tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248126565821480212024-03-13T05:45:23.736-07:00STRANGE WOMAN for Pet Set Rex by Maren McConnellMarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-87405952940538233122018-05-19T16:17:00.001-07:002018-05-19T16:17:17.766-07:00CiVIL WAR 2: my review as a reader<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39943568-civil-war-two-part-1" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Civil War Two, Part 1: America Elects a President Determined to Restore Religion to Public Life, and the Nation Splits" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1524676429m/39943568.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39943568-civil-war-two-part-1">Civil War Two, Part 1: America Elects a President Determined to Restore Religion to Public Life, and the Nation Splits</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/122097.Randall_Collins">Randall Collins</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2388268987">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I almost never enjoy war books: not enough character development, too much like an action movie, too depressing, too formulaic/predictable, and/or lacking in psychological depth or insight. But I enjoyed the Hell out of Civil War Two.<br /><br />It's not a "political book", in the sense that it doesn't take sides. You could enjoy and learn from this book no matter how you lean ideologically. It doesn't exaggerate the sympathetic or unsympathetic qualities of the characters on any side, and it's not anyone's fantasy of what "should" happen-- who should get blown up, who should win. It doesn't have an agenda of making you angry at anyone, or to preach to the converted. Instead, it simply asks: "What might happen if we have another civil war?" Professor Collins uses the best insights from history and the social sciences to depict a probable scenario.<br /><br />The whole thing reads like a movie-- you can picture it shot by shot. HBO and Netflix should take notice.
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What if America had a new Civil War, now? How might it play out?<br />
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I designed the covers (it's in 2 volumes) and drew all the maps. My dad, who happens to be an expert in the social science of violence, wrote it. But even though I can't help but be prejudiced, I wholeheartedly endorse the book on its merits as an entertaining work of speculative fiction, in the vein of <i>1984 </i>and <i>The Handmaid's Tale.</i> It's also not biased in along a "liberal" or "conservative" slant. Instead, it's trying to ask scientifically, What might actually happen? --not what anyone thinks <i>should </i>happen.<br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-57176424343562835302016-03-24T14:21:00.000-07:002018-05-13T21:24:10.686-07:00Un-Depress (Yourself) #19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>This is installment #19 of an ongoing list I've been keeping for
several years, and now I feel the need to share. I am only including
things like movies, books, TV shows, and songs on here-- if I included
actual events and phenomena from reality, this list would never end and
I'd never stop thinking about depressing shit. Unavoidably, some of the
items on this list touch on depressing stuff from reality, and that's
part of what makes them so depressing. I am also not devaluing the
quality of any of these artifacts; many of them are quite good, even
great: touching, well-made, intelligent, and so on; but nonetheless,
they bum me out. I'm sure it's at least partly because of the high
quality that they depress me so.</b><br />
<b> And these choices are all subjective, of course. If any of these
things happen to not depress you, maybe you're just having a less
depressing life than I (wink, wink). Lucky you! Also, some of the items
on this list were suggested by friends (Thanks, Larry & Bobby!).</b><br />
<b> I've alphabetized the items in each sub-list. If I tried to rank them some other way, that would depress me further.</b><br />
<b> Maybe this list will help you avoid some things that could depress you, too. Or maybe not. Enjoy.</b><br />
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<b>More Movies to avoid</b><br />
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<i>The Comedy</i> - A creepily realistic portrait (starring Tim and Eric of Tim & Eric) of a spoiled hipster who may also be a sociopath. Very well done, but bleak as shit. You may know this person. He definitely exists.<br />
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<i>The Time Machine</i> (1960 version) -- In the future, the people you know will be dead. And other terrible things.<br />
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<i>Zardoz</i> -- I remember it as having one (another!) of those the-passage-of-time, you-will-die kind of things in it. And some other bleakness.</div>
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<i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1458034671641_27022">Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,</i> "a beautiful and very depressing depiction of the massacre of hundreds of Lakota people by the U.S. government in 1890" (from "Native Actors Deserve to Be Seen" by Julia Jones, in Lenny Letter)</div>
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<i>Flaked</i> - I don't know why contemporary AA-heads in Venice (L.A.) should be a bummer, it just is. Also, they make it look like Will Arnett is the most attractive man around for miles.<br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/12/depressing-shit-to-avoid-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-14-depressing-shit-to-avoid.html" target="_blank">Part 14</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-15.html" target="_blank">Part 15</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/02/depress-16-go-avoid-things.html" target="_blank">Part 16</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/02/get-undepressed-17th-things-that-say.html" target="_blank">Part 17</a></b><br />
<a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/03/un-depress-yourself-18-avoid-sad.html" target="_blank"><b>Part 18 </b></a><br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-33926647898380862472016-03-11T03:45:00.000-08:002018-05-15T04:19:19.737-07:00Un-Depress Yourself 18: Avoid sad thingies, more<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b> </b><b>This is installment #18 of an ongoing list I've been keeping for
several years, and now I feel the need to share. I am only including
things like movies, books, TV shows, and songs on here-- if I included
actual events and phenomena from reality, this list would never end and
I'd never stop thinking about depressing shit. Unavoidably, some of the
items on this list touch on depressing stuff from reality, and that's
part of what makes them so depressing. I am also not devaluing the
quality of any of these artifacts; many of them are quite good, even
great: touching, well-made, intelligent, and so on; but nonetheless,
they bum me out. I'm sure it's at least partly because of the high
quality that they depress me so.</b><br />
<b> And these choices are all subjective, of course. If any of these
things happen to not depress you, maybe you're just having a less
depressing life than I (wink, wink). Lucky you! Also, some of the items
on this list were suggested by friends (Thanks, Larry & Bobby!).</b><br />
<b> I've alphabetized the items in each sub-list. If I tried to rank them some other way, that would depress me further.</b><br />
<b> Maybe this list will help you avoid some things that could depress you, too. Or maybe not. Enjoy.</b><br />
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Heaven Knows What <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80016426">https://www.netflix.com/title/80016426</a><br />
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<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/12/depressing-shit-to-avoid-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-14-depressing-shit-to-avoid.html" target="_blank">Part 14</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-15.html" target="_blank">Part 15</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/02/depress-16-go-avoid-things.html" target="_blank">Part 16</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/02/get-undepressed-17th-things-that-say.html" target="_blank">Part 17</a> </b><br />
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<b><br /></b><b>As
always, I welcome your suggestions for More Depressing Shit. Please
comment, and I'll include any good suggestions in a future update.</b></div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-40226976716495241442016-02-18T23:48:00.000-08:002018-05-15T04:19:57.585-07:00Get Undepressed! the 17th (Things that say "Avoid me")<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see pa</a><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">rt 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>;</b> now here's installment 16.<br />
<br />
I'm
only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have
the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad
things, <b>AVOID! </b><br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Books:</b><br />
<i><b>Streetwalkers </b></i><b>by Scot Sothern</b><br />
From <a href="http://www.booksoup.com/event/scot-sothern-discusses-and-signs-streetwalkers">http://www.booksoup.com/event/scot-sothern-discusses-and-signs-streetwalkers</a> :<br />
"<b>Streetwalkers </b>is a bleak, real examination of street
prostitution in contemporary America by an artist and writer whose own
illicit compulsions and literary muscle inform every page. This is the
complete collection of Sothern's work from the "Lowlife" years as well
as from recent shoots. In addition, included are his features from
"Nocturnal Submissions," his online column for "VICE "magazine. With new
work and previously unpublished stories, this 30-year project is now
final and should continue to cause strong reactions from all who see it.
(powerHouse Books)"<br />
<br />
<b>Thing:</b> <br />
<b>Pictures of abused animals or euthanized pets</b><br />
Jesus H. Et Cetera, I stumbled on some of these while innocently clicking on CUTE animal pics on Pinterest. Now I need to look at even more cute animals to undo the damage to my psyche. Yes, I know to always adopt and never buy pets from stores, breeders, and so on. I know not everybody has gotten the message yet, so I know some people post this stuff for good reason, but JAYZUZ! now I need a Xanax.<br />
Got a Xanax for me, anyone?<br />
<br />
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And now, a picture of Turkey, who is alive and well.<br />
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<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see pa</a><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">rt 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>;</b> now here's installment 16.<br />
<br />
I'm
only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have
the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad
things, <b>AVOID! </b><br />
<b> </b> <br />
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<b>The Sea Inside</b> (Did I already list it before? You know how I like my bears: repeating. See <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/2016/01/101856/whats-leaving-netflix-february-2016#slide-52">http://www.refinery29.com/2016/01/101856/whats-leaving-netflix-february-2016#slide-52</a><br />
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<b>"The Living Bubba"</b> by Drive-By Truckers<br />
<b>"Went Looking For Warren Zevon's Los Angeles" </b>by Lucero<br />
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<b>Run</b> (British series. Netflix reviewer said it was depressing, so that's all I need.)<br />
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<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/12/depressing-shit-to-avoid-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-14-depressing-shit-to-avoid.html" target="_blank">Part 14</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-15.html" target="_blank">Part 15</a> </b><br />
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<b><br /></b><b>As
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-36287485011440655872016-01-17T21:06:00.000-08:002018-05-15T16:12:28.236-07:00Depress 15<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see pa</a><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">rt 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>;</b> now here's installment 15.<br />
<br />
I'm
only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have
the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad
things, <b>AVOID! </b><br />
<b> </b> <br />
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<b>We Need To Talk About Kevin</b>- My man called it depressing, I didn't.
We both thought it was an excellent piece of filmmaking. Its main effect
on me was to make me ever so glad I don't have a pathological kid.<br />
<br />
<b>Welcome To Sarajevo</b>- Hmm, no thanks. Or tanks.<br />
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From Wikipedia:<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i>"[David] Bowie also recorded the song "</i><b>Bring Me the Disco King</b>,<i>" which Bowie
described as "a depressing song summing up the sad late Seventies with a
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass" title="Philip Glass">Philip Glass</a> refrain running through it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RSMag93_1-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tie_White_Noise#cite_note-RSMag93-1">[1]</a></sup>
This track would not end up on the album, however, and would remained
buried in Bowie's vault until its release on Bowie's 2003 album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_%28David_Bowie_album%29" title="Reality (David Bowie album)">Reality</a>."</i></div>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tie_White_Noise">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tie_White_Noise</a><br />
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<b>Paul Mooney</b> - ahh, white guilt. Maybe just <i>I </i>should avoid this. You? Go for it.<br />
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...and I know some other comics personally who happen to depress me, but I don't want to recommend you avoid them, 'cause they could use the publicity. Hey, I have conflicting interests!<br />
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<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/12/depressing-shit-to-avoid-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2016/01/depress-14-depressing-shit-to-avoid.html" target="_blank">Part 14</a> </b><br />
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<b><br /></b><b>As
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<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see pa</a><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">rt 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>;</b> now here's installment 14.<br />
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I'm
only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have
the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad
things, <b>AVOID! AVOID!</b><br />
<b> </b> <br />
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<b>The Good Lie</b><br />
<i>(Sudanese war orphans)</i><br />
<i> </i> <br />
<b>J. Edgar</b><br />
<i>(no likable characters; makes me think about how much I would have hated to be him; unpleasant overall)</i><br />
<i> </i> <br />
<b>Miss Evers' Boys</b><br />
<i>(Tuskegee syphilis experiment, racism. Could be under TV category, too, 'cause it was made for TV)</i><br />
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<b>My Zinc Bed</b><br />
<i>(alcoholism, AA. Also a book!</i>)<br />
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<b>Sometimes In April</b><br />
<i>(Rwandan genocide)</i><br />
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<b>Things We Lost In The Fire</b><br />
<i>(a "touching look at loss, addiction and recovery." Blech.</i>)<br />
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<b>This Is Where I Leave You</b><br />
<i>(Is this depressing? I have a feeling it might be. HBO calls it a comedy. I suspect otherwise.)</i><br />
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<b>Yesterday</b><br />
<i>(AIDS in Africa. Did I already mention this 1? Still a bummer.</i>)<br />
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<b>Neil Young</b><i>, </i>‘<b>On the Beach</b>’<br />
<i>Read Dangerous Minds' post on "Neil Young’s ultra-depressing 1974 album ‘On the Beach’" here:</i> <br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/12/depressing-shit-to-avoid-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></b><br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-52739016781750878392015-12-19T23:37:00.000-08:002018-05-15T16:55:37.287-07:00Depressing Shit To Avoid, Part 13<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see pa</a><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">rt 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>;</b> now here's installment 13.<br />
<br />
I'm
only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have
the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad
things, <b>AVOID! AVOID!</b><br />
<b> </b> <br />
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Movies:</h4>
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<b>About Schmidt</b><br />
<i>(my man G says it's depressing; I haven't seen)</i><br />
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<b>Ararat</b><br />
<i>(haven't seen, don't wanna)</i> <br />
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<i>Maybe</i>:<br />
<b>Beasts of No Nation</b><br />
<i>(think I might actually break my own rules and watch this one, 'cause, you know, </i>Idris Elba.<i> Has he ever been in anything bad?)</i> </div>
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<b>Blackfish</b> <i>(have I said that one already?)</i></div>
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<b>Bunny Game</b> <i>(Thanks to Bobby Wilks for tipping me off to this.)</i><br />
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<i>Maybe?</i>:<br />
<b>Harry and Tonto</b> <i>(mixed reports from Netflix reviewers)</i><br />
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<b>The Road</b><br />
<i>from</i> <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/films-leaving-netflix-november-2015/">http://www.slashfilm.com/films-leaving-netflix-november-2015:</a> <br />
<i>"John Hillcoat‘s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy‘s
pitch-dark novel is one of the most miserable movies ever made, but
it’s wholly intentional. By stripping the inherent romance, adventure
and excitement out of the post-apocalypse, this film showcases a world
dying with a whimper. The whole thing is essentially plotless, following
Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee
as an unnamed father and son duo on a episodic quest through a dead
world, which means it can drag. Some sequences are better than others.
But when The Road connects, it really connects. This is the best movie to watch if you’re ever having too good of a day."</i><br />
[<i>sounds like the book's no fun, neither</i>]</div>
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<i>Another Maybe, for some people:</i><br />
<b>Snowtown Murders</b> <i>(Definitely disturbing and would probably depress a lot of people, though, surprisingly, it didn't really depress me. I guess I'm too fascinated by the dead-on filmmaking and the eery crime-y-ness of it all.)</i><br />
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<b>Una Noche</b> <i>(didn't watch, as I was warned that it was depressing by reviews on Netflix)</i><br />
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<b>The Tears of Olive Trees</b> <i>(autobiographical, about Palestine. Yeesh.) </i><br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/09/depressing-shit-part-12.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> </b><br />
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<span class="s3">From <a href="http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/december2015/articles/reediana/briefs.html" target="_blank">the current issue of REED Magazine</a>:<i> </i></span></div>
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<span class="s3"><i>Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Social Energy,</i></span> by <b>Maren McConnell-Collins ’98, </b>coauthor
(Maren Ink, 2015). Maren and her father, Randall Collins, a sociology
professor at the University of Pennsylvania, investigate the common
thread in highly successful individuals throughout history. They share
their discovery that charismatic leaders motivate and are motivated by
emotional energy. “Charismatic leaders set in motion positive feedback
loops: people in the group build up a shared emotion; the stronger the
emotion, the more they feel themselves in tune with each other, and the
more tightly they focus together. And the more tightly they focus, the
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I haven't worked out the details of how this might work, but here are the basics of my Great Big Plan For America.<br />
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Bring refugees here, have them live wherever they can be housed. I know this is complicated, but whatever the economic or political conditions, there are a lot of empty homes going untenanted in various parts of the country.<br />
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One area in particular should be considered: the Rust Belt. Not the best place to be in the winter, but if we put able-bodied refugees and Americans wanting work to work (at whatever time of year) making the empty and abandoned homes in these places livable, it would completely reboot the local economies. All sorts of infrastructure in places like Detroit need rebuilding, and with major funding and impetus from the federal government-- something like the New Deal programs that got people to work in the Depression era-- you could rebuild old cities, get lots of people working, house lots of people-- and heat their houses-- for whoever needs it, both Americans and refugees. You might even end up fostering goodwill between Americans and Syrians.<br />
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<i>See also</i>: Utah has a program called <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free" target="_blank">Housing First, which has proved an effective and MONEY-SAVING way to house people who need homes</a>. Policymakers, activists, and others can learn a lot from this, not just in how it applies to the homeless, but in how to house anyone you don't know how to house, e.g., refugees. In other words, I think investing in low-income housing on a large scale, in a way that also helps the other people already living in underserved places like Detroit by getting people jobs and building infrastructure, would be a win-win for citizens, refugees, and taxpayers, as local governments could save money on any number of problems (crime, the need for emergency healthcare for the suffering) that are exacerbated by not housing people.<br />
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And hey, even Detroit can't be a worse place to be than Syria right now. <br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-62399972568888453952015-10-21T22:59:00.000-07:002015-10-21T22:59:08.555-07:00Use Your Powers For Good (For Those Who Love to Argue)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I love to argue.<br />
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But sometimes I just wanna go home. <br />
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Have you seen the internet? My, but people love to argue.<br />
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But I also like to DO stuff. <br />
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I want to support all marginalized people. But some of the arguments on
the internet, like one I skimmed recently among lesbians and trans
activists on a Facebook page [which I'd link here, except that it's
disappeared] yesterday, make me sad because it's hard to see how it
helps any good cause rather than harming it. <br />
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I could read and read... or I could just stop reading and start singing to myself to get the arguing out of my head. You could call that privilege, that I don't have to argue or pay attention to arguments all the time.<br />
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Do you/your social category have big problems? Undoubtedly. Are your problems bigger or more important than other people's problems? Impossible to say. They are to you, of course. "All suffering, however multiplied, is always individual," said Gandhi, possibly. (I read it somewhere and am having trouble finding the original quote.)<br />
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Do you have the right to be offended? Yes, at anything and at any time, and neither I nor anyone else has the right to tell you you shouldn't be offended at something. Maybe I don't think you should, maybe I think you're annoying, but that doesn't matter. Getting offended is free, free, free. <br />
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But what is the point of all the arguing? Changing minds is important, yes. But berating potential allies for your cause, people who may have some very major enemies in common with you-- e.g., THE PATRIARCHY!-- can be massively counter-productive. It's beneficial to limit your arguing to what is actually doing good, I think, which, though it sounds good, is also hard to determine.<br />
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But I'd offer everyone fighting for a cause this simple-ish advice: Take at least some of the time and energy you could spend arguing with potential allies and spend it on taking REAL action in the real world to benefit actual people. Fighting online may feel righteous, but there's a good chance a lot of the effect will NEVER result in any positive change for the people you claim to champion. Like real transwomen suffering real violence out there.<br />
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Let's lessen the arguing and try to DO SOMETHING.<br />
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<b> </b><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Social Energy</b></span> </i></span> </div>
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-39090164103940192062015-09-04T18:05:00.000-07:002015-09-04T18:22:55.444-07:00Depressing Shit, Part 12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see part 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>; now here's installment 12.</b><br />
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<b>I'm only telling you about these things for your own good. Unless you have the problem of too much happiness and too little awareness of bad things, AVOID! AVOID!</b><br />
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Essaying to watch <i>War Witch </i>on Netflix and not sure if I should go on. Seems very... <i>educational</i>, in a massively bummer-causing way.<br />
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And it reminded me-- time for another installment of Depressing Shit(TM)!<br />
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Movies:</div>
<b><b>◦</b>Little Moth</b> (<i>haven't seen, don't want to</i>)<br />
<b><b>◦</b>Petits Frères</b> (<i>haven't seen, don't want to, can you guess why?</i>)<br />
<b><b>◦</b>War Witch</b> (<i>not a spoiler: young girl is forced by guerrilla soldiers to kill her parents in the first 5 minutes. Child soldiers. Had enough yet?</i>)<br />
<b><b>◦</b>Welcome to Me</b> (<i>Kristen Wiig quasi-comedy that wastes the talents of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joan Cusack, & many others. Supposedly about Borderline Personality Disorder, but didn't show any of the scary violence that is often associated with it, though this doesn't mean it's fun, either. "Kooky," but overall a bummer.</i>)<br />
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<b><b>◦</b>Spiral</b><i> </i>(<i>French title:</i> <b>Engrenages</b>) (<i>another pit of joy I tried to watch because it was expiring on Netflix and they told me I'd like it; can't say it's bad, but wish I hadn't watched it. There are better ways to learn French</i>.)<br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a></b></b><br />
<b><a href="http://blog.petsetrex.com/2015/01/depressing-stuff-11-depressing-shit-lite.html">Part 11</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>As always, I welcome your suggestions for More Depressing Shit. Please comment, and I'll include any good suggestions in a future update.</b></div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-26052093779267200452015-08-25T21:28:00.000-07:002015-09-04T11:48:53.995-07:00What would Steve Jobs or Napoleon say about Amazon's workplace culture?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our new book is called <a href="http://maren.ink/" target="_blank">Napoleon Never Slept: How Great Leaders Leverage Social Energy</a>, and has to do with the fact that great leaders get to be successful at least partly because they have so much energy. Did Napoleon really not sleep? Evidently, not much. Does this mean workers shouldn't sleep, and work night and day like <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace/" target="_blank">Amazon employees reportedly do</a>? Not exactly.<br />
Our big thesis is about how great leaders, including Napoleon, Steve Jobs, Alexander the Great, and others, are energetic people (many of whom, like Napoleon, happen to sleep considerably less than 8 hours a night) who energize the people they lead, and are in turn further energized by own successes and by the energy shared by the people they lead. So no, sleeping less in and of itself isn't the secret to great success, either individually or as an organization.<br />
But seriously, folks, <a href="http://maren.ink/" target="_blank">read the book</a>. Not just because we want you to buy it, but because our thesis can't be neatly or fully conveyed in a soundbite or even in a single blog post. This is real social science, though it makes for not a very long book, and we tried to make it easy enough for the layperson who doesn't like jargon, without talking down to anyone. Suitable for pro scholars and non- alike.<br />
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UPDATE, 9/4/15 <br />
You can buy a pretty, soothing-to-the-eyes PDF at <a href="http://maren.ink/" target="_blank">the Maren Ink site</a> for about $14, or a nice new Kindle edition on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014W0P7TW?*Version*=1&*entries*=0" target="_blank">Amazon</a> for nearly $40. More formats and outlets may be available eventually, depending on demand.<br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-11545260009605495302015-07-02T03:43:00.001-07:002015-07-02T03:43:12.460-07:00Too long for TwitterJust realized someday I could be one of those old people who has a caretaker and we form an enchanting special friendship which is so unlikely because we're such different people but I make them laugh because I'm a very special old person and we both learn a lot about life.Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-67734263720872687312015-06-19T18:36:00.000-07:002015-07-22T02:36:36.199-07:00How did I know gun peeps would demand guns in church?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My lyrics are weirdly prescient about world events sometimes. Here, my fake outrage about not being able to bring guns to places of worship, pre-echoing the fun NRA guy's assertion that the shooting in Charleston could have been prevented if only those dang liberals hadn't opposed letting peeps carry guns in church...</div>
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We released the album that includes this song in February 2014. <br />
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In case you don't know what I'm talking about, here's a link to an article re the NRA board member's comments:<br />
<a href="http://crooksandliars.com/2015/06/nra-board-member-blames-church-pastor">NRA Board Member Blames Church Pastor For Charleston Shooting</a><br />
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Am I capitalizing on tragedy? Well, I don't see myself making money on this, so in that sense, no.<br />
But maybe peeps should listen to my songs & worry more abut the world around them! I worry, why not you?! Look at all the good it does me! AAAAAAAAAGH!<br />
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On September 3, 2001, my old band released the song <a href="https://youtu.be/Pz8WXL-myGQ" target="_blank">"The AttaQ"</a> to the world via our first show. It contained these lyrics:<br />
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<i>We did it for Allah</i></div>
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<i>The white place down...</i></div>
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<i>White place, falling down...</i><br />
<i>and I'm prepared to meet the man upstairs...</i><br />
<i>I'm almost there, I'm almost there </i></div>
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Um, yeah<i>. </i>Also, I've put curses on people via song before (intentionally? un-? maybe not consciously...).</div>
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As for if this power is worth money, you tell me, world. Hint hint.</div>
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P.S. I'm fine with people having guns under certain conditions-- like the condition of not being a terrorist.</div>
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-12449407494221257052015-03-29T01:29:00.001-07:002015-03-29T01:29:17.230-07:00Our new book on energy & success: Napoleon Never Slept<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.maren.ink/" target="_blank">Click to get it HERE.</a></b></span></div>
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"What do Steve Jobs, Sam Walton, Napoleon, and Alexander the Great have
in common? How to generate emotional energy in oneself and others." It's real sociology, so it's more than a cut above the herd of success-ology books out there.<br />
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Yes, my Dad/co-author and I have been working on this for over a year. Didn't think I had it in me, did you?! <br />
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We're publishing this first just as an ebook, though we'll have a print version available soon.<br />
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Go get your success, darlings.<br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-33960913568917759622015-03-11T01:06:00.000-07:002015-03-11T01:12:45.078-07:00Movie review! "Girl Slaves of Morgana Le Fay"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Why is this labeled "Horror"? Nothing scary, no blood, very little of anything except molasses-slow softcore scenes. I guess if you have anything even remotely witch-related, it must be "Horror." And Netflix often does a good job of predicting what I'll like, but the algorithm must have been sick that day, because, well, No. I like many foreign films, and I love a lot of horror, but this is just a lot of pretty women with nice hair cooing at each other. I want my imaginary money back.<br />
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P.S. The "dwarf" they promised isn't even.</div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-71939557153582566262015-03-05T13:49:00.001-08:002015-03-05T13:49:00.119-08:00Dear Anti-Vaxxers,The air you breathe is full of <b>pollutants</b>!<div><br><div>Water is the number one cause of <b>drowning</b>!</div><div><br></div><div>And smoke detectors make a beeping sound that will <b>alarm</b> you!</div><div><br></div><div>So you'd better avoid all those things.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Me</div></div>Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-40344749675491277432015-03-03T11:40:00.002-08:002015-03-03T12:01:11.422-08:00Stories SO short...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
...I almost feel silly posting them on here, that's how short some of my "stories" are. So I'm starting to post some of them on my <a href="http://mronhubbard.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumblr</a>, because they are just SO short. There might be non-stories there, too, so watch your feet and hands, don't want to lose any little fingers.<br />
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Feel free to visit...<br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">I'll Be Popular When I'm Dead</a> </div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-92097611405294476202015-02-28T12:40:00.000-08:002015-02-28T12:40:54.081-08:00Yes, boy, ma'am<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"That's just how little of anything there is."<br />
"Good. Now go away."<br />
"Boy, will I ever!" (twirls cap on finger while speeding hence)</div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-7134999684299592382015-02-21T04:45:00.001-08:002015-02-21T04:45:49.177-08:00Ducks Unreal<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"I cared until I found out they weren't real ducks."<br />"Yes, that's usually a hard blow to weather. Are you going to be OK?"<br />"Couldn't say. Too soon to know."<br />"Time will tell."</div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-51307335037811245172015-02-10T03:57:00.001-08:002015-02-10T03:57:27.070-08:00Make Your Own "Holy" "Water"!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is there anything that li'l old internet can't do? </span></div>
Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-85462279314417733752015-01-08T17:48:00.001-08:002015-01-08T17:48:09.008-08:00Depressing Stuff #11-- Depressing Shit *Lite*<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see part 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>; now here's installment 11.</b><br />
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Just a <i>lite</i> version this time, because it's about time and you need to know what to avoid before it's too late.<br />
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<b>movies:</b><br />
All the Light In The Sky (haven't seen it, but the description is depressing enough.)<br />
The Wolf of Wall Street (have seen it; depressing as hell.)<br />
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<b>songs:</b><br />
"In The Ghetto" by whoever<br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/12/depressing-shit-part-10.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a> </b> </b><br />
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as always, I welcome your suggestions for More Depressing Shit. Do
comment, and I'll include any good suggestions in a future update.</b><br />
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Marenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17868437360683216576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124812656582148021.post-81456346014872780632014-12-11T21:27:00.001-08:002014-12-11T21:27:22.582-08:00Depressing Shit, Part 10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>I recommend you <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-part-of-ongoing-series.html" target="_blank">see part 1 of my Depressing Shit series and read my original disclaimer here</a>; now here's installment 10.</b><br />
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<b>Song:</b><br />
"Live Free," <i>Son Volt</i><br />
pretty much everything by Son Volt, <i>as far as I can tell </i><br />
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<b>TV shows:</b><br />
"Southcliffe<b>" </b><i> </i><br />
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...and if <b><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexcampbell/how-the-law-turns-battered-women-into-criminals" target="_blank">this article on child abuse</a></b> doesn't obliterate your faith in the human race, I would like to congratulate you, and also stay as far away from you as I can.<br />
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Feeling down yet? Here's a song-- a little depressing, but funny:<br />
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<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/03/depressing-shit-to-me-part-2.html" target="_blank">More depressing stuff: Read Part 2 here</a>.</b><br />
<b>And here's <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/even-more-depressing-shit-part-3-of-our.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>.</b><br />
<b>And <a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/06/sounds-like-bummer-depressing-shit-part.html">Part 4</a>! Are you depressed yet?!</b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/11/possibly-depressing-shit-part-5.html">Part 5</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/depressing-shit-part-6-just-morsels.html">Part 6</a></b><br />
<a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2012/12/part-7.html"><b>Part 7</b></a><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2013/07/part-8-of-depressing-shit-series-or.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a></b></b><br />
<b><b><a href="http://mronhubbard.blogspot.com/2014/11/shit-thats-probably-depressing-part-9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a> </b> </b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>And
as always, I welcome your suggestions for More Depressing Shit. Do
comment, and I'll include any good suggestions in a future update.</b></div>
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