Monday, July 4, 2005

INDEPENDENCE DAY

How will you celebrate Independence Day? I will go to an American restaurant and sportsbar in Gothenburg in the evening.

Independence Day


Let Freedom Reign (2004)


Let Freedom Ring (2003)


UPDATE:

Independence Day on the Fourth of July

Pictures from the sportsbar. The waiter asked if we were Americans when he saw the historic flags (Continental flag, Gadsden flag, 1st Stars and Stripes (Betsy Ross), Bennington, and Star Spangled Banner with 15 stars).

Independence Day on the Fourth of July

I had a "Larry Bird " sandwich (a BLT + smoked turkey and ham). You could find more photos at Flickr.

Here is an excerpt from Ian Hamet's post, Everybody’s American. [Via Accidental Verbosity.]

Being American is an idea, an ideal. It has nothing to do with where you were born, and everything to do with what you believe.

Being American is a choice.

And very often the best Americans are the ones who were not born that way.

You're not American because you're white or red or brown or yellow or green; you're American because you believe in liberty.

You're not American because you happen to have been born in the contiguous forty-eight states; you're American because you see that capitalism, entrepreneurship, and individual intitiative are not only the best ways, but also the most moral. (Banana Oil!, 07/04/05.)

Sunday, July 3, 2005

EGO PODCAST

I have talked to a fellow blogger about starting a podcast. I will investigate the possibilities and doing some more research during the summer. I am waiting for an answer from Odeo regarding a Linux version of their program. Here are posts and articles on podcasting.

MUSIC AND DOCUMENTARIES

Swedish television has started a series on America. Here are the documentaries:


If you want to get in a good mood, go to my other blog and check out my new music records and a documentary on swing dance camp.

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: TEMPLATE CHANGES

I have removed the EGO forum, petition, and webring, due to lack of activity or technical problems with the third party. I am open to start similar activities sometime in the future.

I have added a Flickr badge to the About category. Here are two new photos that will be included.

I have to look into why the width of the right column is not always optimized in the same way as the left one. I wonder if it could have something with some scripts...

OBJECTIVIST CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO

[Editor's note to Chris., and Ben with family: Have a great conference! I have asked Ben to see if the Book of the Month (Markets Don't Fail! by Brian P. Simpson) is available from the Ayn Rand Bookstore at the conference. I have asked Chris. to become a guest blogger during the summer conference.]

I have noticed that Dianah & Paul Hsieh and Betsy & Stephen Speicher will attend the conference.

MORRIS AND FLOWER PLANTS

Morris demonstrates his version of "flower power" & "bed peace"...


MORRIS
Originally uploaded by Lyceum.



UPDATE: Carnival of the Cats #67 is up at the Watermark.

IS PUTIN A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS FAN?

First Wesley Clark, now Vladimir Putin... [Via Gongol.]


A Kremlin official insisted yesterday that the ring was a gift and had been sent to the Kremlin library, where other foreign offerings are kept. "Such a present was made," the official said.

Fortunately, Mr Kraft can spare his 2005 ring because he has two others from previous years. The Patriots have won the Super Bowl three times in the past four seasons.

Patriots supporters took solace in the thought that perhaps the Russian leader was a huge fan of their team. (News.com.au, 07/01/05.)


New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has made a statement.

REASON ROUNDUP ANYWHERE BUT HERE

Here are a couple of fresh baked carnivals!


Welcome to the Reason Roundup! A pro-American European! An unknown master. Cruise blues. Curious about yellow? Here or there? Should I...? Arrielle *is* beautiful. More.. (CharlotteCapitalist.com, 07/02/05.)

Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of My Kids!

Every week...Okay, well..I am not really starting a new carnival. But, it's the weekend so I thought I would share what I am fighting for -- my values. (CharlotteCapitalist.com, 07/03/05.)


Carnival of the Recipes
at Anywhere But Here.

The last time I hosted the Carnival, I had so much fun that I decided to organize it just like I did then. I'm a colorful kind of gal, as you might guess from reading my other posts and by admiring the beautiful format of my blog... (Gradualdazzle.blogspot.com, 07/01/05.)

GOOGLE BOOM

Save at Overstock.com!

From my post, GOOGLE + PLAYBOY = BIG AS AN AUTO PLAYER?

What is Google's "fair" value price? Around $110? It went up 18% on its day of debut to $100.34. Today's it ended at $108.31. What's your guess for next week? Nicole Maestri of Reuters is probably right in her assessment that Google will be scrutinized by the stock research analysts. (EGO, 08/19/04.)


Recently, the stock has been valued at $300. I ask the same question as the Economist: How high can Google go?

This week shares in Google, the world's most popular search engine, rose above $300 each, having defied most predictions by more than tripling in the ten months since the firm made its stockmarket debut at $85 a share. Now valued at more than $80 billion, Google has left in the dust the other three internet Wunderkinder—Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon—and even passed media stalwarts such as Time Warner. How does Google do it? (What a lot of wheatgrass, Economist.com, 06/30/05.)


Tim Beyers of Motley Fool thinks Google is a "rule maker." What do you think?

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Friday, July 1, 2005

CAT IN THE AIR


I took this picture during my visit to Lysekil.

For more animal photos, check out Friday Ark at the Modulator. You could find a new section called In Memoriam. Laurence Simon's cat Edloe has passed away.