Archive - May 2005
May 26th
MargeBlog
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 05/26/2005 - 22:39
Today, I got an interesting email. It was from Margie Ware in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She had read my blog post about the Massachusetts Democratic State Platform Convention and had heard from someone that I had grown up in Williamstown.
We have sent a few emails back and forth in which I acknowledged growing up in Williamstown and she has pointed me to her blog, MargeBlog. I started reading the most recent post. It is about having coffee and stopping at the Post Office on Spring Street. I remember going down to Spring Street. I remember the Post Office. I remember the discussions that would happen as you ran into friends and neighbors on the street. It is a great post.
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Rate on NewsTrustFiona at the Diner
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 05/26/2005 - 14:25
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Random Home Stuff
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 05/26/2005 - 13:45
Well, I'm at home today, fighting off a stomach bug that Kim brought back from her vacation. Fighting a cold on a dreary rainy day isn't good for the spirits, and I need to be upbeat for a few friends that are having worse times than I am.
Fortunately, two good things happened in the past couple of days that is helping keep my spirits up. Sometime ago, we were approached by someone who wanted to use our house for a movie they were working on. It never materialized. However, people remembered our house and we have been approached again for a similar project. It is a long shot, but it is fun and exciting.
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May 24th
Playing with GeoURL
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 05/24/2005 - 09:26
So, I'm trying to dig through the 800 emails that have piled up over the past week and a half. I'm not declaring email bankruptcy yet, but I'm close. I'm trying to get through the emails as quickly as possible, but some of them just require a little exploration.
Over at CivicSpace, there is a discussion about mapping users and developers. I've always liked playing with the ICBM and geo.position Meta tags. I use them to list my sites at www.a2b.cc.
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May 23rd
Promoting sites and books
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 05/23/2005 - 14:39
Today, I got an email by a writer from Iowa promoting his books. I haven’t read any of his books, but his email was well written and I would encourage you to check out his website, http://www.iowapeace.com/.
I also received an email from Strengthen the Good. Strengthen the Good highlights small charities that are not well known. I encourage every to read the Strengthen the Good blog, as well as read about The Tom Family.
Also, as a member of the Media Bloggers Association, I have received a review copy of Developing Feeds with RSS and Atom by Ben Hammersley.
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May 22nd
A less than quiet week at Orient Lodge
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/22/2005 - 11:31
This pretty planet
It has not been a quite week at Orient Lodge. On Friday the 13th, Kim, Fiona and I drove up to Reading, Massachusetts. I was going to Lowell to cover the Massachusetts Democratic State Platform Convention. Kim was leaving for a Mommies’ Meeting. (More on this later).
I had press credentials to cover the convention and put up a few posts about what went on. Subsequently, there has been a great discussion over at Blue Mass Group. I wish I had time to join in the discussion in more detail, but time has been pretty cramped.
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This Pretty Planet
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/22/2005 - 11:08
Fiona and her classmates sing 'This Pretty Planet' and Grandparents day.
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May 15th
New Federalism
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/15/2005 - 20:53
(Originally published in Greater Democracy)
When the Federalist Papers were written in the early days of our country, the total population of the United States was less than four million people. Today, over half the States in the union are larger than that. The country has gotten much larger. However, when the Federalist Papers were written there was not the instantaneous communications that we have today. You could not call, fax or email your representative, and it was a long and arduous trip to get to the to nations capital. So, as the country has gotten much larger, it has also gotten much smaller at the same time. Do we need to move more power away from Washington because the States are that much bigger or should we move more power to Washington because it is now only a phone call away. What does this tell us about Federalism in the twenty-first century?
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May 14th
Mass. Dems Convention Evening Post
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/14/2005 - 19:29
At the Massachusetts State Convention, Representative Ed Markey introduced Democratic National Committee Chairperson Howard Dean saying that Dean reached out to young voters and gave them faith in party politics.
Not only has Chairman Dean reached given young voters faith in party politics, but he has made them feel welcome. In his speech before the convention, he said that the most important thing that he wanted to tell everyone at the convention is, “We need you.”
He spoke about needing people to get out and knock on doors. He said, “We need a Democratic Governor in Massachusetts in 2006. We can’t do it without you. We need you to exercise some discipline on the party. We do not want to destroy ourselves before we get to the primary.”
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Mass. Dems Convention Morning Post
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/14/2005 - 11:00
It is a grey, overcast day. As I drive to the convention, I encounter brief showers. I was up late last night for some of the parties that are an important part of conventions. The parties last night had a slightly surreal aspect. A local school was having its prom at the same hotel that the Democratic Convention Parties were at; prom dresses and political buttons. I hadn’t had any food or coffee yet, and I was feeling a little bit down. Yet as I arrived at the convention center, I saw crowds holding signs for their candidates.
Checking in was quick and simple. I was asked what organization I was with and I said I was a blogger. There, on the list next to major newspapers and TV stations was the group, “blogger”. I was the only person in that group.
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