summer of nothing so much as heat

[threeplusfire]

At loose ends today - not so many chores to do, especially since I did all the laundry in existence over the weekend. Too hot to play outside, no desire to run errands that involve going to the store. All the same I feel restless and out of sorts.

I think the epic failure of CNN to provide breaking news coverage of the situation in Iran hurt. Headline News and Peter Jennings were my two main sources as a kid. (Well, the local paper isn't great and Kurt Loder really just told me about my favorite bands.) I watched the first Gulf War for hours, that eerie night footage and explosions. CNN & Headline News were things I just left on constantly in the background, until there was this switch to shorter and shorter cycles and useless "info-tainment" news. I love being entertained as much as anyone else, but I don't want that from my news coverage.

It's virtually impossible to read everything on Twitter. AS much as I slag on Twitter for being an arena of self absorption, I think it has provided an amazing place and platform for the exchange of information right now. The volume is overwhelming.

To counterbalance the queasy feeling from an overload of news, I will some Cute Overload for lunch. I think the phrase "disapproving, froggular sphere!" is possibly one of the best I've ever read. How often do you read something like that, outside of Cute Overload and Lovecraft?

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[halfacork.livejournal.com]

My twitter tends to be work related whining but there are some uses for it out there that are fabulous. It's watching history happen, 140 characters at a time. When Obama was announced victorious the posts were overwhelming.