Will Richardson

Speaker, consultant, writer, learner, parent

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So I know I have to keep writing about the “man I want to be.” The guy who doesn’t drink (hmmm..interesting that that is first out of my fingertips) so he can write every night and create a weblog for media teachers to exchange ideas and to make it the most comprehensive such site on the web, and so he can read a variety of literature and remember it, and stay awake for sex. The kind of guy who can fix and build stuff around the house. Who runs three miles a day. Who wins Teacher of the Year. Who produces quality like his wife. Who plays guitar, sings in the choir (or somewhere), sleeps four hours a night ’cause he’s so passionate and in shape to do all that other stuff. BMOLife. Plays with his kids and makes them creative (at least I was the one who helped Tess with her homework last night.) Etc. That’s not too much to ask, is it?

Oh, and by the way, it’s not just starting…it’s well underway:

“Tuvalu is the first country where people are trying to evacuate because of rising seas, but it almost certainly will not be the last. It is seeking a home for 11,000 people, but what about the 311,000 who may be forced to leave the Maldives?”

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Found a couple of more cool blogs thanks to MetaFilter links. First is NewsTrolls which is pretty comprehensive about world, eco, etc. Also a pretty interesting four column design which I wonder how she/he updates. Evolt.org is primarily for web designers, but it has an interesting design. I swear I could spend days just looking at these things. There must be something I can do with this passion, huh? Maybe write a column for Wendy? What a good husband I would be.

Here is a really interesting article comparing the burqa to the bikini. An excerpt:

“Taliban rule has dictated that women be fully covered whenever they enter the public realm, while a recent US television commercial for ”Temptation Island 2” features near naked women. Although we seem to be winning the war against the Taliban, it is important to gain a better understanding of the Taliban’s hatred of American culture and how women’s behavior in our society is a particular locus of this hatred. The irony is that the images of sleek, bare women in our popular media that offend the Taliban also represent a major offensive against the health of American women and girls.”

And, the reason that I love metafilter.

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So what am I thankful for? I talented, gracious, intelligent, beautiful wife, nice, precious kids, a beautiful, warm home. Those are definitely the big three. A job I really love. Jeannie and Nate living so close by. Computers. Weblogs (which really turn me on.) My health. Food on the table. Somehow I need to remember the basics that I take for granted. I need to write about the person I want to be. At some point, not now. I want to do this more often, even if it’s just a few lines a day. And make it public? Maybe I should make it ravenrock.com…

Found a cool site about colors.

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Got the first signature of the yearbook out today. Thank God. Thought we were going to go with a pretty sucky design for the dividers, but we came up with a much better alternative. I’d actually give the sig a B+, which considering where we started is a great grade. Need to keep looking at cool design ideas to implement.

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More and more, this is how I am beginning to feel about this “war”. I’m not sure how much is wrapped up in my general dislike of conflict and how much of it is a sincere belief in the power of passivism a la King and Ghandi. Either way, the whole war scenario ends (and, actually lives) badly.

Some highlights:

“This war amounts to a gross violation of human rights, and it will produce the exact opposite of what is wanted: It will not end terrorism; it will proliferate terrorism.”

“To get at the roots of terrorism is complicated. Dropping bombs is simple.”

“One-third of our military budget would annually provide clean water and sanitation facilities for the billion people in the world who have none.”

“Change will come, as at other times in our history, only when American citizens– becoming better informed, having second thoughts after the first instinctive support for official policy–demand it.”

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Article that I linked about weblogs as journalism. I think it would be really interesting to research how weblogs are used in class and see if there might be an article to write. Just seems like a very cool way to introduce publishing, writing, page creation. Would be a great class to teach…hmmm. Definitely want to introduce the concept with my Wp&P kids, maybe as extra effort.

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Heard at the 7/11 this morning: “I was about to throw something through the t.v. if Brenly had put that Jap into pitch again.” This is what makes me scared about the future of the country. I’d love to know how Bill Moyers makes that guy support renewable energy sources and publicly financed campaigns.

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