so i'm catching up on my online reading a little while ago and did you catch the common ills yesterday? the entry on bob somerby really says some important stuff. i also went through the archives because I'd meant to note something back on the third of march.
i'd recommend that you read the women's history month salute to amy goodman who reports history. that really is a must read. and for any 1 thinking 'history can be boring,' this isn't 'amy goodman was born on a cold, wintery . . .' it's about the spirit she brings to her job. and i was laughing when i got to a paragraph contrasting goodman's mainstream 'peers.' (cokie roberts alert for all who love to laugh at cokie!)
but (no, i'm not done yet) please, please check out the indy media roundup because there's so much going on that you won't hear or read about in most sources. thursday's were always one of my favorite days to read the common ills (well, read it on friday, i don't often have time to check it out thursday evenings) because each thursday is a round up of the alternative media.
this was always a selection of stories that c.i. and members chose to highlight. originally, it focused solely on alternative weekly papers. and that was interesting to read. but it now pulls in
indy media from around the world. (why? i asked c.i. that awhile back -- many of the alternative weeklies are running the exact same stories and often aren't very alternative at all.)
but you learn so much from the indy round up that you're not hearing from the mainstream news. once i even heard about the politician most likely to win my heart, gavin newsom. well, win my hormones anyway.
and speaking of the sexy, c.i. e-mailed me yesterday to say i had to get the new issue of clamor. i'd read about it having amy goodman on the cover and an interview with randi rhodes but i kept putting off getting it until i got c.i.'s e-mail. again, there's an interview with randi rhodes (whom i love and miss now that's she's recovering from her surgery -- best wishes for randi who'll be back on the air monday). c.i. said that page 24 would probably make me 'especially happy.'
well you know i had to fly out and grab the issue right away.
even randi had to wait while i flipped to page 24. the story isn't available online, nor the picture.
but the funky, hunky, naughty, hottie christian parenti has a two page interview and there is a black and white photo of christian that is to drool over.
now to the ladies and two guys who would love to fight me over christian, please note, with a photo we can all drool equally and in private so get this issue!
before i started blogging, people for the american way had a charity auction. i think it was back before christmas (i remember reading about at the common ills) and there certainly were many nice items to bid for. but pfaw might want to try talking christian parenti into doing a dinner as an auction item because they could clean up big. hell, if they'd offer him stripping, they might end up with enough money to end world hunger! yes, i know parenti has too much integrity to strip for money (even for charity) so most people will never get to witness that act of primal beauty. but we can dream, right?
here's a starter for you on that: all of us lusting over parenti here pool our money and manage to get the winning bid. so parenti comes to my house (well he has to go somewhere and i'm the 1 doing all the heavy thinking on this fantasy) so we pile in here and watch him show his blessings.
afterwards, of course, you all have to leave. but someone's walked off with christian's clothes! (imagine that.) so he has to hang around. undressed. sigh.
you can mix it up and change locations but be generous and let us all at least feast our eyes on his beauty.
i'm working with c.i. and the gang from the third estate sunday review (jim, jess, ava, dona and ty) on their latest issue. there's a lot to read there. right now we're all going through our print copies of this week's times for a story on how they love non-news at the new york times. make sure you check out the third estate sunday review later today. it's feeling like an all nighter by the way. (that's for anyone who's reading this right after it posts and wondering where the stories are from the third estate.)
