Recent Posts Tagged With 'internet'

• Blogging Is The Fire In Which We Burn

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 15:26 in internet, blog, money, blogging, ads, traffic, fame, visitors, hits, advertisements, bloggers, quitting

  I may soon retire my blogging hat. Then again, I might not. Continuing the blog is something I wrestle with every so often, whenever the call of other projects begins demanding my time and attention. I feel dirtied, sometimes, by the self-consciousÂ...

• Once More Unto The Breach, Dear Friends...

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 23:05 in education, internet, video games, technology, sex, communication, teaching, writing, vocabulary, texting, words, Dr. Seuss

  Today, I write my grand and final opus in my ongoing crusade against the great tyranny of our time. Well, maybe it won't be quite so grandiose as I want it to be, and it sure as Hell won't be my final word on the subject, but if I'm lucky, I might j...

• "People Always Clap For The Wrong Things."

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 14:18 in internet, hollywood, gonzo, fanfic, piracy, fan fiction, remake, stupidity, intelligence, sequel, crossover, reboot

  You might have heard by now that some schmuck calling himself J.D. California has written a sequel to The Catcher In The Rye - one of the seminal novels of the 20th century, the first and only published novel by J.D. Salinger, and a book that's bee...

• Tweeters Never Win!

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 16:03 in internet, myspace, youtube, english, writing, Monkeys, language, robots, facebook, twitter, brief, tweets

  I recently came across this post from the blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten, and I hated it immediately. I've nothing against the blog in question, nor with the gentleman writing it - but I do take issue with his bizarre thesis that using Twitter w...

• One, Two, Swine Flu's Coming For You...

  Posted on Tuesday April 28th, 2009 at 16:58 in texas, internet, myspace, bird flu, forums, statistics, houston, buffy the vampire slayer, facebook, twitter, Odds, porky pig

  We're sorry, but we interrupt your regularly scheduled Tarradiddling to bring you the following, important message. We will resume our regular broadcast (including today's Brittany Broadcast System) tomorrow. Pay attention!Having grown tired of scar...

• OMG! Your Google Is Showing!

  Posted on Monday April 13th, 2009 at 15:54 in internet, google, College, stupid, iphone, AOL, texting, easter, wikipedia, kevin bacon, ex-wife, jeopardy

  I wanted to talk about Easter today, but last Thursday I swore to explain why I claimed that the Internet is making you stupid. Since I played hooky last Friday rather than provide my explanation as promised, I should probably postpone my discussions...

• It's A Brand New Day

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 15:20 in republican, internet, disney, alaska, xbox live, amiga, bbs, brittany, senator, ascii, left 4 dead, bomberman

  Today marks a new day in the continuing saga of Coquetting Tarradiddles. Granted, that's a stupid sort of phrase to use when one pauses to consider the fact that every day, by definition, marks a new day - but let's just go with the generally accep...