The New Look and New Name

Saguaro Cactus, Mesquite and Turpentine bushes

So I figured that it was time that I stop lying to myself (not about anything important), but about this Blog.  It was never going to be any kind of serious discussion of animation. Thus far there is hardly any reference to animation at all.

So as Google again changed the format of Blogger, I thought it was a good time to change the format of my Blog as well.

I have no idea what I'm doing, but that never stopped me before.

The background picture is my first lie.  Titled "backyard" or something, it's actually about a mile or so north of my house.  If you'd like to see more, just Google "phoenix mountain preserve saguaro" and select images.  They are outrageous cactus and grow in a very limited area. I intend to change the picture occasionally if I get out with my camera.

If you are reading this Blog and you are not ON Blogger, then you probably are not seeing the pictures anyway.

The only thing I regret about changing the Blog is that I lost the pendulum clock that told visitors the time in Arizona, which doesn't change (we don't need no stinking daylight savings). I miss the ticking and the chimes on the hour and half hour.  It was a nice reminder of just how much time I was wasting.  But I cannot seem to get Blogger to accept the gadget again.

As for the entries, they will be whatever comes to mind, I suppose.  I have no great plan.  No mission.  And no agenda.  

I hope these changes find you well.  And I hope you stop by the Blog, the real one...
http://distorteddogma.blogspot.com/  and leave me a reply or comment.

I'm also working on some new cartoons for my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/distorteddogma 

So, enough.  Time to move on to something more interesting.  Whatever that will be.

Be Well.

Banned Books Week

American Library Association  www.ala.org

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
September 25−October 2, 2010

A list of 10 classic books often banned and/or challenged -- and why:

1. The Great Gatsby: language and sexual references
2. The Catcher in the Rye: excess vulgar language, sexual issues, moral issues
3. The Grapes of Wrath: vulgarity, filth, taking the Lord's name in vain
4. To Kill a Mockingbird: profanity and racial slurs
5. The Color Purple: sexual and social explicitness, troubling ideas about race,negative image of black men
6. Ulysses: too much sex.
7. Beloved: violence, sexual material
8. The Lord of the Flies: demoralizing, excessive violence, bad language
9. 1984: pro-Communist, explicit sexual matter
10. Lolita: pedophilia

Bonus Ban: Harry Potter: Irreligious
Ironic Ban: Fahrenheit 451: Rather than ban it Ballentine “santitized” it for use in schools without Ray Bradbury’s permission or input.

Be Well.