Monthly Archives: September 2008

links on ma.gnolia

In case you’re curious what I’ve been reading… The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes This is a good write up on a number of things I’ve been thinking about related to Dunbar’s number and online social network size. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifewithalacrity.com%2F2004%2F03%2Fthe_dunbar_numb.html View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Sarah Palin Fails Focus Group

CSPAN—Campaign 2008 ran a Presidential Campaign Focus Group in Minneapolis:

Matt Damon talks about Palin

“Actor Matt Damon speaks out on the Republicans’ choice of hockey-mom Sarah Palin for VP. Damon compares her rise to a ‘really bad Disney movie’ and says it’s crazy that this woman could become President. (Sept. 10)” —Associated Press

American politics is burning

I don’t know how best to preface this: a good friend’s house was vandalized last night. Please just read this and consider what is going on in our country! Last night I had my Obama sign torn down and my sign for our district Congressional hopeful, Jeff Morris, burned. Yes, burned with melted plastic all [...]

Women Against Sarah Palin

Yesterday I discovered the Housewives for Palin website—devoted purely to enthusiasm and excitement about Sarah Palin. I was slightly surprised that they really are enforcing a positive message: absolutely no bad mouthing Sarah Palin or any other candidate. And at least a few women commented that they were still skeptical of Palin’s politics, but as [...]