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Reactionary Hurl: Bob Beers has a really, really, really good eye

Another installment of the Reactionary Hurl, the series in which I take the easy road to blogging and react to news in short, opinionated, useless snippets. Political pledges for decency and chilling the hell out never work.

  • These are some fast cats. And they have some dough. It seems kind of like cheating that they had things like a support team and a spotter plane. But it’s done. They win the world. (Kottke)
  • Take the pledge, please. Forget it, it’s way too much to ask that people accept that the world is not ending. (RENO WIRE)
  • What country is this. The way issues are framed is always interesting to me. Reid Stott, who, when he really gets down and writes is a super smart dude, always offers a little bit different look at things than I’m used to seeing. We’re on a strange path, it seems, and either I’m just way too new to this or people are not acting reasonably in response. Reid is. Also, he uses Textpattern. What’s up. (The Daily Whim)
  • Political hack or not, $2.1 mil isn’t chump change. In fact, it’s enough that Harry Reid even threw a bit of praise toward Rush Limbaugh. I admire that, simply because it shows a level of maturity that way too often doesn’t exist in politics. But what do I know of maturity? (Politico)
  • Greenpeace leverages recent PR to get people to pay attention to them. Fresh off of publicly calling out Apple over the iPhone, Greenpeace has released a list of good-to-bad companies on a greenness scale. Lo and behold, Apple rates low, but not the lowest. Fear! Shock! It’s what works, people. (Matter)
  • Bob Beers like my photos. I like that a lot. Beers obviously has a very good eye for the artistically brilliant. Or he is really subtle in making fun. Either way, respect is earned from me. Hell, at the very least it’s cool that the guy reads blogs and makes a point to talk about them. Good work, Senator. (Beers4Nevada)
  • I think Hof should be disqualified. It sucks that I dropped a spot from last year. It hurts that it was to a guy who I could only find on MySpace. Granted, he is in charge of hookers, so to a lot of RN&R readers, that might carry some serious authority. Also, contrary to what everyone might think, I agree with #1. Would have voted for her myself, actually. I don’t think I’m the best blogger in town, just the purest. You can be good at what you do and still be full of shit sometimes. (Reno News & Review)
  • The legend grows. There are four people I don’t allow others to mess with in my company: Madonna, Fiona Apple, Sarah Silverman (recent addition), and Lindsay Lohan. I’m sympathetic toward Lindsay. Unlike other similar young starlets (real ones, not like people who just call themselves starlets) like Tara Reid, that chick who did PR for all of them and got in car wrecks a lot, Britney, and Paris, something about Lindsay Lohan makes me feel sorry for her. She’s definitely the lone sympathy case on my list, and I think it’s because her dad is a total douchebag. I wish she could pull it together and do another Freaky Friday movie or something (I’ve had to watch her in several kids movies, which might also be the reason for the sympathy). But now that she stole some girl’s fiancée, she has been elevated to pretty solid status on my list. It makes her a worse person, but I dig legendary bad people who haven’t sliced up a few people and gotten away with it. (Huffington Post)
  • That one scream we’ve all heard. First, my apologies to any of you who already read Boing Boing, which I only recently decided I could again stomach. I’m usually a few days late, though, so maybe you’ve forgotten about it by now. But this scream is great, and the roots are there if you follow the link. A freaking Stormtrooper died with it! How awesome is that? I couldn’t quite figure out whether using it in all those movies was a joke or if there was some other reason. Either way, it’s cool. (Boing Boing)


tags: best local blogger, bob beers, cannonball run, dennis hof, harry reid, image problems, letter auction, lindsay lohan, movie scream, photos, political pledge, reid stott, reno news and review, rush limbaugh, star wars, textpattern
posted by Ryan Jerz on 10/19/2007

Comments

The Anon Guy, Oct 19, 11:15 PM #:

What do you want to bet the eBay auction winner won’t pay? Almost every “big” publicized auction anymore ends with a non payer.

Madonna, Fiona Apple, Lohan? What the hell is going on?

That scream story is funny. As a little kid I remember playing my Mom’s old 45s and one of my favorites was Sheb Wooley’s “Flying Purple People Eaters.” I also remember my Dad complaining how it seemed every other year our county fair always had Wooley as the performer even though “Purple People Eater” was 15-20 years ago. Cripes, Wooley might have been my first concert.

By the way, Big Starlet has a long post on you. I left a comment, but I think I may have been banned with you as it isn’t showing.

Ryan Jerz, Oct 19, 11:35 PM #:

I’m not sure if you’re wondering about those ladies because of political beliefs or what, but I have been a huge Madonna fan for a long time. Her politics don’t bother me at all. At least she actually moved out of the country to stay away from what she doesn’t like. I just dig her music. Fiona Apple is probably my favorite singer now, and Lindsay, well, all I can say is what’s above. When she started hanging out with the Hollywood trash I had no choice but to worry. I once had Tara Reid at the top of my dead pool.

Of course Big Starlet has a post on me. I’m like a cottage industry for her. I think her next step is to sell shirts that say “You might have heard of my blog. It’s about Ryan Jerz.” Her only hope at anyone reading is when I link, so she hops on any opportunity to get noticed. Never mind her thing a year ago was that she didn’t want to be a part of the local blog scene. Now I’m all she’s got. Also, see the post immediately above this. Easy, sure, but I laugh when I look at it. Maybe I’ll ask her to collaborate on a KREN piece. She seems to be fixated on that. Plus, it might get me unbanned.

If she banned you it speaks volumes. What else is there to say. I wish I would have saved a copy of the comment I left so I could have posted it.

I’m going to have a good weekend.

The Anon Guy, Oct 20, 12:36 AM #:

Actually it was more the tabloidesqueness, if that’s a word, of your choices, not politics. Though I guess Madonna and Apple have been out of TMZ for awhile.

I’m afraid your Super Quickly post is too cryptic for me. Does it mean a KREN broadcast is scheduled?

By the way, I think Disney is checking in on this story.

Bob Beers, Oct 20, 02:42 AM #:

Subtle? That’s perhaps the only word I’ve never heard used on me invectively.

This caught my eye http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjerz/12415016/in/set-72057594054286038/ not just because I know the man in the suit.

My wife likes this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjerz/47910472/in/set-72057594054286038/ although I think it out of place. We each got our degrees at different ends of the state.

Tough to pick a favorite Rico shot, but blogography http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjerz/98805753/in/set-72057594054286038/ has a point with this one.

The Lyndale shot is excellent, but I think my favorites are all the outside compositions. I’m thinking you must have a roll-out canvas “cool sky” in your camera bag?

Nope, no subtlety or dig. You’ve got a fine eye for photography.

Ryan Jerz, Oct 20, 01:49 PM #:

Bob,

Thanks for pointing those out. I appreciate the comments. I think the sad thing is that all those photos you pointed out are old. I need to get out and shoot more. I’m losing what I had.

I tried fixing your links. I have no idea why they aren’t working. They should and basic html is supposed to render properly. I think it can work this way, since it’s all I can figure out.

Thanks again for the link and the compliments.

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