) - As to prevent my death from the dedicated SG1, Atlantis, or Galactica fan, I'll tell you to "continue reading"... Stargate: SG1 Wow, what an episode! So, they need to look for Merlin's mythical ascended-person defeater tool. They didn't find it, and Jackson and Mitchell clearly got beamed up to the ship at the wrong time!
- [Solidly Behind the President?](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/solidly-behind-the-president/) - I was just reading this article on Wisconsin democrat Russ Feingold's proposal to censure the President, and a certain phrase from our favorite Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Now, I'm not sure if this is being taking out of context, but here goes: "The American people are solidly behind this president in conducting the war
- [Staying Until We're Done or Just Simply Staying?](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/staying-until-were-done-or-just-simply-staying/) - So, our fine President says that we're in Iraq for the long haul, but how exactly long is a long haul? Long enough to establish a permanent presence there? Well, today I thought I'd review an article I read in my local newspaper yesterday.
- [That's Some Brotherly Love](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/thats-some-brotherly-love/) - Via CNNSI: Source Story Now, I rarely watch football myself, but I found this story being filed in the "awww, ain't that sweet" section of my brain. A judge increased jail time from six months to five years for the brother of Pittsburgh Steelers safety Tyrone Carter because he failed to report to prison on
- [Tonight's Awesome Upsets](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/tonights-awesome-upsets/) - Ok, so "awesome" and "upset" don't usually work well together, but they define two consecutive NCAA D-1 basketball games from tonight. I didn't watch any of the Duke and LSU game, so I cannot comment on that.
- [Testing the Crossposter](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/testing-the-crossposter/) - So, I've decided what to do with this LJ. My paid account runs out in June, and I've been debating for some time whether or not to renew my account. Well, the main thing that I liked with paid accounts was the ability to have a subdomain for my blog. Now that everyone has this,
- [It's Here](https://dymersion.com/2006/03/its-here/) - BBC: Iraq Bases Spur Questions Over US Plans The national sources are finally picking up what a Journal Inquirer reporter had in the paper a week ago.
- [Stepping Away from Nat'l Security - Immigration](https://dymersion.com/2006/04/stepping-away-from-natl-security-immigration/) - It's funny that out of everything discussed pertaining to this new immigration bill, nobody from the Bush administration has mentioned national security. Everything else since September 11th has been about it (except perhaps gay rights and Medicare), so why not this? It's interesting to watch the debate. But, that's not what I'm writing about today.
- [Oh no, an entry!](https://dymersion.com/2006/04/oh-no-an-entry/) - Hey. Been busy as heck lately. I've broken my goal on one picture a day, I know. Should all go well, though, there will be one tomorrow night! It's one I've wanted to get for about a week. Anyway, just wanted to make a small comment about the weather. The mere fact that I could
- [Back in Action](https://dymersion.com/2006/04/back-in-action/) - Yes, so I'm definitely switching one photo a day to one photo a week, seeing as how I couldn't get it done after last Wednesday. Seriously, though, there's not that much interesting stuff around here to justify one photo a day. That and I don't leave campus that much during the week. I'm also scrapping
- [Wow...](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/wow/) - Long time since I wrote anything last. My excuse is a combination of being busy and being lazy. It's been almost three weeks, so I won't bother trying to give a day-by-day...I'll just give some highlights. Went to Foxwoods for my grandmother's 70th birthday two Sundays ago. There was some good food, and after that,
- [It's Mr. President to You!](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/its-mr-president-to-you/) - I'm pretty content right now. Just had a Hall Council meeting. Tonight, we were electing officers for next year. I wanted to run for President, but the current President wanted to run for another term. I'll start at the beginning: Last semester, at our first meeting, I got President by default, since I had no
- [Karl Rove to Be Indicted?](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/karl-rove-to-be-indicted/) - It's not something you'll find on the mainstream sources since they're only going to announce anything that's rock solid, but I was on the website TalkLeft earlier, which linked to an article from truthout.org: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent more than half a day Friday at the offices of Patton Boggs, the law firm representing
- [So Retro, Man...](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/so-retro-man/) - Anybody ever have a retro moment? I have, because suddenly I have the urge (and it is somewhat painful to admit this at 19) to find and watch some old Power Rangers episodes. That show rocked! I watched up until the end of Lost Galaxy, and then I lost interest. Or maybe it was something
- [Slippity Do Da...](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/slippity-do-da/) - Well, it's official, folks. Exams are done, and I can (prematurely but confidently) proclaim myself as a Junior! Funny story, though: It's raining out...a lot. Well, as anyone knows, when it gets wet out, it gets slippery. Perhaps you can see where this is going...The classroom in which my second exam took place is one
- [New Domain](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/new-domain/) - If you're reading this, then you're at the new domain, dymersion.com. There was nothing wrong with the old one, I just decided to make the domain a little easier to remember if you are thinking of this site - if anyone actually thinks of this site. Not sure what I'm going to do with the
- [Community-driven Websites: Rise and Decline](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/community-driven-websites-rise-and-decline/) - In his open letter to SixApart, Paul Scrivens writes about his recent transition from the Movable Type blogging platform to that of WordPress. According to Scrivens, his jump to another software came for two reasons, which are both related. The first was that he lost data from his database twice during his tenure using MT.
- [Defining a Word](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/defining-a-word/) - Hope you like the favicon I threw together (I don't say this in any cheap way, but it's nothing special). Just wanted to spruce up the favorites of all 1 people who bookmark this site (myself). Think you got a better one, that uses the same elements? Send it to me: michael at dymersion dot
- [The Dirty Antics of Some Telemarketers](https://dymersion.com/2006/05/the-dirty-antics-of-some-telemarketers/) - Rejoice for the new category! Anyway, I've been meaning to write about this for some time, but just haven't gotten to it. Today's dymersion is about the (fairly) new antics some telemarketing people are pulling to try and get business. In particular, my sites are set on mortgage telemarketers. I'm sure everyone's gotten the call:
- [The Day of the Beast](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/the-day-of-the-beast/) - Here is it, the one day for the next 100 years that people with Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia fear the most. They of course have nothing to fear if the real number is actually 616, but that's difficult to tell. Anyway, I post because, if you don't know, some people are not taking the day sitting down. That's
- [Hail to the Dymersion](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/hail-to-the-dymersion/) - Well, I'm happy to report that the layout is finally all but complete complete, months after I started. Not much more has been added, but you might notice the header has a few more elements. They're parts of the originally design, but I had a problem when I added them, and frustrated, I opted to
- [Network Neutrality](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/network-neutrality/) - I have a couple posts to attend to tonight. Since this topic is fresh on my mind, it'll go first. Do you want Internet Service Providers like Cox Cable, AT&T, and others to control where you can go on the Internet? Neither do I. That's what opponents of network neutrality want, though. Or at least,
- [Dog](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/dog/) - Well, the time we (my family) has feared for some time seems to be upon us. I'll start at the beginning: Last fall my dog, B.J. began to develop a tumor in her belly. When my parents took her to the vet, they were told they could operate, but there were no guarentees it would
- [R.I.P. B.J. Merritt, 1995-June 14, 2006](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/rip-bj-merritt-1995-june-14-2006/) - Birth year might be wrong, since I just don't remember, but I believe it's been about 11 years. So, today was the day we put her to sleep. For the last week or so, she had been inactive and lethargic. Most of the time, she wasn't eating her food, so she had trouble walking due
- [Flag Day was two days ago!](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/flag-day-was-two-days-ago/) - Eh, I guess I'll leave it up until after Independence Day. Nothing like some patriotism. Anyway, been a while since I've done a "What Have I Been Up To" entry, so here goes. Haven't done a whole lot since Summer started. I've been helping out some at my parent's store, and procrastinating on finding an
- [Flag Desecration Amendment](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/flag-desecration-amendment/) - So, as anyone knows, the absurd Marriage Amendment died in Congress (again) about a week ago because cloture failed to be invoked in the Senate. So, time to try and pass another absurd amendment! Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the Flag Desecration Amendment (H.J. Res. 10/S.J. Res. 12), and it now moves
- [MySpace Under Fire Again; Provides Solutions](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/myspace-under-fire-again-provides-solutions/) - MySpace is under scruitiny again after a 14-year old was sexually assaulted by a 19-year old she met on the website.
- [Introducing Maya!](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/new-photolog-and-introducing-maya/) - I'm proud to introduce Maya! Who or what is Maya, you say? Maya is our new puppy! We had been looking around for the last week or so, and today my parents and sister brought her home. Maya is a female black lab, possibly mixed, who's 10 weeks old. Oh, and the name is not
- [Signing an Amendment's Death Warrant](https://dymersion.com/2006/06/signing-an-amendments-death-warrant/) - Ok, so it's voting an amendment's death, but I needed something catchy to cover two issues. For those who don't know, the Flag Desecration Amendment died in the Senate by one vote...yep, one. If it had passed, it would had been sent to the states for ratification. That was one close shave, in yet another
- [Happy Independence Day](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/happy-independence-day/) - Yea, so maybe it's a couple days away, but this whole weekend and the two days following it are basically one big holiday, except in corporate America, which probably only has Tuesday. Still, happy Independence Day! To the few readers this blog may get, I apologize if it seems like I whine a lot about
- [IW 2006: Warren Buffett to Give Away Billions](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/iw-2006-warren-buffett-to-give-away-billions/) - To kickstart our first Independence Week series of positive stories, I'm going to comment on one that's a few days old, but one that I think is still worthy of mention. As reported by many news sources last week, billionaire Warren Buffett is to start giving away 85% of his fortune, much of it to
- [IW 2006 Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/iw-2006-update/) - Well, I meant yesterday's entry to be for Sunday, but it looks like this will instead be a Monday to Sunday venture. The reason I have yet to make an entry for today is because I'm waiting to see if it'll be worth writing. I'll know in about thirteen hours.
- [IW 2006: Shuttle Discovery Lifts Off](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/iw-2006-shuttle-discovery-lifts-off/) - Dymersion's Freshman Independence Week continues with some input following the liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery. For those who don't know, it is the second mission since the Columbia tragedy in 2003. It launched today at 2:37PM EDT and has a planned mission of 12 days, although one extra day may be added later this week,
- [IW 2006: Congress Authorizes Coin for Braille](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/iw-2006-congress-authorizes-coin-for-braille/) - Looks like I'm doubling up today, since I forgot to post one yesterday. Congress recently authorized the U.S. to create a silver dollar to commemorate Louis Braille, the creator of the Braille alphabet. I think that's a good way to celebrate a man who single-handedly revolutionized reading and writing for the blind. An earlier system
- [Backster with a Survey](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/backster-with-a-survey/) - So, Independence Week 2006 didn't go as well as I'd hoped. I wanted to do at least one article a day, but it didn't happen. I will not fail next year! After all, if I fail, the terrorists win... So, before I head to bed, I leave you with a long survey. Read on... UPDATE:
- [It is Done, Then](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/it-is-done-then/) - I have decided to give in (to my anger), and cross over to the dark side. Presenting my Flickr photos. View, comment, enjoy!
- [Molly Poses for the Camera](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/molly-poses-for-the-camera/) - Pose for the Camera The picture is a week old, but it should work. The name is now Molly, and it is the final decision. She is still in the cute stage. For some strange reason, she is kiss crazy. She'll lick air to get those kisses in. She also jumps pretty high. We're still
- [Stargating and Uncle Bob's House](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/stargating-and-uncle-bobs-house/) - Combined Lake and Stone Patio I'll explain more about the season premieres of Statgate SG-1 and Atlantis in the expanded entry, as to not incur the wrath of those who have not yet seen the episodes. I have to say this though: I thought they rocked! Haven't talked about what I've been doing lately. Basically,
- [Commerical Rants](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/commerical-rants/) - I found this LiveJournal entry somewhat amusing, even if I don't agree with all of them. The poster is ranting over various commericals and why she doesn't like them.
- [Chicago Police Under Scruitiny for Torture](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/chicago-police-under-scruitiny-for-torture/) - I know that racism is still rampant in America, but it's still sad to see it, hear about it, or read about it. Especially when it concerns police officers, who are supposed to be upholding the law. The Associated Press reported today that for several years, the Chicago department used beatings, electocution, and other methods
- [Goodbye, Teens!](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/goodbye-teens/) - Well, it's happened. The big 2-0. Wow...I sure had more to say last night! Anyway, happy birthday to me!
- [Upgrade to MT 3.3](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/upgrade-to-mt-33/) - Well, for the past few hours I've been working on an upgrade to the software running Dymersion. There's a few cool things in this versions: 1) Widgets - These allow you me to move around things on the sidebar with absurd ease. 2) Tags - Who doesn't love tags. I contemplated whether to keep the
- [George Bush and the Reversal on Foreign Policy](https://dymersion.com/2006/07/george-bush-and-the-reversal-on-foreign-policy/) - I think J.K. Rowling should use that as the name of book seven, in place of "Harry Potter and Whatever This Part Will Be." George Bush, the man who seemed like he was going to enjoy a fairly quiet presidency, rocked by the events of 9/11. George Bush, the man who urged that the world
- [Election 2006: Lieberman vs. Lamont](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/election-2006-lieberman-vs-lamont/) - As the democratic primary is approching rather quickly, I thought that it was high time I start an on-going series about this year's election. I'll try not to focus too much on the races going on around the nation, but may increase the number of entries around election day. Obviously, one of the hottest races
- [Getting Analytical](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/getting-analytical/) - I've been itching to know how few people visit this site (notice my sarcasm), so I was able to procure a Google Analytics invitation, and I'll be using it to track visits. I'll display some updates from time to time.
- [Jackie Chan Wants to be Role Model](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/jackie-chan-wants-to-be-role-model/) - Jackie Chan is one of my favorite actors. He has good movies, and is, in my opinion, the master of the comedic martial arts style of film. So, I was happy to hear that he wants to be a good example for kids. I think we all know that most modern Hollywood movies thrive on
- [NationStates](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/nationstates/) - Ever wanted to run your own nation? Well, now you can! NationStates is an massive multi-player online replaying game that allows you to create a nation and move it in the direction you want by answering issues on a variety of topics. You can join your nation to a region of your choosing so that
- [Election 2006: Primary Day Vol. 1](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/election-2006-primary-day-vol-1/) - Well, today is a big day. There are dozens of primary races going on in my state, and none are being more carefully followed than that of Ned Lamont and Joe Lieberman. So, who do I think will win? I think it is hard to tell at this point. I already covered what I see
- [Election 2006: Primary Day Vol. 2](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/election-2006-primary-day-vol-2/) - Well, the results are coming in. In the Senate, Lamont currently has the lead, with about 54%, to Lieberman's 46%. However, since the results have started being reported, I noticed that as the percentages go up, the gap between the candidates comes down. It could end up being a very close race, only 38% of
- [Election 2006: Malloy and DeStefano Run-off?](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/election-2006-malloy-and-destefano-run-off/) - Well, this certainly is something. Mally and DeStafano are pretty close right now: 50.43% to 49.57%. Other results I've seen are 50% to 50%, but I'm guessing they're rounding down and up respectively. I just saw this on the news, so I'm not sure, but I believe that any race within half a percent is
- [Election 2006: Lamont and DeStefano Win, Lieberman Going Independent](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/election-2006-lamont-and-destefano-win-lieberman-going-independent/) - Well, ladies and gents, it's all over. While there are still a couple percent of precincts that need to report in, Joe Lieberman has conceded defeat to Ned Lamont, 52% to 48%. It's not over yet, though. This was only the primary, the general election hasn't even happened yet, though you might be fooled by
- [New Dymersion Section Coming Soon](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/new-dymersion-section-coming-soon/) - When I created Dymersion, I wanted a place where I could do more than just rant about the latest political topic, or what was happening in the world. I wanted the website to also be a hub of all my creative works. Somewhere where I could express myself in the area I think I do
- [Racial Profiling Day 2006](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/racial-profiling-day-2006/) - As I'm sure everyone knows, today the UK foiled a terror plot. I'm happy about this. It's good to know that safety is still the number one priority, even if it is going to cause a few inconveniences to travellers (and inevitably a traveller somewhere screwed because they were too afraid to bring a carry-on
- [The Ancients are Bastards](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/the-ancients-are-bastards/) - Ok, this is about the latest episode of Stargate Atlantis. It contains spoilers, so be warned. As anybody who's followed Stargate to any decent extent knows, the Ancients and other ascended beings (well, the Milky Way and Pegasus sect of the Ancients and ascended beings) follow something called the "Prime Directive": that is, they will
- [Get Your Facts Straight, Mr. Snow](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/get-your-facts-straight-mr-snow/) - Bill O'Reilly had White House Press Secretary Tony Snow on the O'Reilly Factor today. They got to talking about all sorts of issues, from the foiled terror plot, to issues in Iraq. Toward the end of the interview, O'Reilly asked Mr. Snow if he saw the Sunni-Shiite conflict as a civil war. Mr. Snow said
- [Unwarrented Wiretapping Illegal Says Detroit Judge](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/unwarrented-wiretapping-illegal-says-detroit-judge/) - Ever since the story broke on the existance of unwarrented wire tapping, there have been a variety of opinions on the subject, from outright disgust that the government would spy on Americans (and those who might like to use it for less than ethical purposes) to those who say that the program is essential for
- [The Grand 'Ol Planet Debate](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/the-grand-ol-planet-debate/) - Well, thought I might chime in on the whole "What is the definition of a planet?" debate. I know what I'm about to say here is going to be highly controversial, so please bear with me. I'm a bit appalled about this uproar over defining the characteristics of a planet. It seems to me, that
- [Survey Says...](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/survey-says/) - Well, it appears that Google Analytics has finally begun to track Dymersion. Here's some interesting first-week stats I've found: Search Terms Well, nothing too outrageous, but here's a couple I found interesting: camera poses (2 visitors), profiling (1 visitor), and humorous independence day speeches (1 visitor). Camera poses are obviously my entries about Molly. Seems
- [Blogography](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/blogography/) - Time for some more plugging. Just found this guy out. He has some pretty awesome entries for the few I'vew read so far, and he loves to travel! Well, so I'm guessing, given the huge amount of places he seems to have visited. Check it out. It's definitely going into the list at your right!
- [Polygamy the Next Big Rights Movement?](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/polygamy-the-next-big-rights-movement/) - Update: I should probably have made it a little clearer that I do not support polygamy people like Warren Jeffs, who force people into it. If polygamy is to be accepted, it must be a consensual relationship between adults. Ever since a series of articles and news stories flooded the media earlier this year about
- [Tonight's Special: Polygamy](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/tonights-special-polygamy/) - I should have known, when I saw the CNN article referenced in the last entry, that the subject of polygamy would be brought up again by the media. Sure enough, CNN's Anderson Cooper has a whole special on his show tonight about it. Of course, you can't speak polygamy without somehow including fugitive Warren Jeffs,
- [The Grand 'Ol Planet Proposal](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/the-grand-ol-planet-proposal/) - Well, today is a huge day for astronomy. It may very well render all the astronomy books currently being ordered by schools and college students around the world as obsolete, even before they're used. For those not caught in the whole debate, a final proposal has been submitted for vote this afternoon: A planet is
- [The Grand 'Ol Planet Plu...Oh, wait...](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/the-grand-ol-planet-pluoh-wait/) - Ha ha! No sooner do I submit my last entry than I switch to the news sites and see this news: Astronomers meeting in the Czech capital have voted to strip Pluto of its status as a planet. So, it is done. I also believe they've voted on the actual definition, but I'll wait a
- [The Grand New Planet Definition](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/the-grand-new-planet-definition/) - I had meant to post this entry yesterday, but didn't find the time to do so. So, the definition of planets has, for the first time, been explicitly defined, and Pluto has lost its status as a planet. I'll give a short explanation for those who didn't follow the progress of the past week in
- [Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later](https://dymersion.com/2006/08/hurricane-katrina-one-year-later/) - Well, I was going to write a long-winded entry about Katrina, but I think this guy's entry pretty much sums it up for me. Small amount of profanity, so be warned. I think the screw-ups are not limited to the federal government, as much as some people would like to think. There were problems from
- [New York](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/new-york/) - Lady Liberty Just realized I never blogged about the New York trip. We got into New Haven around about 9:30 in the morning. We stopped by Dunkin Donuts, and took the 9:57 train, and got to New York around 11:30. It would had been faster just to subway to 49th street, but instead we walked
- [The Clash of Civilizations](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/the-clash-of-civilizations/) - I am back up at school now, and among other classes, I'm taking one called "Culture and National Security." For our first reading assignment, the professor gave us a text copy of an interview from a television show called Think Tank with Ben Watterberg. The episode, entitled "When Cultures Collide" features an interview with Samuel
- [Remembering 9/11 Five Years On](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/remembering-911-five-years-on/) - On 9/11/01, nearly 3,000 people were murdered at the hands of people with a twisted view of the world. I was in study hall that day, studying for an English class vocabulary test, when another teacher came in to the room and spoke briefly to the study hall monitor. The monitor then turned on the
- [The Most Ridiculous Old News of the Day](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/the-most-ridiculous-old-news-of-the-day/) - Sorry, I'm watching/laughing/partially agreeing with O'Reilly right now. Today's Dymersion is about a small piece of old news, that of the controversy over the Facebook mini-feeds. Now, while I agree that the feeds just make finding information all that easier, and Facebook has some responsibility to let people opt-out or remove themselves from the information,
- [Couple Updates](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/couple-updates/) - Well, in order to try and combat the spam problem. I've signed up for Akismet, the anti-spam service from the same guys who gave us WordPress. I'm hoping it'll work better than MT's system. So far, so good, but only time will tell. So, if you submit a comment, and it doesn't get approved after
- [Don't Cross Me](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/dont-cross-me/) - I have again taken the Political Compas survey. From the last time I took it, I've apparently moved slightly further left economically, and have gotten slightly more authoritarian. Here are the two graphs: Funny how these things can change. If you want to find out where you stand, and because franky, the whole Liberal-Conservative line
- [DJ Dan September 24th Live Show Summary](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/dj-dan-september-24th-live-show-summary/) - I'm listening to the DJ Dan Live Podcast tonight. I'll attempt to provide as much of an up-to-date summary of what's going on, for those who can't get a spot in the audience on iTunes or WMP. 12:53AM - Hanso is under house arrest, Mittlewerk is responsible for everything, and Rachel is Hanso's daughter. The
- [Want Small Minded?  Look in a Mirror.](https://dymersion.com/2006/09/want-small-minded-look-in-a-mirror/) - If there's anything I hate just as much as people trying to shove religion down someone's throat, or people who are closed-minded to other ways of living one's life, it's people who are closed-minded to the fact that people may have a faith...which I suppose is a subset of the second thing I hate. On
- [Life Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/life-update/) - Time for one of those rare, boring, "why are you doing this to me" updates. Haven't done one in some time, so I'm overdue. Since the last one of these entries, I have began college again, and am, for the most part, enjoying my classes. I have two of them with the same guy (State
- [Identity and National Security](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/identity-and-national-security/) - This blog post is different than others I've done. Unlike the Clash of Civilizations, which started off as a blog post and then became a class paper, this started off as a class paper, and I'm just now posting it to the blog. I think CoC is better work, but I want to post this
- [The Campus Lantern and the Future of Print News](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/the-campus-lantern-and-the-future-of-print-news/) - This is an article I wrote to my campus newspaper, The Campus Lantern, in response to a current situation going on between them and the Student Government Association. In brief, the newspaper, which has been in print for about 45 years, recently made the decision to switch from a traditional print paper to an entirely
- [Brainstorming a Template](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/brainstorming-a-template/) - I have just had an epiphany: it is time for a new template. Probably at best, anything I do will be a medium to major reworking of what I already have. I like simple layout, hence this one. However, I think it could do with a freshening up, and maybe some more graphics. Not a
- [Election 2006 Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/election-2006-update/) - With the mid-term elections less than a month away, I figured now would be an excellent time to give an update as to where I see things going on November 7th. Lets start with: Lamont vs. Lieberman It's the fights of the two L's (not that kind of "L"!). Lately, Lieberman has been sticking to
- [North Korea Claims Nuclear Test](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/north-korea-claims-nuclear-test/) - I advocate waiting to see if they're just blowing smoke (they've done it before) to try and get everyone tense. All the same, a successfully nuclear NK is the last thing the world needs at the moment.
- [The Evil Twin Gets...Eviler](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/the-evil-twin-getseviler/) - It would appear that North Korea isn't bluffing, and that they have indeed tested a nuclear bomb. This is sad news for the world, that yet another regime has a nuke, not to mention yet another autocratic, care-nothing-for-its-population regime. So, what are the options? I think the current viable option, at least for the people
- [Heroes, Galactica, and More](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/heroes-galactica-and-more/) - I have not yet had an opportunity to express my opinions on the television shows I watch. So, here goes. Oh, by the way, here be spoilers: Battlestar Galactica I thought this had an awesome season premiere. Two hours of non-stop action and drama. It's just so easy to get into it. The Cylons are
- [Election 2006: Come on, Shays...](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/election-2006-come-on-shays/) - Anyone see what Representative Christopher Shays said today in regard to Foley? If not, read it here. Well, I guess it's only fair. The left have their "when Clinton lied, nobody died," so I guess the right needs something too. Lets see...hmm, can't think of anything in reference to a Democrat sending sexual emails to
- [Making a Shays/Political Rant](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/making-a-shayspolitical-rant/) - Not me, since I already made a Shays rant on Wednesday. And yes, the category is right. I had an exam in one of my political science classes today. The first thing the professor did was to rant about Shays' comment. And not only Shays, he complained about how both parties have tactics which he
- [Catchprase](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/catchprase/) - I've got it! In my entry from the other day about Chris Shays' comments about the Foley scandal, I tried coming up with a political catchphrase for the right to use to counter the one oft-used by the left: "When Clinton lied, nobody died...". I wasn't able to think of one then, but I think
- [Close the Presses!](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/close-the-presses/) - That is, close the literary presses. I have decided that I am going to try and complete my on-going story, The New Regime during National Novel Writing Month in November. The goal of NNWM, in particular, this website, is to wrote a 50,000 word novel by November 30th. Just tonight I was reminded of the
- [Election 2006: Senatorial Debate](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/election-2006-senatorial-debate/) - The local news station aired a debate between the three Connecticut Senatorial candidates, Ned Lamont, Joe Lieberman, and Alan Schlesinger I can honestly say...I'm not sure who won. I was impressed with some ideas from each candidate. Oh, lord. Who oh who will I vote for November 7th? I'm still not sure. I'm still leaning
- [The Awesome Interview](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/the-awesome-interview/) - You know it's a good day when you wake up, intending to cover the Health and Wellness Expo your university is putting on, and come out of the expo with not only footage from that, but also a gain of an interview with U.S. Senatorial candidate Ned Lamont and Connecticut state Repesentative Walter M. Palwelkiewicz.
- [Food](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/food/) - Can't sleep right now, since I had too much to eat tonight, so I'm feeling a bit bloated. Also a bit excited about today. Always a bit exhilarating when a new day of News 22 is on the horizon. Not only am I directing a show, but I'm directing a show that has, since Tuesday,
- [Politician Week](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/politician-week/) - I don't know if it's a political move, or just because they're darn nice guys, but this week was politician week on News 22. If you were able to tune in, you would have noticed we had Ned Lamont, State Rep. Walter Palwelkiewicz, and Joe Courtney on the newscast tonight. I think it may be
- [MTLJPost Test](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/mtljpost-test/) - If you're seeing this, it means that the MTLJPost plugin is back up an running! After finding the fix at this site, I was able to apply it. So, all my entries will post here again!
- [Expedition Saturdays](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/expedition-saturdays/) - Well, today was Eastern Expedition again. Neither show went too bad and everyone was good. This was my first time directing the show, and I definitely liked it. Directing Expedition is a little different than directing the news, because the newscast is more formulatic, and you are expected to do certain shots at certain times,
- [Early Delivery](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/early-delivery/) - Well, I got some good news this morning. My passport arrived three weeks earlier than the guy at the post office said it would. Now I don't have to worry about it getting caught up in the rush that might happen once people have to get passports so they can get in to Canada, Bermuda,
- [CNN Wants us to Lose in Iraq?](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/cnn-wants-us-to-loose-in-iraq/) - Yes, says Michelle Malkin, a Fox News analyst. I'm watching Bill O'Reilly, looking to see what he was analyzing today. Well, one story he was talking about was that of a clip CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 showed of a sniper committing shootings. The clip was originally shown on Al Jazeera. Well, as Mr. O'Reilly often
- [The Gmail Experiment](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/the-gmail-experiment/) - As a person who attends university, I have a problem. While I can use Mozilla Thunderbird to receive my email, I cannot use Thunderbird to send it, due to the blocks placed on their network...basically, they're blocking port 25, and have no plans to open it up any time soon. So far, I've been able
- [President to Make "Substantial Statement" on Iraq](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/president-to-make-substantial-statement-on-iraq/) - Here it goes...he's on. All of this is paraphrased, by the way. My comments in parenthesis. 11:01AM - "Will you work with Iran and Syria if it will help the job get done?" (Didn't really answer the question, but)...They need to understand they cannot interfere with progress. (Honestly, I have better things to do, and
- [Spooky Saturdays](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/spooky-saturdays/) - Well, tomorrow ought to be an interesting day. I'll be able to sleep in a bit, but at one, I'm doing Community Service at the res. hall next to mine. My job will apparently be conducting various activities. They'll have stuff like pinatas and musical chairs and such. Little kids are going trick or treating
- [My Decision & Discussion on Lamont](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/my-decision-discussion-on-lamont/) - I've made my decision, and it way not easy to come by. I think I'm willing to give Lamont a chance to prove himself. While I appreciate Joe's willingness to cross party lines for some issues, I know that he certainly doesn't cross them for every issue. And many of his "crossings" have to do
- [Election 2006: NRCC Pissing Off Cell Phone Users](https://dymersion.com/2006/10/election-2006-nrcc-pissing-off-cell-phone-users/) - So, I'm minding my own business one day, when I suddenly get a call. I look at my cell phone window, only to see the caller is from a Restricted Number. This kind of thing irks me, but to be polite, I answer. After my traditional "Hello," I am greeted by a voice telling me
- [Prank Calling the Ghost Hunters?](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/prank-calling-the-ghost-hunters/) - Tonight's Sci-Fi Ghost Hunters episode is live at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. Well, being live, a group of them just kept getting calls in the room they're in. Clearly, some other patron is watching from another room and is trying to be a wise-ass. Haha. Just thought it was funny.
- [NaNoWriMo Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/nanowrimo-update/) - Well, National Novel Writing Month has officially begun! I'm already beginning to doubt my chances to get 50,000 words just a little bit. One day, and I wrote nothing. Luckily, I also have three chapters written of The New Regime, so a little change of plans. I'll just upload what I have so far for
- [Unlucky Weekend and Pre-Election Day](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/unlucky-weekend-and-pre-election-day/) - Man, was it an unlucky weekend. I went home to visit the family and wash clothes. First, the washer broke before I could put in my clothes. So, my family and I went to my grandparent's house to do the laundry. Halfway through the second load of clothes, the power went out! Wasn't only us,
- [Election Day Update 1](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-day-update-1/) - Just got back from voting, so I thought I might take a little time to update. In my previous entry, I made my predictions, and I'll stand by them for now...at least until the results start coming in. I found a pretty cool way to get to the polls today: limo ride! The Campus Democrats
- [Election 2006: Results Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-results-update/) - At this hour, Lieberman, Shays, Simmons, Larson, DeLauro, and Rell seem to be keeping their seats, although Joe Courtney has been flip-flopping every few minutes with Simmons. At risk of losing their seat the most is Nancy Johnson, in which district Chris Murphy is doing extremely well. Nationally, Democrats seem to be poised to take
- [Election 2006: Murphy Claims Win, Lamont Concedes Defeat](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-murphy-claims-win-lamont-concedes-defeat/) - Chris Murphy is currently speaking at his headquarters, claiming a success over incumbent Republican Nancy Johnson, and most sources are backing him up. I knew that all these races would be deciding early, but Murphy's win over Johnson is astonishing. Also, Breaking News: Ned Lamont concedes defeat to Joe Lieberman.
- [Election 2006: Simmons and Courtney Neck and Neck](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-simmons-and-courtney-neck-and-neck/) - I thought Johnson and Murphy was a toss-up, but that appears to be nothing compared to Simmons and Courtney. These two have been neck and neck nearly all night (50-50 right now). This is another race I will be closely watching. Like I said earlier, it's going to be a close win for either candidate.
- [Election 2006: Dems Projected to Win House; Shays/Farrell and Simmons/Courtney Still N&N](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-dems-projected-to-win-house-shaysfarrell-and-simmonscourtney-still-nn/) - CNN is calling it, saying the Dems will win back the house. The Senate is still up for grabs, with each party constantly neck and neck, with leads from each every now and then. I'm not sure I want to know what'll happen if they tie, which seems unlikely. But, it's going to be hella
- [Election 2006: Problem with the Senate Numbers](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-problem-with-the-senate-numbers/) - Maybe I don't know about the Senate, but I'm a bit perplexed. CNN keeps saying they need three seats to win control of the house. Other figures I've seen say 51%, which makes sense. However, the current Independent and Joe Lieberman count now as Independents. So, the Democrats have 46. If they get three more,
- [Election 2006: Simmons/Courtney Again](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-simmonscourtney-again/) - Well, there are literally three towns left to report fully: Waterford, Westbrook, and Enfield. The first two have not reported anything yet, but Enfield currently has Courtney winning. Seems to me it'll be up to first Enfield (with Courtney seemingly poised to win it), and next Westbrook. Of course, even after all of this, there
- [Election 2006: Clocking Out for the Night](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-clocking-out-for-the-night/) - Unless I hear something major on the Senate race in the next 10 minutes or so, this will be my last entry before the morning. The count on Simmons/Courtney has stalled for the moment. Courtney picked up Enfield, but Waterford and Westbrook remain unreported, which sucks. In the Senate, Republicans have picked up another seat,
- [Election 2006: I Spoke too Soon](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-i-spoke-too-soon/) - I spoke too soon, apparently. Westbrook has now fully reported in, with Simmons winning it. This means it is down to Waterford to tentatively decide this race (if someone calls for a recount). The real numbers right now? 117,287 to 117,048. That's 239 votes separating the candidates. There are a little more than 19,000 people
- [Election 2006: Democratic Senate Control?](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-democratic-senate-control/) - Really, now. Unless Senate control is decided within the next five minutes or something (not going to happen), this will be THE last one for tonight. Anyway, could the Democrats pick up the Senate as well? In Virginia in Missouri, the Democratic candidates have claimed a win, and do have the numbers to back up
- [Election 2006: The Never Ending Stoooory.](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-the-never-ending-stoooory/) - Actually, that was a pretty good movie. But, I'm not talking about luckdragons and a kid that apparently is supposed to represent Native Americans. I'm talking about how the CT district 2 and Senate races STILL have not ended, and don't seem likely to end for some time. Simmons and Courtney are apart by less
- [Election 2006: Is it Finally Over?](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-is-it-finally-over/) - The AP and MSNBC are calling it, and saying the Jim Webb has won in Virginia. All the precincts have not yet finished getting in all their votes, though Webb is already preparing for his possible term in office. Webb and Allen are about 6000 votes apart. In Montana, the candidates are about 5,000 apart,
- [Election 2006: It Never Ends](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-it-never-ends/) - While Election 2006 may be over where you live, here in Connecticut, it's hanging on by that thread that never seems to want to fall off. The situation is the race for the candidate for U.S. House of Representatives District 2. As I've indicated previously, Joe Courtney and Rob Simmons are in a very close
- [Pre-Thankgiving Life Update](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/pre-thankgiving-life-update/) - Haven't done this in a few days, so here goes. The week got considerably better after last Monday. After all, what could be better than a massive change in the national legislature? Not much, in my opinion. But, besides that, the rest of the week went well. We did well in Thursday's News 22, and
- [Election 2006: Connecticut Election Over](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/election-2006-connecticut-election-over/) - Finally! I can get some election rest, now. The Secretary of State for Connecticut just had a press conference where she announced the official results: Joe Courtney has won the race for 2nd District Congressman by 90 votes. This brings the official count of elected officials to four Democratic representatives and one Republican from two
- [Lots of Stuff](https://dymersion.com/2006/11/lots-of-stuff/) - Multiple categories, for multiple topics. Election 2006 is over, at least for Connecticut. I'll admit I didn't foresee Courtney pulling through like he did. What I did see is the candidate not having much of a mandate, though I foresaw it for Simmons instead. Every other predication was pretty much spot on, though. Everyone else
- [Looooooong](https://dymersion.com/2006/12/looooooong/) - God, it's been a long time. I'm not going to even try summarizing the past month, I'll just write about the past couple weeks. Well, I was going to just talk, but now I need to rant. Next post, though. Everything has been good, but busy, of course. During the last couple weeks, the TV
- [Virginia Lawmaker Opposes Using Quran for Swearing-In](https://dymersion.com/2006/12/virginia-lawmaker-opposes-using-quran-for-swearing-in/) - CNN has run this article about Virgina Congressman Virgil Goode's letter to constituents opposing the use of the Muslim Quran for the swearing-in ceremony for lawmakers. He also warns that we'll have more Muslim immigrants in the next century if the U.S. does not adopt tougher immigration policies. Now, as I've said before, I'm for
- [RIP Gerald Ford and Other Stuff](https://dymersion.com/2006/12/rip-gerald-ford-and-other-stuff/) - Going to leave this one uncategorized, since I don't feel it right to group it with my political and societal rants. The first part of this entry is hereby my memorial to President Gerald Ford. Agree with him or not, the man had balls to pardon Nixon. Lost him the election two years later, but
- [Sacrifice for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience](https://dymersion.com/2006/12/sacrifice-for-a-once-in-a-lifetime-experience/) - So, I'm sacrificing a little bit in order to go Greece...television! Ok, so it's not such a big deal, I suppose, but here's what's starting while I'm gone... 24! It's starting Sunday, January 14th, and continuing January 15th. I don't get back until the 16th! Why must the fates condemn me as such?! I'll also
- [New Year, Grades, and More](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/new-year-grades-and-more/) - Woo! Happy New Year to all. No entries for the last couple days because I became sick on Friday. Pounding headache, vomiting, asthma and Crohn's-related stuff. Basically, the works. I was more or less bed-ridden from Friday to Sunday at 11:30, but was finally well enough to get up and watch some New Year festivities
- [My Pat Robertson Rant](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/my-pat-robertson-rant/) - Ridiculous. Apparently, Pat Robertson, that crazy old televangelist, is also a prophet. For this year's predictions, he's claimed that God has told him that terrorists will attack the U.S. this year. Not only that, but he's also narrowed down a part of the year...sometime after September. He says that it will be a mass killing,
- [καλό ταξίδι!](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/καλό-ταξίδι/) - Hmm, somehow I don't think the title is going to show up in some people's browsers, but it says, "Bon Voyage!" That's right. I'm off to Greece tomorrow, and I am all sorts of excited. My trip starts off here in the states, where I go from Manchester to Logan International in Boston. Then it's
- [Cheney Has No Clue](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/cheney-has-no-clue/) - Vice President Dick Cheney doesn't think that blunders on Iraq have damaged the administration's credibility in an interview with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday. Right, which is why the Democrats are in power now rather than the Republicans. Come on, Mr. Vice President. Everybody but you is looking at reality. While you're busy cheerleading for the
- [Books, Laura Mallory, and a Rant](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/books-laura-mallory-and-a-rant/) - I've read the books in my room so many times, it was starting to get boring. Recently, I found Dan Brown's Digital Fortress in the table outside the editing lab, so I picked it up and read it. So, now I'm done with that and need something else to read. So, I'm changing my perspective
- [Misrepresenting the War Protest?](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/misrepresenting-the-war-protest/) - I really don't like how O'Reilly seems to be suggesting that the recent protest in Washington, D.C. against the war is only the haven of the very liberal, as he seems to have done in yesterday's talking points. For those who don't like to read, I'll cover a couple important points: To seemingly make his
- [Here We Go Again](https://dymersion.com/2007/01/here-we-go-again/) - O'Reilly is more or less saying you can't bash Bush just because he's a sitting President during wartime. He's getting into a debate with a representative from Congress that talking about impeaching Bush is hurting the country. That it's diverting attention from the real problem, Islamic extremists. Ugh. Read my entry from two times ago,
- [YES!](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/yes/) - I don't think I could have a better birthday present. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final Harry Potter book, will be released on my birthday, Saturday, July 21st, 2007. That is so awesome, I don't have words. No better way to celebrate my 21st than with reading, right? That's all for now.
- [Democrat Committee Clerks Ruffle Through Desk of Republican](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/democrat-committee-clerks-ruffle-through-desk-of-republican/) - Man, all the trackbacks I'm getting these days is starting to piss me off. Apparently, the Askimet plug-in does not work for them. Anyway... My local news station, WTNH, and others, had a story the other day about a couple Democratic legislative clerks of an investigations committee in my state's legislature who were caught on
- [William Arkin Demeans Troops](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/william-arkin-demeans-troops/) - William Arkin is not on the top of my like list right now. A week ago on his blog, he called the troops mercenaries. Check it out: But it is the United States, and the recent NBC report is just an ugly reminder of the price we pay for a mercenary - oops sorry, volunteer
- [Culture Warrior Book Review](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/culture-warrior-book-review/) - So, as I mentioned about about a couple weeks ago, I ordered Bill O'Reilly's Culture Warrior and Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope via Amazon. I really wanted to get to O'Reilly's book first, since I've been watching his show for some time, and I wanted to get the views of someone I would probably
- [One a Day Keeps the Guilt Away](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/one-a-day-keeps-the-guilt-away/) - I'm lucky I didn't do a New Year's resolution to write one blog post a day, or else I'd be failing...badly. I've been trying to do one a day, and it's just been happening. A lot of it comes down to simple laziness. I don't really want to talk about my day; I'd rather talk
- [Windows Vista: Initial Reactions](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/windows-vista-initial-reactions/) - I've been meaning to blog about this for a few days, but...I've been lazy. There goes my goal from the last entry. Monday will be the official day this starts. Yes...that'll be it. Anyway... My dad has owned a computer repair shop for about 14 years, so he knows he has to start getting used
- [Layout](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/layout/) - Not much to report on today, but trying to keep my goal of one a day. Been trying to look for a new layout, but nothing exciting as of yet. May just try to retool this one. We'll see.
- [The Great War](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/the-great-war/) - No, I'm not talking about WWI or WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq 1, Bosnia, Afghanistan, or Iraq 2. I don't mean the Cold War, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, or the French and Indian War. I'm talking about the war between Mac and PC. Or rather, those who would fight in that war. Mac -
- [The New Age 10 Commandments](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/the-new-age-10-commandments/) - I apologize in advance to anyone who might be offended at this, but I have to share. So, we're talking about the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment in my Comm Law & Ethics class today. At the end of class, the professor gave us a copy of a New York Times article from 2005,
- [A Transition](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/a-transition/) - Well, after 164 blog entries (including this one), it is time for a transition. I have just found out that Movable Type is causing immense pain to the server I'm hosting it on. No, I'm not on some crappy shared hosting plan. I'm actually on a dedicated server - I'm not using the whole thing,
- [Transition Completed](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/transition-completed/) - It took me into long hours of the night and day (of which I probably should have been doing more...lets say...academic things), but I'm finally on WordPress. I think what scared me off from it before was the PHP mixed in with the HTML (Movable Type uses macros), but when I took a closer look,
- [UUUUUrrrgggg!](https://dymersion.com/2007/02/uuuuurrrgggg/) - Wow. This episode of 24 moved really slow until the last five minutes. I think it's clear that Palmer is out of the picture for a while, given the previews, but what does this mean???!!! Is he dead or isn't he? I think it's about 5x more likely that Assad is dead though. He was
- [Rain, Rain, Go Away!](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/rain-rain-go-away/) - It's been raining all day, and I'm not very happy about that. So, it'd be better if it just went away. On the other hand, it's melted most of the snow, which I was sick of seeing, even though we haven't had much this season. So, I successfully directed my second live newcast of the
- [Holy Crap!](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/holy-crap/) - See within for more (http://www.dymersion.com/2006/03/holy-crap.php). Battlestar spoilers! That was an awesome-tastic episode of BSG! Not a whole lot of action, but if you're watching this show just for that, you're missing the point. So, we continue the arc of Starbuck's continuing psychological breakdown. We learn a little more about her past, and that she had
- [All WordPress Users: Upgrade to 2.1.2](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/all-wordpress-users-upgrade-to-212/) - I thought I'd do my part in getting the word out. WordPress recently had a cracker gain access to their server and alter the download to include files with malicious code. Now, while this appears to only affect people who've downloaded the software in the past 3-4 days, I'd recommend everybody upgrade, since we can
- [Script Update](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/script-update/) - Done a little more work to the script, and I now have a completed preliminary product. I'm going to pass it around to a few people, and get their suggestions. I think it might be a little too wordy, but I'm trying to cut up the monologues with little skits, that I hope are funny.
- [It's Game on...on Eastern Expedition!](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/its-game-onon-eastern-expedition/) - Anybody interesting in checking out what I'm always talking about in these blog entries, check out this video. For some reason, it's down right now, but it should be up at some point.
- [Hazy With a Chance of Rain](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/hazy-with-a-chance-of-rain/) - Haven't updated for a while, but I finally have something worthy of posting about. Get ready for another edition of "What's Bugging Mike." Today, it's hazy memories. Specifically those of the current administration down there in Washington. Whether its Lewis Libby not recalling his name-dropping conversations with reporters, or Karl Rove not recalling discussion of
- [Film Meme](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/film-meme/) - I'm actually not much into these, but this one looks kind of fun. So, supposedly if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. However, I'll add to it. There are obviously degrees of having no life. Let me do this, and then I'll decide how much of no life I have. ( )
- [Spam spam, go away, come again...actually, don't come again.](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/spam-spam-go-away-come-againactually-dont-come-again/) - Unfortunately, one of the darker sides of having a blog is spam. My blog, which actually isn't visited a lot by legitimate readers (says Google Analytics) is visited a lot by spammers. People who like to comment with links to the most...exotic of sites (you've seen the type in your emails, I'm sure). No, I
- [Collar](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/collar/) - I have decided that, like a dog, I think I need a collar. And not just any collar, but an electronic collar. One in which someone could activate to give me a short, quick zap any time I started getting close to a site with spoilers on it. I seriously don't know what entices me
- [BSG Finale, 24, and Basketball Woes](https://dymersion.com/2007/03/bsg-finale-24-and-basketball-woes/) - So nobody sends Jack Bauer to torture me, see the cut. Facebook readers: BSG Finale, 24, and Basketball Woes @ Dymersion. Man, BSG was intense! I honestly wasn't expecting a not-guilty verdict to be cast in Baltar's trial, and of all people, Adama helped cast it. Â Time wise, I thought the trial took up
- [Back in Action](https://dymersion.com/2007/04/back-in-action-2/) - Been a while since I've posted, but apparently, it's taken an event of some great magnitude to bring me back. Today's topic: school shootings. The specific one I speak of concerns Virginia Tech in Virginia, where...well, a lot of people died or were injured this morning when a single shooter went on a rampage around
- [How to Stop Another Virginia Tech](https://dymersion.com/2007/04/how-to-stop-another-virginia-tech/) - I'm glad I waited a day to write this up, now there's a little more to talk about. We now know a little bit more. Apparently, a South Korean born legal resident, undergraduate of Virginia Tech, was the shooter. I said I was going to talk about the mind of a killer, but I think
- [Our Great Earth](https://dymersion.com/2007/04/our-great-earth/) - Before I continue, I'd like to point you to the change in the logo. I added a ribbon to commemorate the victims of the horrible Virginia Tech shooting last Monday. Another site I frequent added it, and released the image for public use. If anybody would like to use it for their site, click this
- [Crazy Week](https://dymersion.com/2007/04/crazy-week/) - This week, and last, really has been one thing after another. For the past two weeks, I edited two ten minute videos for an abstract poetry performance taking place. As late as Wednesday of last week, I was very nervous that they wouldn't get done. However, I put in the hours, and they're now done
- [Ambitions](https://dymersion.com/2007/05/ambitions/) - Now that I can think a little more clearly, the reasoning for my last entry. It would seem that the fates are signaling to me I should never run for President of any type of organization, be it a student group, a corporation, or the federal government. Why, you ask? It seems something happens each
- [Spiderman 3 -- Spoilers!](https://dymersion.com/2007/05/spiderman-3-spoilers/) - So, after not being able to see it yesterday because the RA messed up, I've finally saw Spiderman 3 tonight. What follows is my review of it. Warning, here be spoilers, so don't say you haven't been warned. For the FaceBookers: Spiderman 3 Review Spiderman 3 stars Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker/Spiderman, Kirsten Dunst as
- [A Law I Would Support](https://dymersion.com/2007/05/a-law-i-would-support/) - Having Crohn's Disease, I often need to find a bathroom wherever I might be. Well, not always does a retail establishment have a public bathroom, and for someone like me, that can be shitty (literally). Well, I just found out about a law passed in Illinois, called the Restroom Access Act, or Ally's Law, named
- [Slappity](https://dymersion.com/2007/05/slappity/) - Can someone please slap me for revealing a potentially big spoiler of Stargate Atlantis Season 4 to myself? Thank you.
- [Back in *Slap*](https://dymersion.com/2007/05/back-in-slap/) - Seems like every time I say "Back in Action," it turns out not to be so true. However, I'm hoping that with Summer finally being here, I can do more on this. Instead of the "here's my life today" entry I was going to do, here's an article I just wrote for another website I
- [Reckless Behavior](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/reckless-behavior/) - As per usual, I'm late on this issue, but maybe that's a good thing. Instead of responding right away, I can get more facts by waiting. My topic of discussion today is one Andrew Speaker. You may remember him as the guy who plane hopped a vacation around Europe, before flying back to Canada, and
- [Sidebar Messes](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/sidebar-messes/) - I know about the sidebar looking shitty. I just upgraded to WordPress 2.2, and it has widgets included in the core now. So, I need to update the code for each one. However, I am traveling to NYC in the morning, so it must wait. Good night.
- [A Passing](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/a-passing/) - R.I.P. Madeline "Grandma Cookie" Martikainen Didn't know you so well, but I loved seeing you when I was able to. Rest in peace.
- [Election 2008](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/election-2008/) - I've decided that now is a good time as any to officially kick off my coverage of Election 2008. I should have done it yesterday, though I didn't watch the Democratic debate. I'm going to try for the Republican debate tonight, though. As for the amount of entries on this subject, expect things to start
- [An Unbalanced Debate](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/an-unbalanced-debate/) - I never seem to get these up when I'd like. Anyway... After seeing the GOP debate on CNN, I'm not sure I want to see the Democrat one. I heard it was a big shouting match, anymore. More than that, however, this debate was unfairly unbalanced, to say the least. The numbers are in, and
- [Layout](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/layout-2/) - For the LJ and Facebook readers, go to the main blog to see what I'm talking about. I've been thinking of re-doing the layout for several months, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Anyway, I'd like some suggestions on what to do. I'd like to keep it relatively simple (because that's just my
- [Another Bill Bites the Dust](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/another-bill-bites-the-dust/) - I know I do it to myself, watching all the coverage and punditry (is that a word?) over this immigration debate, but it's starting to get annoying...but interesting at the same time. Why? Because it's all anybody can talk about. Everybody has to get in their opinion on it - some think it's amnesty (like
- [Immigration Redux](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/immigration-redux/) - I said I'd get to it later...and it's later! Yea, that's it! I know some people are not going to like what I say about this...from both sides. The fact is - although some would have you believe otherwise - immigration is good. It brings new ideas and cultural customs to this country, and provides
- [A Day of Celebs](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/a-day-of-celebs/) - Yesterday, for my WFSB internship, I went to the Traveller's Championship (formerly the GHO) in Cromwell. Yesterday happened to be Pro Am day, so many celebrities were there, including Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit, All-State), Joe Pesci (so damn many I can't count), Stewart Scott (ESPN), Geoge Lopez (George Lopez Show) and many athletic celebrities,
- [Books Galore](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/books-galore/) - Had an interview at Barnes and Noble today for a job interview. The women said she'd led me know on Monday if I got it, so keep your fingers crossed. This'll be the third interview I've been on for a job this Summer, the first two for Circuit City. I know that B&N needs some
- [America's Worst Hospital?](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/americas-worst-hospital/) - I've heard this story before, but now that I see what seems to be all the details, I now think more than ever that this place is a disgusting example of bad horrible health care. The subject of tonight's entry is the Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital of Los Angeles, California. The incident in particular
- [Bad Cheney](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/bad-cheney/) - For a while now, I've maintained that Vice President Dick Cheney is the person in the Bush administration who is hurting it the most. For example, the most relevant I can think of is the Saddam/bin Laden connection that has been proved as non-existent, yet the VP continues to maintain it exists. Now there's this
- [The Chris Benoit Mystery](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/the-chris-benoit-mystery/) - Update (Fri, 6/29): The anonymous contributor who wrote the bit about Nancy Benoit's death seems to have spoken at last. He claims it was all a coincidence, so apparently I was wrong. But, was I? I still think that this contributor, whoever he or she is, is going to get a visit by Stamford police,
- [The Journey of a Jedi Master](https://dymersion.com/2007/06/the-journey-of-a-jedi-master/) - Though I knew the peril that lie in the journey ahead, I was determined to see it through. I took my ship and glided throughout the vast reaches of space. But, alas! I was thwarted by engine trouble. There I was, stuck in the orbit of a planet that looked all I had learned of
- [BBC Reporter Freed](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/bbc-reporter-freed/) - I think this definitely qualifies as positive! It's good to hear that one day before we celebrate freedom, someone has become free. BBC Reporter Alan Johnston has been freed from capture by the "Army of Islam" group. Johnston was kidnapped four months ago in Gaza while on assignment there. While there are definitely more people
- [The Final Horcrux](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/the-final-horcrux/) - Well, this was going to be my second part about Vice President Richard Cheney, but then something else came up. JK Rowling, on her website, updates it every month to show a new "Wizard of the Month."Â It seems that it has been a theme over the past few months to feature a founding member
- [Bad Libby (Bad Cheney, Part II)](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/bad-libby-bad-cheney-part-ii/) - I finally have no excuse to not continue my two parter on the Veep. Something else came up, but luckily, it's directly related to the subject. Dick Cheney. The man, except not really. George Bush is really the man, but it would seem that the Vice President has had an incredibly large amount of say
- [Happy 4th of July](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/happy-4th-of-july/) - Happy 4th of July to all Americans! Have a great day! P.S. Hope you like the cosmetic changes made to the site. If not, fear not. It'll only be around for about a day or so.
- [America the Beautiful](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/america-the-beautiful/) - I love my country. I do. I may not agree with all the decisions the government makes, but that's what makes this country great. The fact that we're allowed to disagree with the government is what makes it great. Today, I'll speak briefly about my optimistic view of the past, present, and future of the
- [Good Samaritan Does Good Deed](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/good-samaritan-does-good-deed/) - In a world where it seems like everyone is out for themselves, and only themselves, I may have something that disproves that. After a couple kids got their bikes stolen, one good Samaritan decided to help them out. The family put up some posters expressing their dissatisfaction with the thieves. Seeing these signs, somebody decided
- [The Book Giver](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/the-book-giver/) - Today's IW story comes from my own backyard. Miriam Epstein, a former teacher in my town school system, has been running an organization for the past 10 years called Books to Dream. The organization gives away at least 3,000 books a month and serves 130 organizations around the world. Epstein also runs programs at the
- [Live Earth](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/live-earth/) - Perhaps the fact that so much electricity was used is a little hypocritical, but I still think it was done for a good cause. Like Live 8 and Aid before it, Live Earth hopefully brought some attention to a problem that may not have quite a significant effect on us yet (though those who've been
- [Cat Survives 3 Week Move](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/cat-survives-3-week-move/) - I always find it amazing to hear about people or animals who've survived for long periods of time without food or water. Not because I'm weird and want to see them starve, but because it really shows the durability and determination some people or animals have to survive. Today's story is about a cat who
- [The Luckiest Baby?](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/the-luckiest-baby/) - I end the second annual Independence Week with a story that I won't be able to talk about for another one thousand years (assuming I'm alive then). Certain days are always ones that couple seem to target for normal activities in the world, including weddings and...ummm...baby making. As it turned out, Saturday was 7/7/07, possibly
- [Over the River and Through The Woods](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/over-the-river-and-through-the-woods/) - No, I'm not going to grandma's house, but it sure feels like I'll be jumping through hoops and traveling on all roads to get to my internship the next few weeks, starting tomorrow. Right now, Channel 3 is in Hartford, which is easy enough to get to. I don't have a car or license yet,
- [Wrong Answers](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/wrong-answers/) - As if I wasn't already a little miffed by the longer trip I need to take to my internship (though now I take some of it back now that I've actually seen the place - it was worth the trip), I'm now angry at the idiots over at CT Transit, the company who runs public
- [Ruling the World](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/ruling-the-world/) - Ok, not really. A while back, I played a game where you could make your own country, and decide on its fate by answering issue questions. An unofficial accompaniment to this game is a wiki where you can create your nation's history, and expand on information about the country, its leaders, etc. Well, after time,
- [New Home](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/new-home/) - I'm hoping that when I get to Rocky Hill tomorrow morning, I will be presented with the sight of the full news staff there. Ever since I started working there on Wednesday, I knew I couldn't wait for newscasts to start from there. I'm not entirely sure what prevented them from starting there Wednesday, but
- [Unemployed and Unhappy](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/unemployed-and-unhappy/) - So, I suppose a lot of it is my fault, but if some of these places would ever call for an interview (and yes, I've been a good boy and done the week-after followup after sending in an app), I might have a summer job right now. See, I'm not looking for particularly skilled work.
- [Spoilers Should Be Jailed](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/spoilers-should-be-jailed/) - Although not unexpected, it would seem as if some people have nothing else to do. With the imminent release of the final Harry Potter book (coinciding with my birthday no less - 2 days!), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, spoiler kiddies are on the rampage. People have been going around posting from what seem
- [One Day](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/one-day/) - One day until THE best day of my life, which could also turn out to be the saddest, depending on what happens in HP.
- [The Case for Severus Snape](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/the-case-for-severus-snape/) - On this eve prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I am going to make a prediction that will be accepted by some and rejected by others, as all literary theories are. I have no inside information (and want none, therefore I'll be disabling commenting on this blog from tonight until
- [A Star Passes a Milestone](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/a-star-passes-a-milestone/) - Exactly twenty-one years ago (to the minute), a new, shining star came into this world and blessed it with his presence. His arrival upon this earthly plane has brought forth an era of prosperous and joyous living. Who is this strikingly handsome, intelligent, and most wondrous specimen of the homo sapiens sapiens race? Me Twenty-one
- [Feeling Justified](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/feeling-justified/) - By clicking on the link to see the extended entry, you confirm that you will not murder me for revealing plot details of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Well, like I said, today I'd either be feeling justified or somewhat disappointed I had made my entry defending Severus Snape. That said, it
- [Debate](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/debate/) - Unfortunately, I only got to see the last 4o minutes or so of the Democratic CNN/YouTube debate. However, I think it was time enough to get an idea of my likes and dislikes. Likes: The whole idea of using public-submitted videos is important to me, because I feel it may give the candidates a taste
- [More on Snape](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/more-on-snape/) - On the flipside... Although I'm happy that Snape was working for the good side, I feel the reason he was doing it was a little selfish. He loved Lily, even after she had a husband. I believe that he probably had misguided reasons for initially supporting Voldemort. Once Lily was killed, however, it was the
- [Wonky Week](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/wonky-week/) - Went out with a reporter today. That's was loads of fun and I definitely learned a lot, and brushed up on what I thought I knew, but was confirmed today. Won't go into the details of explaining what happened, as I've done it to others already.  I'm seriously thinking of cutting it off Wednesday, the
- [An End](https://dymersion.com/2007/07/an-end/) - So, I have indeed decided to end my internship at Channel 3 tomorrow. It's going to be a bit of a sad thing leaving. I have loved every moment of it, as a whole anyway (there were boring-ass moments and days). Still, I think I've done everything I've set out to do. I may not
- [Awesome Weekend](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/awesome-weekend/) - I would like to say that my weekend was pretty awesome. Well, not weekend, since it all happened on weekdays, but I digress. On Thursday, as I've been mentioning for the past couple of entries, I went to New York City to see The Colbert Report. It was awesome because though we had to stand
- [Roving the Streets](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/roving-the-streets/) - Back, finally! The reason for my absence for the last 10 days is, well, because I was initially being lazy. But, then, the server the site is on was moved to a new machine, and some things got mucked up in the process. But, it's all fixed now, at least as well as it can
- [Reading Material](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/reading-material/) - On a side note, I know I don't get many visitors to this blog, but this is anybody who might have be doing some drive-by reading: Do you have a blog which you'd like some more visitors to read? If so, I want some more blog reading material. Simply provide a link to your blog
- [Born to Be Wild(er)](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/born-to-be-wilder/) - I've always had an active, hobby-like interest in genealogy. I enjoy finding out where I'm from, and who my family members were. So, it surprised me a year ago from last month, when I was at a family function, to see the name of former United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a family tree
- [The Struggles of Albus Dumbledore](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/the-struggles-of-albus-dumbledore/) - This entry contains SPOILERS from the J.K. Rowling novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Continuing with my series on the new Harry Potter books, I'll speak, this entry, about Albus Dumbledore. Like Karl Rove (why must I compare the two?), Albus seems to be a master planner, The Architect of Voldemort's demise, if you
- [New Cell Phone - Text me!](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/new-cell-phone-text-me/) - I'm in love, people. In love with a thing that itself cannot love. I love my new cell phone. We were due for an upgrade, since our two year contract was finished, so we were looking around. My dad said I could more or less get what I wanted as a late part of my
- [Cellular Reality](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/celluar-reality/) - So, now that I'm used to my new phone, some of the "honeymoon" stage with it is over. I don't have very many gripes about the phone, however. The enV (VX9900) is definitely a phone made for 1) the avid texter and/or 2) someone who likes to use the mobile web features. But, probably mostly
- [A New Iraq Government Strategy?](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/a-new-iraq-government-strategy/) - It would appear that the U.S. may be changing its attitude on democracy in Iraq. Okay, maybe not changing it, more than fine tuning it. Whatever the case is, according to some commanders on the ground, the administration may be looking for any solution that'll bring stability to the country, even if it falls short
- [God's Warriors](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/gods-warriors/) - I speak of this three-day mini-series as something of an outsider. I am not really religious, and so I hope that gives me something of a more objective viewpoint on the program. For those who don't know, "God's Warriors" was a three-day mini-series by CNN's Christiane Amanpour the investigates fundamentalism in the three major religions:
- [Anchorwoman](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/anchorwoman/) - I don't know what Fox was playing at this time. They've had some pretty stupid ideas, and although this one doesn't quite take the cake, it comes close. For those not in the know, it was a semi-reality series starring Lauren Jones, a model who used to work for Bob Barker, who wants to become
- [Testing Moblog](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/testing-moblog/) - If you're seeing this, I am blogging from my cell phone. Unforunately, Wordpress doesn't have a mobile admin skin of its own, so I was forced to make one.
- [Gonzo is Gonzo](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/gonzo-is-gonzo/) - As I predicted in an earlier entry, Alberto Gonzales has announced his resignation, to take place next month. Well, alright, as they say, the writing was on the wall for his imminent departure. As I discussed in my entry about Karl Rove, I believe that Gonzales' resignation is part of a plan by the administration
- [Stoopid AOL](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/stoopid-aol/) - I think most people know by now that AOL is pretty much a POS. Yet the fact that so many still use it is a bit baffling. Yet, even though I've always known that it sucks, I never truely realized how much until this Summer, when I worked at my dad's computer repair business pretty
- [A Paperless Life, Maybe.  But Voicemailess, Calless, and Cashless, too?](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/a-paperless-life-maybe-but-voicemailess-calless-and-cashless-too/) - Author Tim Ferriss, on his blog, tries to explain how any of us can live our lives without paper, voicemail, answering calls, or using cash. Now, I try to live my life as electronically as possible and consolidated as possible. Makes for easy reaching, see? I've consolidated all my emails into one place (Gmail, I
- [Another Scandal](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/another-scandal/) - Wow. I must admit, even I thought the Republicans had a chance for a few months of peace, a time when they wouldn't make big news. Now that Albert Gonzales and Karl Rove had jettisoned, they could get back to the job of running the country, right? Well, apparently we were all thrown for a
- [**** Dell, Part 2: The Save (?)](https://dymersion.com/2007/08/dell-part-2-the-save/) - We'll see what happens with this, but I may have gotten all my problems solved. (Pre-Script: I knew I said I was going to talk more about corruption from both political parties today, but it'll have to wait). As you may remember, I recently ranted about Dell's idiotic decision to put an Express Card slot
- [Packing Procrastination](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/packing-procrastination/) - Ever need to pack for a trip, and you find yourself doing something else instead? Or, college students: packing for college and you get lazy? That was me for much of yesterday and today. I'm mostly packed now, but it took two days to do what I probably could have achieved in one. I definitely
- [Imagining the 10th Dimension](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/imagining-the-10th-dimension/) - I think my brain may have just exploded after watching this video. You should watch it, too, so we can all enjoy the mess our combusted brains will make. Imagining the 10th Dimension
- [The Essentials](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/the-essentials/) - Any proper move requires the mover to pack the essentials - thing they require when going to a new home. You know, things like shampoo, soap, your bedding. Can't forget about food either. Then there's entertainment stuff like your TV, VCR, and computer. So, when moving back up to campus, I definitely had everything...or thought
- [Talk about Hypocrisy and...Getting Shafted](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/talk-about-hypocrisy-andgetting-shafted/) - I was just catching the end of Hannity and Colmes. Hannity was promoting a video that'll be on his other show on Sunday, saying it'll EXPOSE THE HYPOCRISY OF GLOBAL WARMING TOTING LIBERALS!!!!!1 Colmes was trying to get Hannity to explain if the video is going to disprove human-influenced elements of global warming, and Colmes
- [The Parties](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/the-parties/) - Speaking of parties, yesterday, my Dad and I stopped by a bar on the way home, since he had noticed my uncle was there on his way up to get me. It only dawned on me, as I was drinking my beer, that it was my first time drinking at a bar. In the U.S.,
- [Dymersion Video](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/dymersion-video/) - Well, here it is, at very last. For this week, I'll only introduce it. Mayyybe an actual content-filled video by the end of this week, but no promises.
- [I'm Lovin' It](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/im-lovin-it/) - That is, I'm loving my new computer. NO audio issues, for one. I could deal with any of my other needs and/or wants if only my other computer wasn't having such crappy ass audio. I mean, I guess I could live with it, but it wasn't only the audio. Whatever the issue was was causing
- [Six Years Later](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/six-years-later/) - It's six years after the attacks of 9/11/01. I've spent some of my day thinking about where I was that day, and how I felt. I was in study hall, and after a teacher from across the hall came over to our room and spoke our study hall teacher, the teacher turned on the classroom
- [Petraeus Not a Betrayer](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/petraeus-not-a-betrayer/) - Hear me out before you attack me as some neocon (which, from anyone who's read this blog, knows is not true). Was the report the entire truth? Maybe not, though it's tailed some of my own views on the situation in Iraq. Apart from the fact that I don't like attacks against our soldiers fighting
- [Darth Vader No More](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/darth-vader-no-more/) - I've had a Darth Vader-like week. No, I'm not evil, or, if you accept the prequels, tragically depressed, and conned by Palpatine. I'm speaking more of Darth Vader's respiratory issues, although mine this past week weren't nearly as bad. Perhaps my situation was more closely related to Lost's late Shannon Rutherford. Luckily, no asthma attack,
- [Give Someone I Want to Win an Emmy!](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/give-someone-i-want-to-win-an-emmy/) - Why is everyone I want to win tonight on the Emmys not winning? Well, that's not entirely true. Lost's Terry O'Quinn (Locke) got one. Still, I want more of my favorites to win! I had a nice weekend. One of my friends turned 20, so I went to her party. That was good, food and
- [No Video](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/no-video/) - I guess to save myself, the real reason I had a video last Monday was because I'd done it several days before. Tuesday will probably be video day from now on, since I have the most time off. Today was utterly non-descript. I'm having a problem getting to my first class on Mondays, though I
- [Dymersion Video: Following O.J.](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/following-oj/) - I'm following the O.J. case, like everyone, and noticed something as I was flipping the channels. The cable news networks was literally following him around as he left jail today. I made a quick Dymersion Video entry about it, which is currently processing over @ YouTube, so I'll add it in to here later. Update
- [Clubbin'](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/clubbin/) - I think it's safe to say that the club I'm in here at school had the best turnout yesterday that I've ever seen for an informational meeting. I'm going into my fourth year here, and I've never seen so many people show up. We used up all the seats in the studio, some seats from
- [Making a Fan Video](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/making-a-fan-video/) - I don't think I've mentioned this on here before. But, it is true, I'm making a fan video, of the Stargate SG-1 type. More specifically, chronicling the Ori saga as we've seen thus far. I think that the Ori saga has been a good one. If you need a new enemy, where do go but
- [Getting Flickr'd Off](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/getting-flickrd-off/) - One Texas girl has expectantly found herself as the subject of a marketing campaign...in Australia. The original photo was taken by what appears to be a friend or staff member of a camp she went to. Well, apparently Virgin Mobile Australia liked it so much, they took it, and used it for as part of
- [Dymersion Video: Ahmadinejad Visit](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/dymersion-video-ahmadinejad-visit/) - In this week's Dymersion Video, I talk about the visit to the U.S. of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and respond to some of the statements he made at Columbia University and the U.N.
- [The Sniping Dems](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/the-sniping-dems/) - Whatever I was going to write about tonight, forget about that. Tonight, I'll be live-blogging (well, as live as I can get, looking at my TV) the Democratic debate on MSNBC. I must say, from just a few minutes of watching it, wow. This is unlike any other debate I've ever seen. The others so
- [Good Day](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/good-day/) - I'm tired, and getting this up later than I'd like, so I'll keep it brief. Today was a good day. Got a lot of things done. Met with my new host for the game show, and we went over it. Also got the advert for the show over to Student Activities for them to look
- [Riding a Rollercoaster](https://dymersion.com/2007/09/riding-a-rollercoaster/) - Are there ever days or weeks where it feels like you're riding the emotional roller coaster? I'm guessing there are some of those times for everyone. I know today was one for me... Last night was pretty good. Didn't go to the bar, but my roommate had some pretty cool people over. So, I was
- [Dymersion Video: The Mistakes of Lord Voldemort](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/dymersion-video-the-mistakes-of-lord-voldemort/) - In this week's Dymerison Video episode, I analyze where I feel the Harry Potter series' Lord Voldemort made fatal mistakes in his attempt to kill Harry Potter. This one turned out to be longer than normal, so it's split up into three parts because of YouTube's time limit restrictions. BEWARE OF SPOILERS FROM BOOK 7!
- [Employed...or maybe not?](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/employedor-maybe-not/) - You might remember how I griped about my university's student employment office last month. Well, we've gone from A New Hope (when I finally got hired this semester) to The Empire Strikes Back, because of an email I received today. It let me know that I'm going to lose my work study because apparently I
- [Producer](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/producer/) - I think I'm beginning to feel how my friend Jess feels. She's the producer of the newscast in the club I'm in. I'm the producer of the game show. Both of our shows will be taped within two days of each other, so any stress we might be feeling is somewhat similar in strength, only
- [Choices](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/choices/) - As I've referred to in profiles of myself on various sites (Facebook, LJ, MySpace, etc.), I've never been a huge partier. I'm not a fan of crowded spaces, though I'll go to them if there's a need or want. I love visiting Manhattan, for instance, which isn't exactly a quiet place. My ideal situation is
- [Dymersion Video: The Lapel](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/dymersion-video-the-lapel/) - In this week's episode of Dymersion Video, I give my feeling's on Barack Obama's missing American Flag lapel. Hint: It doesn't really matter.
- [Appetite](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/appetite/) - Ooh, I hate not updating for so long. This time, I blame it on the need to focus on last Saturday's Eastern Expedition shoot. I didn't have all the contestants until Thursday, and then some people dropped out at the last minute (and one just didn't show up), so I was freaking out. I'm pretty
- [Religiosity](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/religiosity/) - This is one I haven't really touched before, except in passing, when discussing other things. However, I think it's time. Of course, something else prompted it. I hadn't heard of the series before, but many Christians (of the far right flavor) appear to be up in arms over the upcoming film His Dark Materials: The
- [Good Days](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/good-days/) - Gah, wasn't able to post for the last two days, and didn't get my Dymersion Video entry up, so I'm going to try and do a quickie for right after this entry, and I'll leave the debate questions edition until next week's episode. EDIT: Unfortunately, while I got the episode on tape, something seem to
- [Warcry](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/warcry/) - So...Dumbledore is apparently gay. Oooh, Laura Mallory is going to forget all about witchcraft in Harry Potter now, since she'll certainly have a new war to fight!
- [Fried, Salty Goodness](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/fried-salty-goodness/) - It started about a year ago. I was getting a sandwich at my campus library's cafe, and I saw them. Miss Vickie's Kettle Cooked potato chips. I'd never had kettle cooked potato chips before, so I was intrigued. I took a bad of that, and ended up eating it all. That started my love affair
- [Dymersion Video: The Art of Killing](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/dymersion-video-the-art-of-killing/) -  In this episode of Dymersion Video, I talk about an artist who, for his latest creation, caused the suffering of an innocent animal in the name of "art." The video still has some problems, but it's not nearly as bad as when I was trying to capture it on Friday. So, bear with it, and
- [Dymersion Video: Debate Questions](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/dymersion-video-debate-questions/) - In this week's Dymersion Video, I put together my questions for next month's CNN/YouTube Republican Debate. I also make some brief comments on the wildfire disaster in Southern California. If you want to skip the California stuff, you can see the individual questions on my YouTube channel. Just had a thought...I'm pretty sure McCain and
- [Reaction](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/reaction/) - I have received some very positive commentary on a couple of the questions I submitted for the CNN/YouTube Republican debate, and I cannot be happier that I decided to participate. Commentary is obviously no guarantee any of my questions will get chosen for the debate (which would be an awesome thing to happen), but I'm
- [All Hallow's Eve](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/all-hallows-eve/) - Tonight I did something I haven't done for several years...went costume shopping. I loved going out trick-or-treating as a kid, but once I grew older, I knew the fun had to stop. So, I relegated myself to behind-the-scenes candy duty, which was alright in itself, giving out candy to kids, and seeing them dress up
- [FEMAlifornia](https://dymersion.com/2007/10/femalifornia/) - I must say, that for the most part, I'm impressed. At least, in the area of diaster response, FEMA has seemed to have learned a few things. The response time, as well as the level of services and their quality, seems to have improved dramatically over Katrina. Areas of refuge were setup, food and drink
- [Bad Research](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/bad-research/) - If there's anything I hate more than chain email (and I hate chain email like I hate corrupt politicians), it's badly researched chain mail, which seems to be a characteristic of a lot of them. Most of them are rumors started by someone who couldn't spend two seconds looking up the facts, so they get
- [Holidayification](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/holidayification/) - Now, I'm not one to advocate telling corporations what to do in their day-to-day business (unless it's illegal, unethical, or unhealthy), but there's something that's been bugging me for a couple weeks, and I know I'm not alone. Actually, it's been bugging me for a lot longer, but the problem is getting worse. I'll call
- [Dymersion Video: From the Studio](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/dymersion-video-from-the-studio/) - In this week's episode of Dymersion Video, I go quasi-professional. Coming to you from my school's TV studio, I present an editorial on the inability of Congress and the President to make this country better. By the way, sorry for sounding so monotone and kind of boring. Consider that it's like my second time on
- [O'Reilly Showing True Colors?](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/oreilly-showing-true-colors/) - Not that, according to some, he hasn't already. On his show tonight, he's talking with who I believe is a psychologist (came in late, so not sure). His gripe this time is that two girls being chosen as cutest couple in some high school yearbook is inappropriate. The two girls are shown in a picture
- [Bush is All Watered Down](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/bush-is-all-watered-down/) - As I mentioned in the editorial I posted on Tuesday, President Bush recently vetoed a water projects bill passed overwhelmingly by Congress. Here's his reasoning: In his veto message, Bush complained that Congress added about $8 billion in projects to the bill in conference committee after each house had passed its own version. For
- [A New Way to YouTube](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/a-new-way-to-youtube/) - I'm glad that YouTube has finally decided to let people upload multiple videos at once. That way, you just fill out all the information and go away for a while. No more coming back to check if one video is done, so you can go on to another. It works for someone like me, since
- [Tweeting Through My Day](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/tweeting-through-my-day/) - Because I often have the problem of what is going on with myself during the day so that I can't remember it to talk about later, and because I know people on the Internets love nosing into people's lives, I have followed the lead of many others and signed up for Twitter. For those who
- [Video Delay](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/video-delay/) - I kind of cheated last week by uploading the previous week's video for Dymersion Video, and then never making a new one last week. Hopefully the same problem won't occur this week, but I do have good news. This week's Dymersion Video, on the subject of the WGA strike, will again be coming to you
- [Dymersion Video: WGA Strike](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/dymersion-video-wga-strike/) - Coming to you once again in quasi-professional style from my school's TV studio, in this week's episode of Dymersion Video, I discuss the WGA strike, what might ultimately bring both sides back to negotiations, and what both sides might get out of it all. P.S. Two days after I presented this editorial live on the
- [Our Veterans Deserve Better](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/our-veterans-deserve-better/) - Now, I know that not every case is like this, but the fact remains that no veteran coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan should have to fight the Veterans Administration to care for injuries received during their service. Like this man, Ty Ziegel. He was very badly injured when a suicide bomber attacked the place
- [Murder Death Kill](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/murder-death-kill/) - *Clears throat* Spoilers for the latest episode of Heroes under the cut. You have been warned. So, did any other Connecticut Heroes fan want to murder NBC 30 news when they promoed their 11pm newscast? Because I almost wrote an angry email to their management. For those who were away from their TVs, they promoed
- [Change in the Air](https://dymersion.com/2007/11/change-in-the-air/) - In addition to considering myself to be nearer to the political center (which I know the partisans on both sides hate to hear - hehe), though perhaps leaning left, I've also developed into something of a cynic. I've written before about my draining faith in the abilities of either party to lead effectively, especially on
- [The Romney vs. Huckabee Battle](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/the-romney-vs-huckabee-battle/) - Sorry for not having posted for the last week and a half or so. Basic laziness is what happened there... So...I've decided that about a month before the first primary is as good a time as any to really start ramping up coverage for next year's election. Since I've posted last (and definitely since I
- [Stargate Atlantis Mid-Season Finale](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/stargate-atlantis-mid-season-finale/) - On the flip. Spoilers! 'Nuff said. WOW. I got so many emotions out of the mid-season finale of Stargate Atlantis. Everything from excitement, to sorrow, to hope. I was excited at the prospect of duplicate Replicator SGA-1 (for lack of a better designation, seems the show runners have shied away from labeling teams, officially anyway).Â
- [Laziness](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/laziness/) - Why am I so lazy that I can't take the effort to just come here and post something for each day? For a while, except for one or two days a week, I was really on a roll. I was posting, getting some Dymersion Video content, and making this a place where I could really
- [Done with Finals](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/done-with-finals/) - I don't know. I guess I did pretty good on most of my finals. Even with the cheatsheet we were allowed, I know I pretty much blew my Macro final, which was to be expected. Hopefully I'll have done well enough to at least pass the class. My Native Americans final I was able to
- [Electronic Disappointment](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/electronic-disappointment/) - Though I didn't exactly find it unexpected, I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of choice in DVD Recorders with Hard Drives. I think the main reason is that DVRs from the cable and satellite companies beat them out, but I still thought there might be more out there. Phillips has a model out that's
- [Merry Christmas](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/merry-christmas/) - And I mean it. Not Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas. Don't like me saying that because you celebrate something else, or just want to be inclusive to others? Tough. Before you yell, hear me out. I've covered this issue before, but I'll quote what I said then, in case any far-left liberals got the willies off
- [Disneyfied](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/disneyfied/) - Seems like everyone has been going to Disney World in the past few weeks, or is going this week. What's with that? That's all for tonight, because for some reason, I'm dead exhausted again. Not sure why, since I got a decent amount of sleep last night.
- [Christmas 2007](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/christmas-2007/) - Merry Christmas to everybody! And if you don't celebrate it, happy day off!
- [New Years Resolutions](https://dymersion.com/2007/12/new-years-resolutions/) - Well, I figure now is as good as any to put these out there, and start acting on one of them. I have several things I wish to achieve in 2008, such as: 1) Blogging here more! I keep saying it, but I really intend to try. I'd like to be able to get in
- [Happy 2008!](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/happy-2008/) - I'd like to wish a Happy New Year to all! May it be a good 2008!
- [Getting the Funnies](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/getting-the-funnies/) - Well, comedians such as David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Conan O'Brian are set to come back tonight, the latter two without their writers. It's been eight weeks, and although television seems to be holding on, thanks in large part due to reality shows, it could use a boost. We're now out of holiday hiatus, and
- [Primary & Caucus Season, Round 1](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/primary-caucus-season-round-1/) - First off, congrats to Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama for their successes in last night's Iowa primary. It shall be interesting to see what happens in New Hampshire. I'll start with the Dems. I've been tracking the total number of delegates each candidate has so far, and while Barack has more pledged delegates, Hillary is
- [The Returns](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/the-returns/) - Now that I've gotten to see the return of some shows, I'll talk about them. First Stewart and Colbert, then I'll be brief on Stargate, since it is late. I enjoyed both shows tonight, but I've gotta say, I think Colbert did better off the cuff than Stewart did. Don't get me wrong, Stewart had
- [New Hampshire](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/new-hampshire/) - Update 1/8/08 11:22pm EST: Well, it's more or less over. Clinton has clinched this one, although narrowly. This just goes to show what I said earlier, that people called it far too early. Obama was predicted to come out of this with a huge lead, and instead he come out with a narrow loss. I
- [Superbad](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/superbad/) - Never having watched many "teen movies" in my adolescent years, I have some catching up to do. So, I was happy to watch one of the newest tonight, Superbad. I don't know what it is about watching a movie like this, but I watched it with my sister and folks. Any one else ever feel
- [Patriots on the Streets](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/patriots-on-the-streets/) - When I tuned in to O'Reilly last night, I caught the tail end of an interview with a guy making the case to O'Reilly that many of our nation's veterans end up on the street after coming back from war. O'Reilly seemed to disagree with this idea, telling the guy to call him up if
- [Living in Ikea](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/living-in-ikea/) - I met Mark Malkoff, a New York comedian and Audience Coordinator at The Colbert Report, last August. When I met him, I heard about one of his then-recent videos, where he goes to all 171 Starbucks locations in Manhattan in less than 24 hours. I watched it, and found it highly amusing. I encourage everybody
- [The Linux Project?](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/the-linux-project/) - I more or less have been a Windows user all my life. I started with version 3.1, and am now on XP (I don't foresee myself upgrading in the future, due to the problems with it). So, I'm pretty set in all its ways, and would consider myself a power user of it.  I have
- [Beginning of the End for Thompson?  Also: Giuliani](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/beginning-of-the-end-for-thompson-also-giuliani/) - Seems like Duncan Hunter finally came to his senses. I've been saying for the last couple entries that he'd be dropping out soon, and well, after two states with poor showings, he's finally done it. But what about our old friend Fred Thompson? Is he done? We all know he was staking his claim to
- [Another One Bites the Dust](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/another-one-bites-the-dust/) - Well, I was wrong about Fred Thompson. I said he'd stick around for a little longer and then drop out from the race. Instead, he made me look bad by dropping out before Florida! Ah, well, can't win them all. I can still claim a win on predicting his inevitable departure, though. I thought it
- [Kucinich Drops](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/kucinich-drops/) - Man, I'm losing traction here, just like Rudy Giuliani. The other day I said Dennis Kucinich would probably hold out until at least Super Tuesday. Now I just found out he's going to drop out of the race. Believe it or not, I don't want him to drop right now. Why? Because I have an
- [McCain Wins Florida.  Will Rudy Step Down?](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/mccain-wins-florida-will-rudy-step-down/) - Update 9:45pm: Well, McCain has done something I didn't think possible a couple of weeks ago. He's clinched South Carolina, and now Florida. Next up now is Super Tuesday, and I now think it'll be a race between him and Romney. I don't think Huckabee is out of it, but he's certainly not where he
- [And Then There Were Two](https://dymersion.com/2008/01/and-then-there-were-two/) - Well, three really, but is anyone really counting Gravel anymore? Out of anyone I would have guessed to drop their nomination, Edwards wouldn't have come first on my list. Giuliani would have been tops, for sure. Gravel would have been on the top. Yet, Edwards called it first. I think it's smart. The man's not
- [Hmm...](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/hmm/) - Blogger writers' block...not good. It should be cured come Monday, and especially Tuesday. That said, good night...
- [Digital Television](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/digital-television/) - As I've surfed the Internet these past months, I've noticed a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding being spread about the switch to DTV. It's really a shame, since the switch is government-ordered, yet they have barely taken the time to inform the public until very recently. So, to hopefully clear a few things up, I've
- [Super Tuesday](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/super-tuesday/) - The games are about to begin... There's been some news of great importance to me since I last posted. The latest polls in my state of Connecticut shows that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are now in a toss-up for the win here. This up from an earlier better showing for Clinton. Personally, I am
- [The Games Have Begun](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/the-games-have-begun/) - Well, it's finally Super Tuesday, and indeed the games have begun. If anybody was expecting a presumptive nominee for each party tonight, I think they're going to be disappointed. Both Democrat and Republican candidates are in a fight for their viability in this race. Easier to claim viability will be both Democratic candidates, who I
- [Nomney](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/nomney/) - Okay, so maybe the pun isn't as great as I first thought. This race just keeps on getting more surprising. I had heard talk Tuesday night and Wednesday of the possibility Romney might choose to drop out due to his rather unflattering showing on Tuesday. Still, I thought he'd hang on for at least a
- [Partisanship](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/partisanship/) - Please, if you will, take a look at the comments section of this link to a Digg article. Those weak of stomach, heart, or those whom are pregnant may want to refrain! Now that you're back, I hope you're as disgusted as I am. Those kind of comments are exactly why I left the Democratic
- [Website Making](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/website-making/) - So, my lack of a Dymersion entry last night was due to me completing some final touches on the website for the club I'm in, TV 22. For some time, I've been trying to make it work like a true CMS; that is, static pages for some spots, and blog-type pages for others. I'm using
- [Obama and Faith](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/obama-and-faith/) - Obama is a typical liberal? Try again. Very good speech. Doubtlessly, many conservative evangelicals would have trouble arguing with a lot of his logic (not a shot at any of my evangelical friends :P).
- [The EndStrike](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/the-endstrike/) - With a seeming end to the writer's strike being imminent, things have played out more or less how I thought they would. Two months ago I said in the last episode of Dymersion Video that the studios would eventually force themselves to cough up a decent deal in face of falling ratings, but that the
- [Potomac Primaries](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/potomac-primaries/) - Update: 2/12/08 7:19PM: CNN is projecting Barack Obama as the winner of Virginia, just as I thought.  Also, I'm changing my D.C. prediction for Obama, given its demographics. I'm going to keep Clinton on Maryland for now, but stress a weak win there. Too early to tell Virginia for the Republicans, as I expected it
- [You Can't Win Them All](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/you-cant-win-them-all/) - So it is true. So far tonight, I've been wrong on the GOP in Virginia, and the Dems in Maryland. I honestly did think Huckabee might get the state, perhaps forgetting how many urban areas there are in Virginia. The fact remains that rural areas just don't have a lot of people. However, I thought
- [Beyond Shakeup Tuesday](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/beyond-shakeup-tuesday/) - I call it "Shakeup Tuesday" partially because Obama took the lead, and partially because it comes after Hillary Clinton shook up her campaign. So, everybody is going ga-ga that Obama has finally overtaken Clinton in total number of delegates. That he has all kinds of momentum that will lead him into next Tuesday's Wisconsin and
- [Pandering Schmandering](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/pandering-schmandering/) - First off, I'd like to express my shock and sorrow at the school shooting in Illinois, and for the other shootings that have happened in the past few days. My thoughts are with everybody affected. I'll get to it more closely in another entry. But first, John McCain. The adamantly anti-torture, maverick Senator, Presidential candidate,
- [NIU](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/niu/) - Well, now I'm glad I waited a day to do this. As time goes on, more details are coming out. Yesterday, I would found it interesting that somebody would just go off killing people for no reason. Even if there's no mental illness, there has to be an incident that would make a person just
- [Superly Automatic Delegates](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/superly-automatic-delegates/) - You know, between what Clinton's staffer said today, and my discovery of McCain's vote yesterday, maybe my decision will be made before the primaries are over! So, I was reading an entry over at The Moderate Voice about what one Clinton adviser said about the rest of the primaries. Actually, the original source is a
- [Obama Win in Wisconsin Not Surprising](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/obama-win-in-wisconsin-not-surprising/) - So, Obama got Wisconsin. Yet, the cable news nets, CNN, anyway, seem to be surprised by this. Yet, as far as a couple days ago, I seem to remember reading that Clinton had left the state because they expected this result. Instead, they were going to focus on Texas and Ohio (with334 delegates between them).
- [McCain Story Irrelevant?](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/mccain-story-irrelevant/) - The New York Times is reporting a story, an old story at that, about evidence of an intimate relationship he might of had 8 years ago with a female lobbyist,Vicki Iseman. The liberal commentators are practically frothing over this story. Yet, both McCain and Iseman deny a relationship. I think that is this were a
- [Snowy Day](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/snowy-day/) - I have a love and hate relationship with snow days. It's good to have classes canceled sometimes, but when you want to do other stuff and then can't, it sucks. For example, take today's snow day. I liked that I didn't have to go to my one class today, but I also couldn't set up
- [Keeping Fair and Balanced on Obama](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/keeping-fair-and-balanced-on-obama/) - I suppose that with my recent hits on the McCain and Clinton campaigns, I can hardly leave Obama out of the fun. As much as I like the guy, I'm not with him on everything he's done in his run for the White House. As much as Obama supporters will probably like to mention to
- [YEEES!!!](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/yeees/) - Ah, it has to be a sign that I watched an old episode of Sliders tonight, the pilot in fact. Three years ago, I bought the first and second seasons of the show, and a year later, the third season. Then I waited forever for the fourth season, but it seemed like it would never
- [Obama Photo](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/obama-photo/) - Matt Drudge of The Drudge Report isn't someone to consider in the eyes of many, especially if you're liberal, but the aftermath of his report is causing waves of fury, especially if you're an Obama supporter. This morning, Drudge put up a photo of Obama dressed in traditional Somali garb during a visit to the
- [Independents Week](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/independents-week/) - No, not Independence Week. That doesn't come until the first week of July. This is Independents Week, a whole different roll of gum. Starting tomorrow, and for every day this week (it may go longer depending on how many people I find), I will be profiling Independents who are running for President. As a non-affiliated
- [Defining the Political Center: Problematic](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/defining-the-political-center-problematic/) - I basically wrote this blog post while commenting on one at another site. The problem with liberal, conservative, moderate; left, right, and center, is that they are very largely subjective terms that often change. What’s liberal now may be considered extremely liberal in 20 years. What’s conservative now may be considered extremely conservative in 20
- [Post-Kneejerk](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/post-kneejerk/) - After this morning's knee-jerk reaction from me about the release of the Obama photo, time for a little more analysis. The campaigns are heating up. This weekend, Clinton was blasting Obama about a leaflet questioning her healthcare plan forcing everybody to opt-in. Today, Obama was blasting the Clinton campaign for the photo, which we still
- [Democratic Debate - "Live Blogging"](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/democratic-debate-live-blogging/) - As live blogging as I can get, anyway. Wrap-up: I thought the debate started off lopsided on the questions for Clinton. However, not much later tough questions were asked to both, and it stayed this way throughout. I thought some of the answers were rather bland. Except the the heated mini-debate on healthcare, no real
- [Independents Week Update](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/independents-week-update/) - Just a quickie before I hit the hay... Sorry about this delay. This is important to me to feature those candidates who are not getting the national spotlight. However, life must come first, and life commitments are calling. Going to do my best to start it up tomorrow!
- [McCain Birthplace Story Ridiculous](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/mccain-birthplace-story-ridiculous/) - What is this stupidity at the New York Times regarding stories about John McCain. First it was the affair story that had no solid backing. Now it's this story about McCain being born in the Panama Canal Zone bringing up questions about his Presidential eligibility. What a stupid story. McCain was born to someone who
- [Preparation](https://dymersion.com/2008/02/preparation/) - I think I just found out how ill-prepared I am for taking on the task of covering the Independents who are running for President this year. Take a look at this page to find out why. That's a lot of Independents/no party affiliation people, even if you took out all the 3rd-party people mixed in.Â
- [GOP Race Over, the Dems and Texas & IW](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/gop-race-over-the-dems-and-texas-iw/) - This primary season update brought to you via mobile post, because I've been sitting at another dorm for two and a half hours trying to collect clothes for a community service project. Republicans Anyway, the big news of the night is the apparent end of the GOP primary race. According to CNN (can't link to
- [An Unstoppable Ticket?](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/an-unstoppable-ticket/) - CNN is reporting some comments from former President Bill Clinton about how he thinks a Clinton-Obama ticket would be unbeatable. For a long time now, many commentators from the media and blogosphere have suggested that a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket might be necessary in order to keep the party together, once the convention is done
- [STD Study](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/std-study/) - Ahh, after an intense end of week, weekend, and beginning of week (nothing to worry about, just busy busy busy), it's good to be back. That Independents Week I keep discussing? Stay tuned to shortly after this entry. Anyway...I agree with Robert Stein over at The Moderate Voice when he says it seems the main
- [Independent Candidates 2008: Donald K. Allen](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/independent-candidates-2008-donald-k-allen/) - In the first installment of the newly retitled "Independents Week" (since one week won't be enough), I present the first Independent: Donald K. Allen. First, though, a quick reminder as to how this is all going to go down. First, and foremost, I'll be profiling the candidate. Basically, I'll give a summary of the platform
- [Spring Break](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/spring-break/) - Monday's entry will be the next IC 2008 entry. Then, hopefully, all this weekend and next week I'll have one per day. Here's why: Spring Break! Ahh, it feels good to have a break every once in a while, and this upcoming week will be no exception. Nothing special going on, unfortunately, but the rest
- [The Evangelical Left](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/the-evangelical-left/) - I say "evangelical," and what do you think? Perhaps the name George W. Bush comes to mind. Maybe Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson. And yes, Ted Haggard really is an evangelical. Then I tell you some new names. Jimmy Carter. Jim Wallis. Amy Sullivan. The first is rather more recognizable than the other two, but
- [Independent Candidates 2008: Blake Ashby](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/independent-candidates-2008-blake-ashby/) - In this chapter of the Independent Candidates 2008 series, I profile Blake Ashby. Ashby is a small business owner who lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Ashby worked for some Republican office holders in his early twenties, and for former U.S. Senator Jim Talent. He wrote a book following the evolution of liberalism, arguing that the
- [Bruised and Breathless](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/bruised-and-breathless/) - Well, I quite literally just got back from shooting a PSA in my college's town. The PSA is about talking to your 8-14 year olds about not drinking underage. In the PSA, I got to play the patient (who sadly dies). Most unluckily for me, the guy playing the doctor actually works at the hospital
- [Damage Control](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/damage-control/) - When the big stories hit, I prefer to sit back a little. This allows me to view the whole range of messages, and gather my thoughts. Then I can go back and have a completed, thorough, piece to present. The situation I speak of right now is, of course, Wrightgate (if it hasn't already been
- [The Year with No President](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/the-year-with-no-president/) - Well, apparently nobody is getting elected President this year. If you believe the comments made in the blogosphere over the past couple months, Barack Obama is screwed for associating with Rev. Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, Hillary Clinton is done for adding Geraldine Ferraro to her campaign, and John McCain is roasted turkey for accepting
- [Raining McCain](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/raining-mccain/) - They're definitely not the next American Idols, but the video is kind of catchy none-the-less: So, Obama's got his girl, and McCain now has three rooting for him. Now, where's Clinton's guy(s)? Come on, it has to happen eventually.
- [Exhaustion](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/exhaustion/) - I'd make an entry, but exhaustion precludes me from doing so. Bed time.
- [End Game](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/end-game/) - I was amused by the primary season for a while. More than that, I was interested in the exchange of ideas between the candidates. It was good, I thought, that no one candidate would get the nomination too easily. My amusement and interest has gone away. It is time for the Democrats to choose a
- [Sneezes, Sniffles, and Snots](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/sneezes-sniffles-and-snots/) - Wonderfully poetic, isn't it? Anyway, I've been sick during about the past 2 weeks or so. It started as a sore throat, but that's more or less gone away and been replaced with congestion, sneezing, coughing, and stuffed up and runny nose (yes, both). Add on post-nasal drip, and yea, it's bad. I'd consider sleeping
- [Less Sniffles and Future Plans](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/less-sniffles-and-future-plans/) - I'd continue maintaining that my lack of posting here was due to my sickness, and although it's partially true, I could at least get a few words in, I think. In any case, the first part of my entry title is true. They always say that sickness or medical injuries get worse before they get
- [Just Getting Started](https://dymersion.com/2008/03/just-getting-started/) - Am I prophetic, or what? Only a couple days after I get done saying how the fight between the Dems is allowing John McCain to start the general election with a lead, he makes his first move. A lot of people are saying the ad appears to be targeted toward Obama, and that McCain assumes
- [Lieberman and 100 Years](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/lieberman-and-100-years/) - Just when I thought I was getting sick of writing about the events of the primary season, a class assignment recharges my enthusiasm. So, for the first time, cross-posted from class. Over at Firedoglake, Jane Hamsher says that Senator Joe Lieberman has stabbed Barack Obama in the back. Lieberman recently appeared on Fox News and
- [The Fonda Endorsement](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/the-fonda-endorsement/) - The LA Times has reported that actress and former anti-Vietnam war activist Jane Fonda has endorsed Barack Obama. This endorsement is not surprising in itself, nor is it the first time a liberal like Fonda has given their nod to Obama. However, some people, such as Michael van der Galien over at Poligazette, have a
- [The Job that Kills Ya](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/the-job-that-kills-ya/) - They say that what you do for work is going to kill you, so could that be true with blogging? The New York Times thinks so. Apparently their reasoning is because some prominent bloggers have ended up with medical conditions that have killed them: Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held
- [UConn Not Looking Good](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/uconn-not-looking-good/) - Update 9:07pm: Hmm. If there's anything I can say, it's that they didn't get destroyed. Lost by 9. Oh boy. I'm watching the game right now, and it's not looking good for my home state team, UConn, right now. They've been down since at least shortly before the half, and haven't caught up since. They've
- [Nothing](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/nothing/) - This is my "I was too lazy to write something tonight, look for something tomorrow" entry.
- [Productivity](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/productivity/) - Well, I know one sign that my cold/allergies/upper respiratory infection is more or less gone. More productivity! Last week and the week before were pretty much marked by a general unwillingness to do stuff. Sure, I got stuff done - a rough draft of a PSA I'm working on for a competition, among other things
- [20/20](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/2020/) - I would like to take a moment to quote that oft-quoted quote: "Hindsight is 20/20." In this case, it's about college choices. Lets go back to the beginning: In my Freshman year, my first ever political science teacher made the suggestion that I consider double majoring in the subject along with communications. I did consider
- [Independent Candidates 2008: Steve Adams](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/independent-candidates-2008-steve-adams/) - I'm going to be changing things up a bit for IC 2008. I will no longer list the issues and the candidate's stance on them. They have websites. You can see for yourselves. I will continue to analyize them, however. For the first time in the IC 2008 series, the one I've picked to analyze
- [WordPress 2.5 & Return of the Client](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/wordpress-25-return-of-the-client/) - It is here, my friends, at long last. One of the things that always bugged me at WordPress was how cluttered it was. It was difficult to navigate, and just looked all sorts of messy. The developers at WordPress have switched things up with 2.5. Gone is the day of a messy admin layout, and
- [Vegas 2008: Before the Fun](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-before-the-fun/) - As you can see from above, I am packing for the trip. In a little over 5 hours from now, I will be heading across campus to board the van taking the group of us to the airport. I must say, though, packing is and always will be a pain. You're constantly have a list
- [Vegas 2008: Day 1 Sunrise](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-day-1-sunrise/) - As promised, an entry from the airport. This one a sunrise shot from my home airport. The photo doesn't do it justice. It was more beautiful in person. Oh early flights... Back later.
- [The Small Town Man](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/the-small-town-man/) - Oh, the wonders of wonders. There is a wireless connection emendating somewhere from the cabin. Where, I don't know, and I'm not trying to connect to it. Anyway, as sleep is proving kind of unattainable at the moment, I figure, why not blog? In the latest election flap, Hillary Clinton is calling Barack Obama out
- [Vegas 2008: Making Money with Video Podcasting](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-making-money-with-video-podcasting/) - In my next entry, I'll talk about my experience at the session this morning with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. But first, making money on YouTube and other services. As readers know, I've done a few video blog entries for Dymersion. Outside of that, the club I'm in is currently putting up its news packages
- [Vegas 2008: Finally Here](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-finally-here/) - Well, I'm finally here. After not being able to check in early (which is obvious), we headed to the convention (photos later). I don't know what I liked more: the massive amount of vendors there, or getting free lunch. I'll have to say free lunch, because any free lunch is a good lunch. We had
- [Vegas 2008: NAB Days 2 & 3](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-nab-days-2-3/) - I'm beginning to understand how being in Vegas can prevent one from doing blogging. I never talked about the Lost producers interview. Very quickly, it was pretty cool. Cynthia Littleton from Variety interviewed Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse about producing the show. Basically, it was all about the challenges of producing a show such as
- [Vegas 2008: Avid](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-avid/) - I'm a little disappointed right now. I was hoping to sign up for an Avid training session today, only to come to the convention center and find out that they're not here. They also didn't come to NAB, but neither did Apple; yet, they decided to show up for BEA. I hate conspiracy theories, but
- [Vegas 2008: Nightlife](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/vegas-2008-nightlife/) - Being delayed at an airport seems a perfect time to write a blog entry. I want to talk briefly about my time at night in Vegas, but first, a follow-up to yesterday's entry. I was talking with one of my professors today, and he pretty much seconded the theory I gave yesterday about Avid. When
- [The Battle Hymn and the Centrists](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/the-battle-hymn-and-the-centrists/) - According to the commenters over at Michelle Malkin's blog (but not necessarily Michelle herself), you have to be a conservative to appreciate the song played for the arrival of the Pope at the White House, the Civil War-era patriotic song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The highly religiously themed song seems appropriate to welcome a
- [Save the Earth and Capitalism](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/save-the-earth-and-capitalism/) - If there's anything that frightens the bejeebus out of a lot of people on the far right, it's a fear that the tactics of environmentalists will destroy capitalism and have communism marching to our doorsteps. That some people haven't left the days of the red scare is not so surprising to me, yet it's a
- [The Deal](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/the-deal/) - I don't have much time to write tonight, but I'll stop my work long enough to say this: If I have to see the phrase, "close the deal" one more time, I may blow my top off! Can't the blogosphere and media come up with a new phrase? I thought it was clever the first
- [Busy Week](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/busy-week/) - And indeed it was, and you might have noticed no posts since Wednesday. That's because on Thursday I had classes, then had to finish editing a package, do an editorial for News 22, and finally set up for our celebrity edition of Eastern Expedition. You may be thinking, "Celebrity, you say? What celebrity goes to
- [Stop the Presses!](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/stop-the-presses/) - Why? Because I'm agreeing with Glenn Beck, which means the world must be falling? Why am I agreeing with Beck today? Because he's making a lot of sense on oil and alternative fuels. I'm a supporter of a range of options for alternative fuels, because I believe one company or the government trying to decide
- [Gas Tax Holiday](https://dymersion.com/2008/04/gas-tax-holiday/) - Kudos to Obama for being against and a wag of my finger (sorry Colbert; couldn't think of another phrase) to Clinton and McCain for being for this gas tax holiday idea. Don't be fooled; the idea may seem cool at first, but consider what it really means. The federal gas tax is roughly 18 cents
- [Hillary on O'Reilly](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/hillary-on-oreilly/) - Coming on the heels of Barack Obama's appearance on Fox News, Hillary Clinton appeared on The O'Reilly Factor last night. I didn't get a chance to see the Obama interview, but read he composed himself well, better than the pre-Pennsylvania debate. I did get a chance to see the Clinton interview, and was impressed. Anyone
- [Indiana and North Carolina](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/indiana-and-north-carolina/) - What can I say that nobody else has? I'll do a round-up of analysis on the widely ranging polls out there. The Moderate Voice is finding a range of polls...everything from Obama is going to do badly, to he's going to do pretty nicely. Here's some posts: He's Rebounding He's Hurt Among Independents and Dems
- [Whammo!](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/whammo/) - On the eve of Indiana and North Carolina, Clinton goes negative on Obama: [ed note: old video is now private] Obama responds: [ed note: old video has been removed on YouTube] Personally, I think both ads are really equally negative (and Obama needs to be seen as being able to fight back), but I'm more
- [My Final Duo Tuesday Appeal for Direction](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/my-final-duo-tuesday-appeal-for-direction/) - Indiana and North Carolina, listen up! I like politics. I really do. I love learning about what the politicians in my state and the federal government are doing. I love analyzing the bills that came before them, and deciding if they're good or bad. I love following elections, especially ones that rejuvenate the American interest
- [Obama Wins NC, but Indiana Spread Keeps Shrinking](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/obama-wins-nc-but-indiana-spread-keeps-shrinking/) - Hillary Clinton can't be feeling very good right now. I intended to start this entry two minutes ago, but then decided to make dinner first real quick. Two minutes ago, she was up six in Indiana. I come back, and she's only up four now! This is absolutely amazing. After all the vicious Jeremiah Wright
- [Down to Two](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/down-to-two/) - Last time I posted, they were split by 4. Now, part of Gary, Indiana has come in, and Obama's now down by only 2. The commentators keep speaking about a possible turnover, if Obama gets Lake County big time, but I'm going to think more realistically. Look, in real votes, Obama has been skirting the
- [She Cancels Public Appearances?](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/she-cancels-public-appearances/) - Note: I'm STILL skeptical of a loss for her in Indiana. Talking Points Memo says that Clinton has canceled all her public appearances tomorrow. Now, I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but the last time a big name canceled all public appearances in an attempt to sway people to their side, HD-DVD went under a
- [We're Counting 11,000 Votes](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/were-counting-11000-votes/) - Now, as I said a few minutes ago, I don't usually buy into conspiracy theories, but when somebody can't answer a simple question about why Lake County didn't start reporting its results earlier, I grow suspicious. A couple minutes ago, CNN's John King asked Gary, Indiana mayor Rudy Clay three times why Lake County hasn't
- [Moderation, Obama, Moderation](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/moderation-obama-moderation/) - As we wait for voters in West Virginia to vote, and for those polls to close, there's something that is obvious about today, if you follow polls and the news, anyway: Obama's going to lose, and pretty badly. Of course, you have to take everything with a grain of salt, but if what everybody says
- [Dan Abrams: Shouldn't Obama Supporters Just Swallow Their Pride?](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/dan-abrahms-shouldnt-obama-supporters/) - Dan Abrams is making the case for an Obama-Clinton ticket, noting the intense rivalry between the two candidates, but particularly their supporters. In reference to Obama supporters disliking this ticket, he asks, "Shouldn't they just swallow their pride?" If it comes to it, I say yes. Deal with it; if Obama thinks it's good for
- [Battlestar!](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/battlestar/) - For the first time, cross-posted from my LiveJournal account, because the site was originally down for server transfer, and I really wanted to get this out. WARNING: Spoilers for the last episode of Battlestar Galactica. If you haven't seen it and you plan to see it, you might not want to read this. I just
- [Graduation](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/graduation/) - I'll post more about it later, but damn, it's something to have gotten to this day. I'm so excited, I can't get back to sleep! Blast! I'm trying for a few more minutes... More later, and probably pictures, too.
- [Thoughts for Kennedy](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/thoughts-for-kennedy/) - My thoughts go out to Senator Ted Kennedy and his family as he fights a malignant brain tumor. No matter what you think of the man's politics, a brain tumor is a horrible thing to have. Yet, whenever this happens, the fringe wackos on the other side of the aisle wish the person death. They
- [Graduation Redux](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/graduation-redux/) - Well now that I've officially become an alum of ECSU, I suppose it's time to briefly describe my actual graduation. I say briefly because, to be honest, it won't be the most memorable day of my life. First, I only got three hours of sleep, so the entire day is one big blur that I
- [Cars and Guns](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/cars-and-guns/) - Now, I'm a second amendment supporter, as in, the personal freedom interpretation of the second amendment. I wouldn't support any "militia-only" interpretation of it. But some people ought to go out and buy some tin foil, so they can make themselves a hat. Like the commenters here at Michelle Malkin's place. Many of them are
- [The Other Primaries](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/the-other-primaries/) - As the Democratic primary season drags to the end of May and into June, other parties have already made decisions or are now making decisions as to who to run for their candidates. I'm a bit late on this, but in March, the members of the New American Independent Party chose Frank McNulty as their
- [Libertarian Party Debate Aftermath](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/libertarian-party-debate-aftermath/) - You know, I could have spent a lot of time typing up all the notes I took on what was said by the LP candidates at the debate...or I could just link you to this very awesome live-blogging coverage of it by Stephen Littau at The Liberty Papers. I've been reading their blog a bit,
- [Why the Libertarians Might be Important This Year](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/why-the-libertarians-might-be-important-this-year/) - The results are in, and one things that's not quite so surprising has happened: Bob Barr won the nomination for the Libertarian Party. It was widely speculated in the media that this would happen, but nobody who is actually paying attention (read: not the MSM) wanted to say anything until it did. So, Barr is
- [Worst Person](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/worst-person/) - I think Keith Olbermann has his winner for "Worst Person in the World" tomorrow night: Just "misspeaking" I assume? (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)
- [Happy Memorial Day](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/happy-memorial-day/) - Happy Memorial Day to everybody! No matter what you think of the two current wars we're in, or war in general, be sure to take time out today to think of, pray for, meditate on, talk about (whatever works for you) the soldiers who have sacrificed so much for this country! Thank you.
- [McClellan and 400](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/mcclellan-and-400/) - The big story of the day is former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book blasting the Bush administration, but first, a personal announcement. When I logged on to the blog control panel, the dashboard was nice enough to inform me I have 400 entries on this blog, and this makes number 401! Not
- [The Year of the Well Known](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/the-year-of-the-well-known/) - Well known candidates, in that the major third parties seem to be choosing them this year. First the Libertarian Party chooses former GOP Congressman Bob Barr to head their ticket, and now the Green Party seems to thinking along the same lines: choose somebody people have heard about. As Ballot Access reports, former Georgia Congresswoman
- [A McClellan Brief](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/a-mcclellan-brief/) - Two whole days of McClellan? People are dying in China during more aftershocks, Nepal becomes a Republic, a famous comedian dies, and the major networks give two days to McClellan? I guess possible major revelations from an administration insider are big, but I'm not sure they're two days worth. It's just - I know the
- [The DNC Meeting](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/the-dnc-meeting/) - I haven't said much on the matter of tomorrow's DNC Rules Committee meeting, other than stating I'm looking forward to the ruling. I'm a little torn on the issue. On one hand, the state parties did screw up by moving their primaries, and deserve a little punishment. On the other hand, I don't want the
- [Obama Quits Trinity UCC](https://dymersion.com/2008/05/obama-quits-trinity-ucc/) - The drama never ends, does it? Probably far too late to help him, Barack Obama has resigned from Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ. Unfortunately, this seems to be a pattern of Obama's - pulling ties with the things that hurt him far too late. I can understand his reasoning for doing it. The church
- [Comparing the Two](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/comparing-the-two/) - I was thinking of writing something like this at some point, but Andrew Sullivan does it so well himself, I'll link to it. I'm with him up until the part where he states his preference. I haven't yet decided this myself.
- [The Endgame](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-endgame/) - Taking the lion's share of the delegates, Hillary Clinton has won the nomination contest in Puerto Rico. Now only two more contests lie between now and, more or less, the end of the primary season. Barack Obama is said to be the likely winner of South Dakota and Montana, the final two states. According to
- [Independent Registration](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/independent-registration/) - To anybody who is a new voter this year, or plans on re-registering to vote for a new party or at a new address, be sure to pay attention when you go to register or re-register. I had to re-register, anyway, since I'm now back at home full time. When I registered before my first
- [Could He Pass the Mark Before the Polls are Closed?](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/could-he-pass-the-mark-before-the-polls-are-closed/) - I've been watching the delegate count for Barack Obama go up all day long. I don't know how accurate their estimate is, but CNN has Obama at 2113 right now (up from my 2111 report a few minutes ago). Other networks are being more conservative with their count; everyone else has him under 2110. However,
- [The End is Near](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-end-is-near/) - Would have posted this earlier, but I spent a great deal of the day preparing my online portfolio website. If you or your company need any video editing work done, you ought to check it out! Anyway, CNN is reporting Obama at 2111 delegates, MSNBC is reporting 2107, CBS News is reporting 2109, ABC News
- [And He Wins!](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/and-he-wins/) - Congratulations to Senator Barack Obama on a well deserved win! I'll post more about it, and what the future holds for both nominees, tomorrow.
- [Then Unending Clinton](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/then-unending-clinton/) - A quick note first. If what the news orgs are saying is true, that Clinton will leave the race by the end of the week, then good! More on that in a bit. Anyway, I'm happy I didn't post an extended entry on the last day of the primaries last night. Waiting until now has
- [A Soldier's Gift](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/a-soldiers-gift/) - This is a pretty beautiful story of what one soldier and his family have done to give two children a better life: One family that knows all about the blessing of adoption is Jed and Alice Moss. Jed has been in the Air Force for ten years and Alice is a homemaker and personal trainer.
- [What Will Hillary Say Tomorrow?](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/what-will-hillary-say-tomorrow/) - That is the question on everybody's mind today. I'm hoping for these things: 1) A call to unite behind Obama. 2) A call for her delegates to vote for Obama. 3) That she will fight to have Obama elected. My opinion of her will greatly improve if she does those three things. I think it's
- [Let the Healing Begin](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/let-the-healing-begin/) - Hillary Clinton said today just about everything I wanted her to say. That works for me! Now I have five months to decide who I want to be President. Today the general election season officially begins...
- [The Real Communism and Facism](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-real-communism-and-facism/) - Since the fall of the Soviet Union, liberals have had it tough. Anyone who dares says a phrase including the words "universal", "state-run", "government-run", or "social(ized)" have been demonized by some conservatives as communists. For these people, it seems that it gives them no greater joy than to label somebody in favor of, oh say,
- [Obama the "Anti-Christ", Clinton the "Bitch"](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/obama-the-anti-christ-clinton-the-bitch/) - Chew on this, Michelle Malkin. Equally vicious and despicable vitriol comes from both side, admit it. More on it later.
- [The Pros and Cons of Political Web Commentary](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-political-web-commentary/) - It seems that this day in age, simple commentary on a worldly issue is not the personal opinion of the person who wrote it. No! It must be a larger window into the mindset of where the comment was made. In this case, the places are website. It's irked me for some time that Bill
- [Birthplace Questioning Redux](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/birthplace-questioning-redux/) - For Heaven's sake. The country of origin trolls have woken up again, apparently. Here's my response. Just replace everything appropriately For Obama. First John McCain, and now Barack Obama. Newsflash, people. Having a name not common to this country doesn't mean you weren't born here.
- [I'm Voting Republican](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/im-voting-republican/) - I lol'd. Very well done satire, though it did get a little ridiculous toward the end. Anybody seen a "I'm Voting Democratic?" version of this? I might have to make one if not...
- [Habeas Corpus Ruling](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/habeas-corpus-ruling/) - And here I thought I was going to return to McCain today! Though he won't entirely be off the hook. See why later. As most ought to know by now, the Supreme Court today ruled 5-4 that detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba must be allowed to apply for a writ of
- [Tim Russert Dies](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/tim-russert-dies/) - Rest in peace, Tim Russert. I didn't see a whole lot of his reporting, but he seemed a pretty good journalist to me. That, and getting accused of bias from both sides of the aisle means you must be doing something right! So sad to die so young, though. :(
- [The End of the Obama Veepstakes?](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-end-of-the-obama-veepstakes/) - Relax, I don't have any dirt on a decision. But, now that you're here, take a look at this: Wow, what a good interview. Based on it alone, and given his military leadership experience, I hope he's on the shortest of short lists for Obama's VP.
- [Moving House](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/moving-house/) - For the fourth time in my life, I will be moving in the next month and a half. Not too far from my current home, so for any of my friends who come across this, don't worry. Times are tough, and to try and save some money, my family is combining business and residence into
- [The AP vs. The Blogosphere](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-ap-vs-the-blogosphere/) - Man oh man, there's a bunch of things I want to talk about this week, but first one of the foremost issues in my mind as of this point. Unless you've been living under a rock (and in this case you may have been), the Associated Press wants to charge people for using excerpts of
- [Back to Mac](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/back-to-mac/) - As I noted a few articles ago, I've kinda been ignoring John McCain in favor of covering the end of the Democratic primaries. But, with those over, and things somewhat quiet elsewhere, the time seems ripe to go back to him. John McCain, who I've always respected and liked a lot more than some other
- [Fear and Liberals](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/fear-and-liberals/) - Evoking fear as an emotion is apparently not a tactic reserved for Republicans in this election cycle. Why, you ask? Well, today the House passed an amendment to the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence (FISA) Act of 1975. Among the bills big points are an end to the warrantless wiretapping that has been such a scandal for
- [Oil and the Futures Market](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/oil-and-the-futures-market/) - There's been a lot of hoo haa recently in Congress and on some of the cable news networks about going after the speculators on the futures market. Some say that trading oil on this market is a large contributor to the recent spike in petroleum prices, and thus, gas prices. I'm going to be the
- [Ice Core Shows Past Massive Climate Change](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/ice-core-shows-past-massive-climate-change/) - A recent ice core study shows that during the last age, the Northern Hempishere briefly came out of it, before going back into it. According to the researchers, the first abrupt warming period beginning at 14,700 years ago lasted until about 12,900 years ago, when deep-freeze conditions returned for about 1,200 years before the onset
- [The Dissent of Heller](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-dissent-of-heller/) - Anybody who was considering starting up a rebellion against the feds can put away the drawing board now. For those of you not in the know, today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that private citizens can indeed own a gun for themselves for use in self defense and hunting. The case came due to a
- [Obama's Muslim Problem](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/obamas-muslim-problem/) - Geeze, this guy is starting to have a lot of "problems," isn't he? First it was "the Appalachain problem" and now it's his "Muslim problem." For those hiding under pebbles, his campaign seems to be actively trying to dispel that age old rumor that Barack Obama is a sooper-sekret Muslim. Anybody who's actually paying attention
- [Re-Categorization](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/re-categorization/) - When I started Dymersion I never intended to write quite as many political posts as I have. I consider myself a pretty big politics geek, but I never thought it'd vastly overtake the site in content. To put it in perspective, the biggest category on the site after ones having to do with politics is
- [Re-Configurement](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/re-configurement/) - So, while trying to think over the categorization issues, I ended up doing something I've been meaning to do for a while: change up the layout. There is now a navbar in the header, and I think it makes the site navigation much more user friendly than being shoved off to the side. I also
- [The Gullability of Some](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/the-gullability-of-some/) - Now, I'm all for everybody having their own opinions on something. I'm more for those opinions when they at least have some good research behind them. Do you own research, I say, and then your opinion is educated. So, it's a laugh when I see an inane comment at some forum, blog, or other medium
- [Barr: A Spoiler or Just Another Choice?](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/barr-a-spoiler-or-just-another-choice/) - Libertarian Presidential nominee Bob Barr, the former Republican Congressman from Georgia, is getting a lot of flack from his former party for daring to run. According to this New York Times article, party officials are trying to tell him, "Don't do it, Bob!": "'Well, gee, you might take votes from Senator McCain,'" Mr. Barr said
- [McCain: Gas Prices Won't Be Lower Soon](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/mccain-gas-prices-wont-be-lower-soon/) - Everyone's reporting on John McCain's lack of knowledge of current gas prices. I'll let Joe Gandelman over at TMV take that one. Yet, McCain's interview with OC Register Martin Wisckol included more than a revelation of a possible disconnect with the American public. I have my own issues with one of his other responses: Wiskol:
- [Writing at Poligazette](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/writing-at-poligazette/) - I've had Poligazette [ed: removed dead link] in my blogroll (right ->) for a while, and they've become one of my favorite blogs. Now I have even better news! I have been accepted as a writer at the site. What does this mean for Dymersion? Not much. It's easy for me to say this since
- [Independence Week 2008](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/independence-week-2008/) - With all that's gone on this weekend, I plum nearly forgot that Friday is Independence Day. Thus, today will be the start of Independence Week! For those who are new, I feel that the world is so full of bad news. War, crashes, natural diasters death, all that. And the media tends to pick up
- [IW 2008: Operation Smile](https://dymersion.com/2008/06/iw-2008-operation-smile/) - The first of this week's Independence Week articles shows that the U.S. military isn't completely defined by pre-emptive strikes against other countries. Happy News has been reporting for some time now Operation Smile. The group itself isn't part of the military, but a non-profit charity that aim to repair cleft lips and palates in children
- [IW 2008: Camels, Zebras Escape From Circus](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/iw-2008-camels-zebras-escape-from-circus/) - Independence Week just wouldn't be complete without celebrating the attempts of some group tryng to attain their freedom. Well, a group of circus camels and zebras tried just that today. From the AP via HappyNews: Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a
- [IW 2008: RIP Don S. Davis](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/iw-2008-rip-don-s-davis/) - Today's Independence Week post is dedicated to an actor who played a character who ensured Earth's own freedom for seven years, Don S. Davis. Gateworld reported two days ago that veteran actor Don S. Davis died Sunday of a heart attack. Davis played Major General/Lieutenant General George Hammond on Stargate SG-1 for seven years. Expecting
- [Today's JI Top Story: Obama 21 Points Ahead in CT.  Also: Sky is Blue.](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/todays-ji-top-story-obama-21-points-ahead-in-ct-also-sky-is-blue/) - Man, it must have been a slow news day in Connecticut (even though there were several other major stories). My local paper, the Journal Inquirer, decided to run a story about how a Quinnipiac University poll showed that Barack Obama is 21 points ahead in Connecticut. No, really? For anyone from Connecticut who's reading this,
- [26 Honored by Carnegie Hero Fund](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/26-honored-by-carnegie-hero-fund/) - Via Happy News, 26 heroes have been recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund. The fund, set of by Andrew Carnegie in 1904, honors people annually who have gone past the call of duty to save people from life threatening situations. This year's recipients include Marc Patterson, who forced a cougar to let go of a
- [Happy Independence Day!](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/happy-independence-day-2/) - Happy Independence Day to all! Have a great day celebrating America's birthday! Today's IW post will be up a little later.
- [America the Beautiful 2](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/america-the-beautiful-2/) - I was going to write something new for this year, but I was reading the one I wrote last year, and decided it would suffice: I love my country. I do. I may not agree with all the decisions the government makes, but that’s what makes this country great. The fact that we’re allowed to
- [Connecticut FARC Hostage Rescued](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/connecticut-farc-hostage-rescued/) - I forgot to write about this yesterday, but it made me very happy to know that Marc Gonsalvez of Bristol would be able to celebrate Indpendence Day with his family again after being rescued from FARC rebels in Colombia. Via the Hartford Courant: George Gonsalves was mowing his lawn Wednesday afternoon when he got the
- [Happy Birthday "Yankee Doodle"](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/happy-birthday-yankee-doodle/) - Just in time for the end of Independence Week, Yankee Doodle turns 250 years young today. Well, maybe. According to Happy News, three dates are likely for the song's creation, but nobody is quite sure which one is true: The original lyrics to one of America's best-known songs, one associated with the American Revolution, were
- [The Case for Divided Government](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/the-case-for-divided-government/) - Over at Poligazette, I try and make the case for divided government over unified government in the executive and legislative branches. Check it out.
- [The Bush Write-in Campaign](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/the-bush-write-in-campaign/) - Apparently offended by John McCain having the moniker "George Bush's third term" that some liberals give him, a website proposes actually giving the President a third term. Yes, we can vote for George W. Bush in 2008. We have the right to write in the name of our chosen candidate, regardless of whether or not he is officially on the
- [Repealing Discrimination](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/repealing-discrimination/) - For those not in the know (like I was not too long ago), the United States is one of only 12 countries to restrict people who have HIV/AIDS from immigrating or visiting the U.S. Those visiting or working have to get a waiver, and nobody with HIV can become a permanent resident. For more information,
- [A Dodd Vice Presidency?](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/a-dodd-vice-presidency/) - Maybe, but maybe not. The Journal Inquirer reported today the Chris Dodd was asked to supply some information to the Obama VP search committee: The former White House hopeful and Connecticut lawmaker indicated that he has been approached by the campaign. “There’s been some inquiries, yeah,” Dodd said. “They ask for a lot of stuff.
- [The Moving Chronicles: Keeping Clean for Showings](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/the-moving-chronicles-keeping-clean-for-showings/) - Overall, I try to keep my areas neat and clean. I've had varying levels of success doing it at home, but at college, I was actually pretty generally clean. At the very least, people could always come to my dorm room without having to walk in a pigsty. I've had roommates with rooms that were
- [Says Sessions](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/says-sessions/) - A couple days ago, I wrote about an amendment to the PEPFAR bill that would remove the HIV travel restrictions for visitors and immigrants to the U.S. Not everyone is having it: Purpose: To continue classifying HIV as a communicable disease of public health significance that renders an alien inadmissible to the United States. The
- [Are We A Nation of Whiners?](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/are-we-a-nation-of-whiners/) - Last Thursday, McCain campaign economic advisor Phil Gramm received a lot of flak for saying the following: "We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline," said the former Texas senator. "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental
- [Presidential Succession](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/presidential-succession/) - Like many people, I learned about Presidential succession in school, in the case that the President should die in office. It goes VP first, then Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, etc. Patrick Edaburn over at The Moderate Voice brings up an interesting point regarding succession, particularly about the two current
- [New American Independent Party & Frank McEnulty](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/new-american-independent-party-frank-mcenulty/) - Two parties have really caught my attention this year. The first, the Libertarian Party, with Bob Barr, I've written about to some extent. The second is the New American Independent Party and its candidate Frank McEnulty. Tomorrow's entry will provide more information about why I like his positions, but for the time being, check out
- [Why I Like NAIP Candidate Frank McEnulty](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/why-i-like-naip-candidate-frank-mcenulty/) - As I noted yesterday, I have recently become very interested in the New American Independent Party and their candidate, Frank McEnulty. Why? Well, out of every candidate I've researched thus far, McEnulty has positions that makes the most sense to me. The NAIP was started in 2004 on election day, so this is their first
- [One Reason for Dems to Like Lieberman: His Money](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/one-reason-for-dems-to-like-lieberman-his-money/) - My local newspaper reported today that Connecticut Independent Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman is raking in the money, despite not running for any office this year. The three-term senator has infuriated scores of Democrats by backing President Bush’s war policy in Iraq and by regularly hitting the campaign trail alongside the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, Sen.
- ["Wardrobe Malfunction" Fine Dropped](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/wardrobe-malfunction-fine-dropped/) - The New York Daily News is reported that federal appeals court has dropped the $550,000 fine against CBS for the "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl. The court found that the FCC fine for the "broadcast of a nine-sixteenths of one second glimpse of a bare female breast" deviated from its nearly 30-year practice
- [It's Not Robert Novak's Week](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/its-not-robert-novaks-week/) - Poor Robert Novak really is having a horrible week. If you don't remember him, he's the guy who first released the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson. A well known conservative columnist, here's an overview of how his week went from bad to worse. First Novak seems to get the scoop of the
- [Video Redux?](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/video-redux/) - As anyone who reads here knows, almost a year ago, I stopped uploading the home-made Dymersion Video episodes. Thereafter, I uploaded a couple editorials I did for my college's newscast. Then I stopped doing it altogether. I made no excuses for my actions. I stopped doing it mainly because I was lazy, and also it
- [Dymersion Radio: Barack Obama's Overseas Tour](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/dymersion-radio-barack-obamas-overseas-tour/) - Well, one goal from yesterday's entry is coming true. Although it's official purpose is as a test vehicle for Blog Talk Radio, to make sure my deck is shuffled in terms of the service, I will be using up to 15 minutes tonight to discuss Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe this
- [Dymersion Radio Test Update](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/dymersion-radio-test-update/) - Well, the test I did last night over at Blog Talk Radio was a success. Everything on their end worked perfectly, though I think I need to use a landline next time to get some better sound quality. I'd try using my microphone if there was a free way to do it. Fortunately for them,
- [Will Google Video Die?](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/will-google-video-die/) - As an avid uploader to YouTube during the school year, Google Video was of little interest to me. I've uploaded one video to there, but only because they accept videos that are longer. Then ten-minute time limit was imposed after I first signed up for YouTube, and thus my first account is grandfathered. However, when
- [The Sick Middlefield Brother and Sister](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/the-sick-middlefield-brother-and-sister/) - If you get the Courant, it'd today's top story. If not, the story is also here. Basic premise is that a brother and sister from Middlefield left their dead mother's body to rot in their Middlefield home for eight years, and visited her body bi-yearly for the entire time. I might have normally written about
- [One of These Pictures is Not Like the Rest](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/one-of-these-pictures-is-not/) - Brownie points if you can guess which one.
- [Happy Potter Teaser](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/happy-potter-teaser/) - I've never before been excited for a Harry Potter movie (as an avid fan of the books), but this may be about to change. The teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince was released today. Two words: fucking awesome. Note: This is a direct link to a quicktime player download for the trailer.
- [Moving Chronicles: Packing A Whole Store in Two Days](https://dymersion.com/2008/07/moving-chronicles-packing-a-whole-store-in-two-days/) - Back again with the Moving Chronicles. This time why packing my dad's store in two days is going to be interesting. Basically, this morning I arrive there, and he's talking to a guy who owns a moving company. He got a pretty good deal on a job...for Saturday morning. Long story short, the next two
- [Inactivity](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/inactivity/) - I'll be back later today with an entry. Unfortunately, this whole moving thing is taking more of my time then I'd like, so blogging comes second! For now, hop on over to Poligazette for some of my entries from yesterday.
- [The Moving Chronicles: The Rush](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/the-moving-chronicles-the-rush/) - You ever have a point where you're in a hurry to get something done because, I don't know, you're late on an assignment, family is coming over, or maybe a moving crew is arriving in half an hour!? The last one was me on Saturday morning. On Friday, we had basically gotten everything off most
- [Jobified](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/jobified/) - Well, good news has arrived. I have been offered a job and have accepted it. About a month ago, I was contacted by the CEO of TicketNetwork, a maker of software for secondary market ticket sellers that's based in Vernon. He was looking for a video editor. Well, fast forward a month and I have
- [Jobified 2](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/jobified-2/) - I'm starting a job tomorrow, and realized yesterday that I don't know who I'm reporting to first. Guess the old standby will do and report to my direct supervisor! That is all!
- [Card Carrying](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/card-carrying/) - Little did I realize when I donated $35 to the Libertarian Party recently that I was doing more than supporting the efforts of another party. What I didn't remember was that when you donate anything $25 or over, you actually become a card carrying member of the party. So, it surprised me today when I
- [Barr and the Election](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/barr-and-the-election/) - The Moderate Voice's Jazz Shaw has an excellent article up on Pajamas Media about whether or not Bob Barr will make an impact on the presidential race. Highly recommended read.
- [But Are They Ready to Lead?](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/but-are-they-ready-to-lead/) - Barack Obama recently responded to John McCain's "Celeb" ad suggesting that Obama was too a huge celebrity but not ready to lead. While I think the ad is effective in pointing out the hypocrisy of McCain calling him a celebrity, it's still a character attack, and I think the old adage "two wrongs don't make
- [Obama's "Book" Ad](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/obamas-book-ad/) - The "who can skew the facts more" contest continues between Barack Obama and John McCain. Today's contestant: A reformulation of "100 years" followed by blasting the Iraqis for...umm...rebuilding their country through their most valuable natural resource. Has Obama also been hiring Karl Rove proteges?
- [Thoughts on the Rick Warren Forum](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/thoughts-on-the-rick-warren-forum/) - Unfortunately, I came in late to the broadcast, and didn't make it back in time for a couple questions, but I was able to see a majority of it and was able to twitter a few notes from my seat. See you after the jump... The Questions The first thing I noticed was the wording
- [Are We Done Yet?](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/are-we-done-yet/) - So Barack Obama is a celebrity who likes to chomp on arugula, get buff at the gym, and like to gather crowds and make speeches around the world as if he's already President. So John McCain is a Hollywood and late night show favorite whose rich wife owns upwards of seven houses and likes to
- [Will McCain Pick an Outsider?](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/will-mccain-pick-an-outsider/) - Since most of the DemoConvention 2008 mania for today is yawn invoking, I just briefly wanted to offer up some thoughts on where I think John McCain might go in his Vice Presidential selection. Anyone who hasn't been on Mars (which ought to be nobody) in the last couple days knows that Barack Obama picked
- [DemoCon 2008: Mark Warner](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/democon-2008-mark-warner/) - Perhaps my time would be better spent further analyzing John McCain's VP prospects like I did last night. Although, what little I did see of Michelle Obama's speech last night sounded pretty good (more on her in the next entry). Tonight, the three biggies were Bob Casey (who I didn't get to see), Mark Warner
- [DemoCon 2008: Hillary Clinton](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/democon-2008-hillary-clinton/) - Down and down, a much better speech than the one Mark Warner gave. I was a little worried the whole thing was going to be about her when she spent eight minutes or so talking about herself. Yet, in context, it does make sense, I guess. Her goal was to convince her supporters to support
- [When History Makes the Latest Flap a Non-Story](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/when-history-makes-the-latest-flap-a-non-story/) - The "he's an elitist" story of the day is all about Barack Obama's plans to give his acceptance speech tomorrow in front of a replica of a wall of an ancient Greek temple, column, lintel, and all. Besides the fact that the entirety of Western culture largely owes its existence to the Greeks, those people
- [Jon Stewart Speaks on the Media](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/jon-stewart-speaks-on-the-media/) - I meant to write this yesterday, but I'm glad I waited until today, since I now have more material to reference. Basically, Jon Stewart sat down on Monday morning for breakfast with a bunch of journalists from all across the media spectrum and spoke about his disdain for cable news, and offered a warning to
- [Is Karl Rove Trying to Influence McCain VP Selection?](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/is-karl-rove-trying-to-influence-mccain-vp-selection/) - It's possible. The Politico is reporting that the Architect himself, Karl Rove, was the friend referred to in a column Robert Novak wrote today about Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). The column says a friend urged Lieberman to call McCain and withdrawal himself for consideration for running mate. First the Novak column: Reports of strong support
- [Convention Night](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/convention-night/) - Ads like these are why I remain an undecided voter in this election:
- [McCain's VP Selection Headache](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/mccains-vp-selection-headache/) - If the stakes were high for the Democrats - what with having to unify the party and all - the stakes are undeniably higher for the Republicans. Why? John McCain's selection of Vice President could have the effect of creating disunity among the Republicans. The Republicans can't chance that, seeing as how they've been relatively
- [The Game-Changing Election](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/the-game-changing-election/) - Amongst all the hoopla about whether or not Sarah Palin was the right choice for John McCain's running mate, I have yet to see one sentiment expressed. When Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination in June, it was said to be historic. Yet, at that time, and up until this morning, changing the face of
- [The Unknown Factor - Palin](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/the-unknown-factor-palin/) - Depending on who you support, John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for his Vice Presidential running mate is either the best or worst thing since sliced bread. The truth, I think, may not be so clear cut. It's been about 36 hours since John McCain made his announcement that he chose Palin. While she definitely
- [McCain's Veep Vetting Journey](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/mccains-veep-vetting-journey/) - The New York Times has a story up chronicling the journey of Sen. John McCain's Vice Presidential selection. I still stand by my decision to not post my full opinion on the choice until after Palin's speech this week, so I'll let you all take the story as you will in the comments.
- [Stretching the Resume](https://dymersion.com/2008/08/stretching-the-resume/) - Gov. Palin doesn't have to even speak about her political experience; fellow Republicans do it for her. However, some could find themselves with foot-in-mouth syndrome.In The Weekly Standard, Newt Gingrich explains how Palin's experience trumps Obama's: She has 13 years in elected office By any practical standard she has done far more in the real
- [Is Reuters Going Downhill Like the AP?](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/is-reuters-going-downhill-like-the-ap/) - With all the reports going around about a month ago about the Associated Press taking a decidedly different approach in their reporting - namely one that mixes in judgement calls with facts, and thus limiting objectivity - it seemed like the world would have to look somewhere differently from a source of objective reporting. How
- [The One Who Has Been Executive Most](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/the-one-who-has-been-executive-most/) - Am I the only one who thinks John McCain has to be cringing every time a Republican speaks about how much executive experience Sarah Palin has? You know, considering that he, like Barack Obama and Joe Biden, have none of which to speak? Following the talking points, Rudy Giuliani made this argument tonight. You know,
- [Welcome to 2008, Liberals](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/welcome-to-2008-liberals/) - Welcome to 2008, where gender roles have broken down. Where women can become businesspeople and Vice Presidential candidates. Where men can cook and clean the house. A year and in a country, where if you try hard enough, you can do anything. My point? Todd Palin can take care of Trig when Sarah is doing
- [Palin Speech](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/palin-speech/) - For the most part, I found it comparable to Joe Biden's speech. It did what it was meant to do, attack the other side's candidate. Although, Palin also had to introduce herself, which I think she did well. McCain is about to speak, so I can't get into specifics right now, but I have two
- [McCain Speech](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/mccain-speech/) - I need a laptop again so I can "liveblog" these things. Oh well. I was able to Twitter some notes again. First things first: I think this speech was one of McCain's better ones. He's done worse, and prepared speaking has never been his strong point. He did well tonight. He said many things I
- [Palin's Reverend Wright?](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/palins-reverend-wright/) - I've seen a couple stories flying around the blogosphere regarding one of the pastors at Gov. Sarah Palin's current church, the Wasilla Bible Church. Up until six years ago, Palin was part of the Wasilla Assembly of God, a Pentecostal church. The stories that have gone around largely involve Larry Kroon, the Senior Pastor at
- [Check Those Facts!](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/check-those-facts/) - I haven't given myself enough opportunities to visit the tireless researchers at factcheck.org, but I think that may change as the election draws near. Most especially, the debates will provide plenty of material on both sides for them. Here's a few "facts" used by McCain or Obama that have been checked. Education: First, an ad
- [Karl Rove Warns Obama and McCain Over Ads](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/karl-rove-warns-obama-and-mccain-over-ads/) - Karl Rove today warned both the Obama and McCain camps over statements they have made in recent ads must check out on the fact meter, or they will risk hurting themselves. On Obama: The ex-White House deputy chief of staff also said Obama is fair in suggesting that McCain is a longtime Washington insider —
- [Bush Derrangement Syndrome and Pakistan](https://dymersion.com/2008/09/bush-derrangement-syndrome-and-pakistan/) - I like to read blogs from left, right, and center. On a normal day, I can just barely stomach some of the vile from two blogs I read that are pretty far left and pretty far right. So, I gagged a little when I saw the following kicker from Firedoglake: While George is turning up
- [The Case for an October Surprise Sooner Than Later](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/the-case-for-an-october-surprise-sooner-than-later/) - (Cross-posted from Poligazette) Earlier, our own Michael van der Galien wrote about the switch in the McCain campaign to attacks on Barack Obama's character, judgement, and associations. In particular, he discussed Sarah Palin's questioning of Obama's past associations with domestic terrorist William Ayers. I seriously hope that 'questions' are not all the McCain campaign has.
- [The Alaskan Independence Party and Palin](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/the-alaskan-independence-party-and-palin/) - There's been much hoopla around the blogosphere in recent days about Barack Obama's questionable associations with domestic terrorist William Ayers. Seems that there is bad judgment there at best. But what about Sarah Palin's associations with the Alaska Independence Party? Is her various levels of association with them not just as bad judgment? The AIP's
- [The Gloves Come Off](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/the-gloves-come-off/) - If you've noticed in my past couple posts, I've skewered both John McCain and Barack Obama. I will continue doing so until the election. Both have much to account for and each day that goes by makes my choice to vote for Bob Barr much easier. The gloves are off.
- [SNL VP Debate](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/snl-vp-debate/) - The crew at Saturday Night Live has, I think, outdone themselves again. If the Palin/Clinton speech and Couric interview skits were comedy gold, their take on the VP debate went to a whole new level. They parodied both Biden and Palin mercilessly.
- [Why I Will Vote Third Party](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/why-i-will-vote-third-party/) - It's amazing how things can change in a matter of hours, isn't it? Mere hours ago, I was pondering my options for the future, given John McCain and Barack Obama's contempt for their critics. Yesterday, Sarah Palin brought up the Obama-William Ayers connection , saying Obama was "palling around with terrorists." Then hours ago, Politico
- [Debate 3 Analysis or The Reaction of My Father](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/debate-3-analysis-or-the-reaction-of-my-father/) - Basically, I think this debate was not much different than the last two. There were some good points brought up by both sides, however. John McCain did better in this debate that the last two, and made a good attempt at defining his economic stances, and calling on Obama to explain his connections. Obama, meanwhile,
- [What's Next for the Republicans](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/whats-next-for-the-republicans/) - Assuming they lost on November 4th, what is next for the Republican party? Culture 11 writer Conor Friedersdorf argues over at The Next Right that the best Republicans can hope for is an overambitious Obama administration that would usher in a 1994-style Republican revolution. Friedersdorf argues that while an Obama administration may bring a better
- [Obama Not Going for Complacency](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/obama-not-going-for-complacency/) - About a week ago, I wrote an entry warning the two major candidates to not become cocky (in Barack Obama's case), depressed (in John McCain's case), or downright complacent, given the "inevitability" of an Obama win. Now obviously, I didn't actually think this was going to happen, but Barack Obama said something the other day
- [Still Waiting for Those Medical Records](https://dymersion.com/2008/10/still-waiting-for-those-medical-records/) - I figured the time was ripe to say it again. Biden. Palin. Medical records please.
- [The Moving Chronicles: Long Time, No Update](https://dymersion.com/2008/11/the-moving-chronicles-long-time-no-update/) - Wow! Almost four months since I last updated this series. Back on July 31, we had just bought the new building and I was talking about having to pack everything in order to move it. That was three months and 22 days ago. Back then, our house had been on the market for a little
- [Sullivan's PDR](https://dymersion.com/2008/12/sullivans-pdr/) - Too bad it takes his assistant Patrick Appel to point it out: While signing off, Andrew mentioned the months long argument he and I have had with regard to Sarah Palin's fifth child. I am the only other person who has read all the obstetrician interviews, the interview with a reporter at the scene, and
- [The American Nepotist Class](https://dymersion.com/2008/12/the-american-nepotist-class/) - A nepotistic-like succession of Caroline Kennedy to the likely soon-to-be-vacated seat of Senator Hillary Clinton doesn't seem to be garnering much support, at least amongst those in the blogosphere. The idea of expanding the Kennedy dynasty...just because...isn't appealing to people. Glenn Greenwald wrote last week: The Senate alone -- to say nothing of the House
- [Is Religion Inescapable?](https://dymersion.com/2008/12/is-religion-inescapable/) - That seems to be the argument David Hume is making over at The Secular Right: The fact is that religious traditions are a part of human culture, and they interact with ostensibly non-religious parts of human culture. To extirpate all that is religious from one’s life is to extirpate human culture. The post is about
- [Voters Remorse from the Left](https://dymersion.com/2008/12/voters-remorse-from-the-left/) - The liberal base and far-left are unhappy that they're not getting the sufficiently liberal president they wanted. Sorry to be snarky, but excuse me if I don't give you my sympathy. If you'd been paying attention during the election, you might have seen that the man you thought was going to bring about a renewal
- [The Exercising Presidents](https://dymersion.com/2008/12/the-exercising-presidents/) - I don't often agree with Michelle Malkin, but occasionally I do. Today she has an article comparing the criticism from some on the left regarding President Bush's lengthy workout regimen versus the praise for Barack Obama's similarly time consuming routine. While I agree with Michelle regarding the hypocrisy from the left, I think she's cherry
- [Food for Thought](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/food-for-thought/) - As I take a break from packing for a work trip I'll be on next week, I've been reading tons of blog posts around the Internet about this latest Israeli-Palestinian war. Then I saw this comment by our own Jason Steck. The following is the portion that piqued my interest: If the Palestinians had elected
- [Fighting Against Violent Leftists](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/fighting-against-violent-leftists/) - Via Ed Morrissey at Hot Air is the story of a liberal social activist who became an informant for the FBI and helped stop a plot to make (and presumably use) firebombs during the Republican National Convention in September. From the Statesman: In a federal courtroom in Minneapolis this month, the public transformation of Brandon
- [Lower Taxes+More Spending?  Sounds Familiar...](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/lower-taxesmore-spending-sounds-familiar/) - The following is a post which I hadn't yet cross-posted from Poligazette. It was originally posted there January 11th. It seems like we're in for more of the same, in terms of taxes and spending, anyway. As Michael noted the other day, Obama has warned of an increase in the deficit for years to come.
- [The Politics of 24](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/the-politics-of-24/) - The following is an entry I hadn't yet cross-posted from Poligazette. It was originally posted January 11th. Season seven of 24 begins tonight, so I thought it was an appropriate time to discuss it. For years it has been slammed by anti-torture activists as a show that could only be produced during the Bush years,
- [Don't Let Geithner Off the Hook](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/dont-let-geithner-off-the-hook/) - The following is an entry I hadn't yet cross-posted from Poligazette. It was orginally posted January 16th. So what would happen if I didn't pay my Social Security and Medicare taxes for four years straight? I'd probably see a lot of bars around me. And not the type that serve alcohol. If you're Timothy Geithner,
- [Geithner Watch: Little Republican Opposition](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/geithner-watch-little-republican-opposition/) - The following is cross-posted from Poligazette. Loyal opposition? What loyal opposition? According to Reuters, Senator Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, says there is little opposition to Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner from his side of the aisle: "From talking to my colleagues on the Republican side, and I haven't talked
- [Best Wishes, Mr. President](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/best-wishes-mr-president/) - Yes, I say it now, though it's not yet official. I'll be at work tomorrow morning when it all goes down, so I won't have the opportunity to blog my best wishes them. But it's also applicable because this post is two-pronged. First, I'd like to grant best wishes to the current President, George W.
- [Obama Opens up Presidential Records; Some Conservatives Forget History](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/obama-opens-up-presidential-records-some-conservatives-forget-history/) - The article was originally posted at Poligazette. As Michael noted earlier today, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order on Wednesday the essentially revoked Executive Order 13233, written by former President George W. Bush in November 2001. 13233 is particularly notable as it essentially made the incumbent president the just about nearly the only decision
- [Fighting a Cold the Right Way](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/fighting-a-cold-the-right-way/) - So I've had a cold going on more than two weeks now. This is nothing new to me. As a sufferer of Crohn's Disease, taking the immosuppresent Imuran to combat it, I've grown to accept that whatever I get is typically a magnitude worse than most people and lasts longer as well. Yet, about two
- [Keeping Track of the Promises](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/keeping-track-of-the-promises/) - This article was cross-posted from Poligazette. Presidential candidates say a lot of things during their long campaigns. Some of it only turns out to be rhetoric, others must pass through the halls of Congress, but don't, and yet other promises are kept. Still, with so many made during such a long period, it can be
- [The Definition of Liberal](https://dymersion.com/2009/01/the-definition-of-liberal/) - This article was cross-posted from Poligazette. Andrew Sullivan has been included on Forbes' list of "25 Most Influential Liberals," and he's making a case as to why this just isn't true: For the record, I support a flat tax and, as my liberal readers know, find progressive taxation unjust and counter-productive; I'm skeptical of universal
- [The Medical Free Market: Is Safety or Choice a Priority?](https://dymersion.com/2009/02/the-medical-free-market-is-safety-or-choice-a-priority/) - This article was originally posted on Poligazette. Watching CSI: Miami on Monday, I was intrigued by a question: Do state mandated safety regulations trump free market choice in the medical field? Or should consumers be allowed to choose to undergo a medical procedure that might cost less than what you could get at a hospital,
- [My Kind of Atheist](https://dymersion.com/2009/02/my-kind-of-atheist/) - This article was cross-posted from Poligazette. In the past, I've written about 'militant atheists," or those type of atheists who spend their time ridiculing and disrespecting believers for their beliefs. But, I've also taken pains to point out that not all atheists are this way. Not all of them going around laughing at Christians, Muslims,
- [Eco-TERRORIST Sentenced and...Wait, They're Not Sending Her to Guantanamo?](https://dymersion.com/2009/02/eco-terrorist-sentenced-andwait-theyre-not-sending-her-to-guantanamo/) - This article was cross-posted from Poligazette. And before you ask, yes, I had a lot of fun writing it. CBS News reports that radical eco-activist Marie Mason has been sentenced to 22 years on charges of arson, setting off an explosive fire in 1999 at Michigan State University's Agricultural Hall. Here's the details: At MSU,
- [Masking LCD Monitor Scan Lines in Adobe Premiere](https://dymersion.com/2009/02/masking-lcd-monitor-scan-lines-in-adobe-premiere/) - So I'm working a project at work that requires me to show website material on top of the people on camera. Well, after several failures with screencap programs (the text was far too small), I decided just to shoot the screen with my camera. The problem came when I needed to put it in to
- [Rush at CPAC](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/rush-at-cpac/) - Ah nothing like my lunch hour during a work-at-home day to blog. So I finally got an opportunity to listen to Rush Limbaugh's speech at CPAC. I haven't heard much Rush before, so going into it I was prepared to hate it all. Coming out of it, I didn't hate it, but also didn't find
- [Wait...Moderates are Suddenly Surprised?](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/waitmoderates-are-suddenly-surprised/) - I've spent a little bit of time these past couple months lecturing liberals for their whining about President Barack Obama's foreign policy. They didn't pay attention to his campaign, I said, hoping that all his tough talk about Afghanistan and Pakistan was just that: talk. Now, as much as I don't want to, I feel
- [Mother/Doctors of Pregnant Nine Year Old Excommunicated from Catholic Church](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/motherdoctors-of-pregnant-nine-year-old-excommunicated-from-catholic-church/) - I'm so glad the Catholic Church has got its priorities straight here. A nine year old girl from Brazil was raped by her father and became pregnant as a result. The mother opted for an abortion at 15 weeks as her doctors believed her life to be in danger. Then the church steps in and
- [Connecticut Legislator Introduces Bill to Re-organize Catholic Parish Administration](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/connecticut-legislator-introduces-bill-to-re-organize-catholic-parish-administration/) - This one is interesting if only because it's happening in my backyard. Via The Secular Right, a state legislator (technically, a whole committee, via a Connecticut General Assembly procedure) has introduced a bill that would effectively strip administrative control of Connecticut's Roman Catholic parishes away from their bishops and transfer it to a board of
- [My Kind of Atheist, Part II](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/my-kind-of-atheist-part-ii/) - I've always felt that in order to be able to effectively join the debate on religion (no matter which side you support), you must at least try understand both sides. It makes you appear more credible if you know what they're talking about. One atheist, Cambridge professor Matthew Kramer, has spent a better part of
- [Where the Funny Is, Will the Comedians Go?](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/where-the-funny-is-will-the-comedians-go/) - (Cross-posted from Poligazette) There has been some concern, and rightly so I think, that the late night comedians: the Jon Stewarts, Stephen Colberts, and David Lettermans of the world would fail to criticize and satirize the new President once he got into office. Jazz Shaw, writing for Pajamas Media, thinks that although the pace has
- [Clarence Thomas and the Drug Company Ruling: Not Exactly Liberal](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/clarence-thomas-and-the-drug-company-ruling-not-exactly-liberal/) - (Cross-posted from Poligazette) Liberals are shocked! Shocked, I tell you. Why? Well, a recent Supreme Court concurring opinion to a ruling that will allow patients to sue drug companies for injuries related to the drugs was written by none other than Clarence Thomas, that avowedly conservative justice. Of course, without even having to read his
- [The Freeman Withdrawal and the 'Team of Rivals'](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/the-freeman-withdrawal-and-the-team-of-rivals/) - Former Ambassador Charles Freeman withdrew his name from consideration yesterday after controversy arose regarding some of his positions on Israel, and financial ties to Saudi Arabia and China, through his position on the board of a Chinese oil exploration company and an allegedly Saudi funded Middle East policy group. More change in Washington, I see.
- [Bible Study](https://dymersion.com/2009/03/bible-study/) - I wasn't raised in a particularly religious household. My father is more or less a deist and takes issue with the theological positions of the more religiously devout. My mother, like myself, was baptized as a Congregationalist Protestant, and holds slightly stronger religious views than my father. Yet, except for a short period during some
- [My New Local Politics Fix](https://dymersion.com/2009/04/my-new-local-politics-fix/) - It appears there's an unofficial messageboard for Manchester politics. My dad found this place in a newspaper letter to the editor tonight. Basically, it hosts a bunch of Manchester politicians debating amongst themselves the issues of the town. Check it out: http://manchestertalk.proboards.com/index.cgi
- [The 'Ol Specteroo](https://dymersion.com/2009/04/the-ol-specteroo/) - In Michael's article [ed: removed dead link] on the Specter cross-over, regular reader c3 asks: Just for the sake of discussion. How is this different than what Joe Leiberman did? I think what's different between Specter and Lieberman is that, as far as I know, Lieberman hasn't flipped-flopped between saying one thing and then doing
- [Education in America: Why Both School Choice and Improvements in Public Education Are Needed](https://dymersion.com/2009/05/education-in-america-why-both-school-choice-and-improvements-in-public-education-are-needed/) - I just finished reading Michael van der Galien's article at Poligazette [ed: removed dead link] and at Hot Air's Green Room on the Obama administration's plans to spend over $100 billion from the stimulus bill on education reform. I've also read Andrew J. Rotherham's article at US News where he suggests the efforts the administration
- [The Infraction Tax](https://dymersion.com/2009/05/the-infraction-tax/) - So today the road in front of my house was full of police. No, they weren't there to investigate a crime. Well, sort of, but more in a minute. However, the crime wasn't one of murder or even robbery. No, the police were there to look out for cars, and specifically, drivers in those cars.
- [The Future Electoral Fortunes of the Democratic Party](https://dymersion.com/2009/05/the-future-electoral-fortunes-of-the-democratic-party/) - We're hearing a lot these days about the Republican Party. We hear/read about where they're were. We hear a lot about where they're supposedly going. Then we hear a lot about where they should be going, which is different depending on your exact political views. It's all exciting debate, and one that is necessary to
- [Although it's a fool's errand to prognosticate the Supreme Court's ruling, nobody should get their hopes too high](https://dymersion.com/2013/03/although-its-fools-errand-to-prognosticate-the-supreme-courts-ruling-nobody-should-get-their-hopes-too-high/) - The media and commentators once again already know the ruling in the Prop 8 case, even before the justices do.
- [A thought on how memories are created](https://dymersion.com/2013/05/a-thought-on-how-memories-are-created/) - In which I muse on how the creation of certain memories is like filling a container with liquid.
- [Whatever happens today, please stay calm](https://dymersion.com/2013/06/whatever-happens-today-please-stay-calm/) - An appeal to all sides of the gay marriage debate to stay calm and focused after tomorrow's ruling.
- [Independence Week 2013: Arizona Firefighters](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-arizona-firefighters/) - For the start of Independence Week 2013, I honor the fallen firefighters who battled a blaze in Arizona.
- [Independence Week 2013: Autistic Girl's Paintings Stun World](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-autistic-girls-paintings-stun-world/) - An autistic girl from the UK has stunned art fans worldwide with her unique paintings.
- [Independence Week 2013: Egypt](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-egypt/) - Independence Week 2013 cannot go by without highlighting the Egyptians fighting for freedom from theocracy.
- [Happy Independence Day!](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/happy-independence-day-3/) - America celebrates its 237th birthday.
- [Independence Week 2013: Roger Sherman](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-roger-sherman/) - On Independence Day, I feature Continental Congress delegate Roger Sherman of Connecticut, who helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
- [Independence Week 2013: Bill and Melinda Gates](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-bill-and-melinda-gates/) - In the penultimate edition of Independence Week 2013, I feature Bill and Melinda Gates.
- [Independence Week 2013: Warren Buffett](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/independence-week-2013-warren-buffett/) - For the final post of Independence Week 2013, I highlight businessman and philanthropist Warren Buffett.
- [A Quick Thought on Crohn's](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/a-quick-thought-on-crohns/) - In which I rant about Cronh's Disease.
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Jamestowne](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-jamestowne/) - Due to some weird WP app thing, this is being posted later on Wednesday instead of later Tuesday. Today my cousin and I went to Historic Jamestowne and Jamestown Settlement. We first went to the archaeological site at Historic Jamestowne. I've always been a bit excited to see the ruins of a settlement and it
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: "You took my seat"](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-you-took-my-seat/) - So for the next nine days I'm on a two-city vacation. The first leg is to attend my cousin's wedding in Philadelphia, PA, and the second is five days in historic Williamsburg, VA. So far, things have been rather uneventful for me, mostly because I'm on a train. So the following story is not about
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: The Big Event](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-the-big-event/) - No, I didn't make a mistake in choosing this photo - I just really like it. I'll keep this one short, because what is there to say? Other than a lot of traffic making the second shuttle late, the ceremony went off without a hitch, as did the reception (which was over too fast). Everything
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Addendum to Yesterday, History Tours, Tunnels, and Theater](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-addendum-to-yesterday-history-tours-tunnels-and-theater/) - Before I start on today, I'd like to make an addition to yesterday's post, because I feel like I made the wedding ceremony and the reception sound really routine, when they were anything but that. Both were fantastic anyway, but what made them reallly stand out was the wedding party's ability to boogie, starting as
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Powhatan Resort](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-powhatan-resort/) - Just a short one tonight, as there's not much to say yet. The train to Williamsburg, though long, was relatively uneventful, though Amtrak could do with working on their communication skills when there are delays. My aunt, my cousin (brother of the bride from the earlier wedding posts), and I left at noon and pulled
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Busch Gardens](https://dymersion.com/2013/07/wedding-vacation-2013-busch-gardens/) - Today we all (two aunts, an uncle, three cousins, and me) went to Busch Gardens. The thing I found interesting is that is was reasonably not crowded, such that most of the rides did not have long lines, except the popular Verbolten. Busch Gardens is a very roller coaster-heavy park, and I'm not much of
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Yorktown](https://dymersion.com/2013/08/wedding-vacation-2013-yorktown/) - When the Siege at Yorktown concluded 232 years ago with Lord Cornwallis' surrender, General Washington recognized the impact of the American success by commissioning a statue to commemorate the battle. But did anyone think that all those years later Americans would still be visiting the site? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But here we are in 2013,
- [Wedding-Vacation 2013: Colonial Williamsburg](https://dymersion.com/2013/08/wedding-vacation-2013-colonial-williamsburg/) - For the last full day of the trip, I visited Colonial Williamsburg. The historical city aspect of it certainly isn't new, but CW certainly has their own spin on it. There were interpreters aplenty, active smithing shops, and reenactments of key events of the Revolutionary War-era city. I took a tour of the Governor's Mansion
- [Narrative](https://dymersion.com/2013/09/narrative/) - Our perception of media is everything, and how we perceive something shapes how we describe it, including the actions of politicians.
- [A Revelation on Breaking Into a Conversation](https://dymersion.com/2013/12/a-revelation-on-breaking-into-a-conversation/) - I recently learned a little more about how to involve myself in an ongoing conversation.
- [Openly Secular Day: Yep, I'm An Atheist](https://dymersion.com/2015/04/openly-secular-day-yep-im-an-atheist/) - Today for Openly Secular Day, I declare that I'm an atheist. Here's an expanded rationale for doing so.
- [The Day We Fight Back: My Letter to Senator Blumenthal](https://dymersion.com/2014/02/the-day-we-fight-back-my-letter-to-senator-blumenthal/) - Today, February 11, is The Day We Fight Back, a semi-organized attempt at letting Congress and the public know that we won't stand for dragnet surveillance by the NSA. Here is the letter I sent to Senator Blumenthal, Senator from my state of Connecticut. I've sent similar letters to Senator Chris Murphy and Representative John
- [#WorldIBDDay: My Experience With Crohn's](https://dymersion.com/2015/05/worldibdday-my-experience-with-crohns/) - Today is #WorldIBDDay. I've been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease since 2002, though I've probably had it a couple years longer than that. Despite periods of pain, running to the bathroom, diarrhea, long trips to the toilet, and what sometimes feels like very unproductive days because I'm in and out of my office chair, I consider myself
- [Cross-Country American Adventure: Day 1](https://dymersion.com/2015/08/cross-country-american-adventure-day-1/) - I've made it to Chicago for a mini-stop before my Amtrak train to San Francisco, though it wasn't without some minor challenges. Stormu conditions in the area led to my first flight from Bradley to be cancelled. Luckily, I was able to easily rebook on a slightly later flight, which went off without a hitch.
- [Coming Soon: The Cross-Country American Adventure](https://dymersion.com/2015/06/coming-soon-the-cross-country-american-adventure/) - In late August and early September, I will be taking a cross-country train trip and visiting three cities.
- [HTTPS Redirects Must be Above Everything Else in .htaccess](https://dymersion.com/2015/07/https-redirects-must-be-above-everything-else-in-htaccess/) - Having problems getting your pages to redirect to HTTPS? Make sure the directive is first in .htaccess.
- [Leg 3: Coast Starlight and Los Angeles, Sept 6-7](https://dymersion.com/2015/09/leg-3-coast-starlight-and-los-angeles-sept-6-7/) - For the third part of my trip, I took the Coast Starlight down to LA and spent just under a day in the city.
- [Less Than 7 Days Until Europe!](https://dymersion.com/2017/03/less-than-7-days-until-europe/) - I haven't written much about this trip, here or on Facebook. In fact, I haven't written about a trip here since the big Cross-Country train trip in 2015, even though I've been to San Diego (on business) and to Orlando and Canada (Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Montreal - for pleasure) since. I'm heading to Europe
- [Europe 2017: London Part 1](https://dymersion.com/2017/04/europe-2017-london-part-1/) - About Part 1 of my trip to London!
- [Europe 2017: Gent, Amsterdam, and Feeling Crappy](https://dymersion.com/2017/04/europe-2017-gent-amsterdam-and-feeling-crappy/) - Leg 2 from Gent and Amsterdam
- [No, Atheists and the Non-Religious Do Not "Feel Empty Without God"](https://dymersion.com/2018/12/no-atheists-and-the-non-religious-do-not-feel-empty-without-god/) - Unpacking a common misconception about the non-religious, that without God we are empty people.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541246/) - @Michael Trying this again.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541245/) - Finally time to make an #introduction. Only a month late! My name is Mike. I'm a web developer from Connecticut currently acting as a Senior Data Engineer for an insurance company. I was happy to learn about Mastodon, #activitypub and #indieweb since it fills that techie gap in my heart. Outside tech, I like to
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541244/) - @mmasnick Yeah, sometimes you need to take a look at the account to decide if it's worth your time. I've been in this position a lot recently. ?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541243/) - @smadre75 But that just gets around keeping your content from being lost, not moving it to a new server.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541242/) - @smadre75 I get it. I think it's a reasonable concern. Even if you move servers on Mastodon, you can't currently move your posts, so you start from scratch. Only solution to this currently is to post from elsewhere and sync to Mastodon or post to Mastodon and pull from it to archive.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/12/541241/) - @smadre75 They cite account portability mainly and that it isn't possible with AP to maintain your data if your account is banned or a server is shutdown. They think it'd be difficult to incorporate their solution to this into ActivityPub.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541240/) - @mtvcdm Word. It's always a tough thing and I don't think Elon understands that his utopian internet town square rarely is that.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541236/) - @mmasnick It's not helping the situation that people are coming around demanding CWs for an ever-evolving subset of posts, something that isn't even in many instance's rules. The mantra can't be that all servers are moderated independently and then expect global adherence to some inter-instance group's rules.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541235/) - @blair_fix It allows your blog to become an instance just like any other server. I see it working now. @blairfix
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541234/) - Considering trying to setup a social instance of my own but I've heard #mastodon is tough to install and a bit resource-intensive. Has anyone who's more of a beginner to this stuff setup a #Pleroma instance? What's your experience been like?
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541233/) - Alright, syncing Twitter comments to my Wordpress posts works, though root-level tweets themselves don't sync. Guess I will need to use another approach for those and for Mastodon posts. @chrisaldrich has a compelling method in which to do this, so I'm going to explore it. https://boffosocko.com/2020/01/21/using-ifttt-to-syndicate-pesos-content-from-social-services-to-wordpress-using-micropub/
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541232/) - Turned out to need the IndieAuth plugin. Now it works.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541231/) - Also, I have noticed that comments from That Other Site are not arriving. I have brid.gy setup but it still doesn't seem to work. Looking into that next but any ideas are appreciated there as well.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541230/) - For those using the #ActivityPub plugin on their #WordPress blogs for #webmention: Replies from Mastodon are coming in with the correct link but as "Anonymous" for a name. I can't seem to find a solution. Any suggestions? I have both AP and webmention plugins installed. Could they be conflicting? Site: https://dymersion.com/ TIA!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541229/) - @dannysullivan You can also add it as a tag in the head section with the same attributes.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541228/) - ICYMI, I wrote an article the other day about moderation. Yes, it's in response to recent events on That Other Site but I think it applies generally to any internet community or social network. #moderation #twitter #socialmedia https://dymersion.com/2022/11/the-moderation-conundrum/
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541227/) - @Tarrenvane Yeah, I believe Mastodon crawls the site after adding the link so it has to be in order.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541226/) - It's cool that Mastodon can verify your website. This article has good instructions. Make sure you follow it in the exact order. You have to add the site URL to your Mastodon profile after adding the tag to your site. #mastodon #wordpress #verify https://barrd.dev/article/add-a-verified-website-to-your-mastodon-account-using-link-tag/
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541225/) - @Senatorshoshana I was on that server. Found it very slow and some things didn't even work. I switched to masto.ai and I know some other folks have been switching to it or other, less crowded servers.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541224/) - @Michael Hey, the federation fully works!
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541223/) - Spent so much time trying to figure it out. Must have been some issue with the other server.
- [](https://dymersion.com/2022/11/541222/) - So decided to move to a server that's working better and lo and behold, my ActivityPub-federated blog shows up.

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