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Loving the Echo Chamber

May 31, 2011 by Dale Connelly

Reputable-journalist-turned-attention-hog Bud Buck has been thinking about recent criticism of Internet search personalization, and it has activated his dander. Of all the empty complaints that are being thrown around these days, the one that really annoys me is the one about Internet search personalization. People say that when Amazon, Netflix, Google and all those other web companies collect information about what you’re looking at and use it to edit the results you get, it creates an “echo chamber” where you’re […]

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Three Day Leave

May 30, 2011 by Dale Connelly

Having an extended weekend can open up a bit of time for busy people, especially if you don’t have to drag yourself up to a cabin or host some special event. Saturday’s post asked what arts and crafts project Babooners could do over and over. Clearly, sitting around posting comments on blogs is only one leisure time activity that occupies our little community. I offered to post photos of any projects people found time to work on during this long […]

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Welcome to Slippery Slope, Mr. AutoPresident!

May 28, 2011 by Dale Connelly

There has been some tooth gnashing over President Obama’s authorization of the signing of the Patriot Act extension with an autopen. This machine long ago took the place of the chief executive’s hand in dealing with routine correspondence, but apparently this is the first time a mechanical device has been used to turn a bill into a law. A legal opinion written by lawyers with the Bush (2) administration was used to justify the move. Even so, Obama will be […]

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Mr. Rain Cloud

May 27, 2011 by Dale Connelly

I’m sorry to report that I have lost that happy feeling about this being the Friday before a three-day weekend. I blame Bathtub Safety Officer Rafferty, who stuffed the following flyer in my mailbox: Attention Civilians! I strongly advise you to obey the following Safety Alert for the Memorial Day Weekend! We should all be in a heightened state of awareness. I know the Department of Homeland Security has done away with its system of color coded warnings, but I’m […]

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Select Committee On Outer Transport Entitling Review (S.C.O.O.T.E.R.)

May 26, 2011 by Dale Connelly

Please forgive me, Baboons, but I’d like to go back to outer space for a moment. NASA has announced that its future human space travel projects will be based on an astronaut container alluringly called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Regardless of how you feel (if you care at all) about NASA’S planned direction away from near earth orbit (NEO) projects and towards deep space exploration, you have to be concerned about this clear victory of the Acronym Based Entitling Lobby […]

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Dancing With The Stairs

May 25, 2011 by Dale Connelly

Today is the birthday of a great American entertainer, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, in 1878. Both parents died when he was an infant and Robinson was raised by his grandmother. He started dancing as an 8 year old and made his name in vaudeville, and later, movies. He was a man of many talents, with an inventive mind and lightning fast feet. It is said he could run backwards faster than many could run forwards, once covering 75 yards in 8.2 […]

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Getting the Yard Work Done

May 24, 2011 by Dale Connelly

When you and a friend go on a trip to an exotic faraway place, you will probably come home with a few photos of you standing by some historical monument or in front of a landmark or in the doorway to a famous place you are about to enter. That’s just human nature. So it’s no surprise to see NASA release this touristy photo from the current shuttle mission with Andrew Feustel climbing back into the International Space Station after […]

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Bud Buck Opines!

May 23, 2011 by Dale Connelly

A lot of the news isn’t news anymore, it’s opinion. Why? Because it’s much easier to generate an opinion than it is to track down and confirm a fact. Many “news organizations” rely heavily on pundits because it’s a low cost way to chew up time. Here at Trail Baboon, we’re no different. Our staff reporter, Bud Buck, didn’t want to lose his weekend to all the turmoil at the capitol, and we didn’t want to pay his per diem! […]

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The Day After!

May 22, 2011 by Dale Connelly

We had an unusually busy Saturday, thanks to rain and the timeless allure of the end of time. So I thought it would be good to hit the “reset” button for today, in case baboons would like to continue a conversation. Here’s a morning after limerick, for those nonplussed about the non rapture. A man who predicted the ending Received less than what he was intending Just some minutes of fame, While the world stayed the same Its predicted apocalypse […]

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The World of the End

May 21, 2011 by Dale Connelly

Oh my, what to say about the predicted end of the world? There is an apocalyptic mindset that is satisfying in a weird way. Things become simple when you know for sure nothing will matter after today. It is easy to mock people who make such claims on religious grounds, but even science confirms that the world will, in fact, end someday. Just like comedy, the essence of the thing is in the timing. Is this the day? Tomorrow? All […]

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