{"id":2111,"date":"2009-01-18T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2009-01-17T22:02:44","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T05:02:44","slug":"hows-my-posting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/18\/hows-my-posting\/","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s My Posting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/2009\/01\/bumper.gif\" alt=\"How's My Blogging? Leave a comment below.\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s almost been a month since <a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/26\/ch-ch-ch-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" >ripping the advertising off this site<\/a>. Since that time, while it might be subtle, I&#8217;ve felt much more free to write about what I want and say whatever might be on my mind relative to any particular subject.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere are the entries post-advertising in case you may have missed them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/27\/the-dreaded-bread-threat\/\">The Dreaded Bread Threat<\/a> &#8211; A satire of the danger of bread. Frankly, a rip off of the &#8220;Dread Tomato&#8221; referenced in the post.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/28\/sunday-school-a-businessman-cant-hold-a-candle-to-a-clergyman\/\">Sunday School: A Businessman Can&#8217;t hold a Candle to a Clergyman<\/a> &#8211; Revisting (and posting) George Carlin&#8217;s video monologue on the subject.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/28\/sunday-school-deserved-desecration\/\">Sunday School: Deserved Descration<\/a> &#8211; Biology Professor PZ Myers holds nothing sacred, and neither should any of us.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/29\/see-slumdog-millionaire\/\">See Slumdog Millionaire<\/a> &#8211; An extraordinary film that should be seen. It has now won some hardware. I found it disturbing on multiple levels and unfortunately, it does track my observations of India in certain ways.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/31\/2008-by-the-numbers\/\">2008 By the Numbers<\/a> &#8211; Who would have thought so many people read this blog? Not me. Somehow, it still seems unreal even though I analyze the logs&#8230;.Thanks for reading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/04\/the-tragedy-of-faith\/\">The Tragedy of Faith<\/a> &#8211; A look at the seedy side of religion. Binny Hinn and his money machine steal money and hope from the sick, the poor, and the old. Sickening.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/04\/o-fortuna\/\">O Fortuna<\/a> &#8211; A fluff entry linking to two creative videos with alternate words set to &#8220;O Fortuna.&#8221; To be fair, they did make me laugh.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/05\/go-bucks-2\/\">Go Bucks!<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ve moved the Buckeye Football content to <a href=\"https:\/\/buckeye.vu\/\" target=\"_blank\" >The Buckeye View<\/a> &#8211; but I couldn&#8217;t resist. Interestingly, most of my social\/religious views are diametrically opposed to most Buckeye football fans; thus the separate venue.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/05\/blown-coverage-ends-a-great-game\/\">Blown Coverage Ends a Great Game<\/a> &#8211; See above. Commentary on the Fiesta Bowl.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/07\/open-letter-to-arnold\/\">Open Letter to Arnold<\/a> &#8211; I wrote a letter to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urging him to revoke the tax exempt status from large non-profit organizations. As you might expect, it&#8217;s had zero impact. But at least it&#8217;s floating out there and we will get a drum beat on this issue going over time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/11\/gorgeous-day-on-the-coast\/\">Gorgeous Day on the Coast<\/a> &#8211; Often I have to pinch myself. This entry talks about the extraordinary weather we&#8217;ve enjoyed over the past few weeks. Today it&#8217;s also true.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/11\/visual-travelogue\/\">Visual Travelogue<\/a> &#8211; Talks about a web tool that will generate maps of where you&#8217;ve been in the world, India, and the United States. It&#8217;s pretty cool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/12\/i-get-mail-blast-from-the-past\/\">I Get Mail: Blast From the Past<\/a> &#8211; My life as a young cad with little to no moral fiber is laid bare for all to see. Interesting comments, I&#8217;d love to see more of this in the future (the dialogue through comments &#8211; not my bad behavior.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/13\/ten-best-lyric-phrases\/\">Ten Best Lyric Phrases<\/a> &#8211; My non-exclusive list of the best lyric lines I can conjure. Again, great comments. Perhaps I should write more like this?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/14\/vide-deus-ad-oculos\/\">Vide Deus Ad Oculos<\/a> &#8211; See god with your own eyes. A personal seal offered for any who would like to adopt it for their own use. A commentary about where I&#8217;m really going with my active atheist leanings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/15\/the-power-of-work-vs-the-power-of-prayer\/\">The Power of Work vs. The Power of Prayer<\/a> &#8211; A repost of WellingtonGray.net&#8217;s pithy little matrix that brings the truth to our attention.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/17\/from-wheat-to-eat\/\">From Wheat to Eat<\/a> &#8211; A link to a TED Talk on the art, craft, and science of baking. Utterly fascinating.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/17\/newseum-preserving-the-print-dinosaurs\/\">Newseum: Preserving the Print Dinosaurs<\/a> &#8211; A nifty little tool that geographically organizes local print newspapers with commentary about the downfall of print media (and their other counterparts affected by digital media.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/18\/car-wars\/\">Car Wars<\/a> &#8211; A narrative of my experience in a hybrid electric vs. traditional vehicle and the conflicted feelings that come from owning and having access to both flavors at my whim.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nHave you noticed any differences post advertising? Do you care? How&#8217;s the posting going? Do you like the (subtle) difference in what I&#8217;m writing about? How about the style? For what it&#8217;s worth, this platform is a good outlet for me to comment about things that have somehow impacted my thoughts and somehow keeps me sane regardless of readership. In a certain way, I guess it was a completely selfish act to take the ads away as it freed me to be even more candid and write about things that I might have shied away from when advertisers were present.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHave a thought? Share it. I&#8217;m listening. And, by the way, thanks for dropping by. I can&#8217;t say I know why so many of you do, but perhaps you get something from some of this content too. The experience is richer when you contribute to the conversation. I do moderate, but for spam only (163,225 spam comments caught to date&#8230;)<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s almost been a month since ripping the advertising off this site. 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