über, urban, urbia, science, style, technology. + violence, chaos, Internet, social media, new media, world wide web, marketing, sales, consumerism.
Yow! I pondered why these last 4½ Weeks were so intense, extraordinary and wildly out of sync / in sync for Family and Friends, (quase)Beau and Business. Mercury Retrograde became a buzzword – or buzz phrase – recently, and probably for good reason.
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My nephew ~ Gabriel ~ called me today (Wednesday) to tell me he had a huge announcement:
He would NOT be attending any of the incredible colleges he was accepted to (& we toured here in Southern California) after high school graduation this June because…
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“Lists of bullet points with visuals are seldom a viable substitute for descriptive prose. Along with PowerPoint, text messages, Tweets and rushed emails short attention spans are only growing shorter. But in world of increasing emotional complexity and economic hardship, the depth and power of well written prose are more essential than ever.” ~The Right Brain Studio
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Moreover, it got me to thinking: could excessive time on the computer, mobile phone – including accessing email, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace – IM, SMS, voicemail from anywhere and anytime via Satellite, WiFi, WiMax, and NthG data access – eventually cause OCD and/or ADHD? I thought it certainly could exacerbate the disease in mortals and perhaps antagonize the immortals. ~sarah nean bruce
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Suggested For Earth Day 2010 – Diana Leszczynski’s book FERN VERDANT & THE SILVER ROSE – “Fern Verdant is the kind of young adult novel that adults will love too. It’s an action-adventure story, a coming-of-age story, and a hero’s journey. Its environmental theme makes it timely and relevant. It’s also really funny, with jokes, witticisms, and wisecracks embedded in nearly every page.” … ~read/see more~
2010 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS include: coverage of the shooting death of four police officers in a coffee shop which won the breaking news award for the staff of The Seattle Times.
The Washington Post won four Pulitzer Prizes for its work in 2009, and The New York Times won three, while ProPublica became the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism. And for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, the Poetry Award went to “Versed,” by Rae Armantrout, a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.
sarah nean bruce ≈ living in urbia… 