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Connotation. 1. a. The configuration of suggestive or associative implications consitiuting the general sense of an abstract espression beyond its literal, explicit sense. b. A secondary meaning suggested by a word in addition to its literal meaning. 3. Logic The total of the attributes constituting the meaning of a term.

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Sven Bjorn Borg: Sven has been with d-con since its humble beginnings, and is responsible for punctuating, finances, guarding the office from rabid dogs and loud noises, and acting as mediator amongst the other members. Dr. Borge is well-known as the world's foremost (and perhaps only) underwater-basket-weaving expert. Sven has recently published no less than 3 books, Klingon Grammar and Vocabulary for humans, Life among the Grapes, and Escher, Bach, Gödel: A gigantic elastic bungalow. In it's copious spare time, the Sven enjoys playing the harpsichord and diagramming sentences. Sven is Chief of Staff and Director of Intelligence in the UPICN,LLC.
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Dr. Phelealabean: Dr. Phelealabean also uses the alias Dr. Olga Olathe Parsons-Uhlmer. Dr. Parsons-Uhlmer is a sister to Henry and Alan. She has a dual honorary doctorate in Arabian Literature and Language. She also has teaching experience at the University of Rekjavik which was held in a small grass-covered hut. She iswidowed after an incident involving her husband and abandonment which she is not allowed to discuss pending criminal charges. Now that she is alone, she enjoys spending summers with her brother, Henry, in his summer home, The Parsonon.

10.26.2003

Blog spotting
I have made a few observations on the blogs I've circled recently. Both left and right (democrat and republican, liberal and conservative - call it what you will. for this post the terms are interchangable) blogs exist. There are good ones of each. But on the whole, computer geeks are democrats.

Ah, what evidence have I for this, you ask? I shall tell.

Firstly, there are more left-leaning blogs, and they are more connected. This means that either computer web-design type people are more likely to be liberal than conservative OR liberals are more likely to be computer geeks. The "blogs I read" columns on liberal blogs are on average maybe twice as long as those on similar conservative blogs.

Secondly, left-of-the-fence blogs are more likely to sport "sophisticated" technology, such as blogback and comment features, accurate site counters, and referral services. Note Daily Kos as a good example. Democratic blogs are also usually maintained and designed better.

What does this mean?
Admittedly, the difference is demographic - most younger people (think maybe under forty - give or take a bit) are dems, while baby boomers & up are republican (they don't call it the GOP for nothing). Note that the group most likely to be liberal is also the most computer literate (early exposure counts for something). So looking at web presence is not an accurate method of determining public opinion (at least, not yet). Last I checked, the older generation is still more likely to actually vote, even if younger people are more likely to express their opinions online.

I think that the difference will be influential in the upcoming presidential election, but will fade after that. The people of the republican party will pull their party back to its noble roots (much as howard dean has done for the dems - remember Abraham Lincoln was the first of the 'modern' republicans), W's administration brouhaha will be a distant memory, campaigns and I will be able to truthfully claim bipartisanship again. Because, yes, it has been slipping. I have opinions, but usually I'm wishy-washy, I mean flexible enough to see most issues both ways (the mark of a good journalist, neh?), but I cannot justify any of the Bush administration's major actions logically or emotionally to myself (NCLB, War on Terror (fill in your own spooky music effect), or Economy/tax cuts being the big three. Israel/Palestine I've not been following much, so I won't comment.) They just seem counterintuitive - even contradictory to the values I've grown up with. So, yes, my friends. I'm declaring my official position in the Anybody But George-2004 party. It's a move I'm sad to have been forced into making, but proud to do, considering the circumstances.

(This post has grown longer than I expected and segued into a new topic. here's where i end it.)

--Posted by s. on Sunday, October 26, 2003.