Because I'm a Greedy Capitalist and I'm Copying a Certain Lunch Meat

Let's see, what's in my blog that would make ads appear? So far nothing.
Well, my last name sounds like Listerine, which is a type of mouth wash similar to Scope and Plax.
I often drink soda like Coca-Cola, Jarritos, Pepsi, Orange Crush.
I work at the library, which has lots of books, kind of like Barnes and Noble, Borders, Dalton Books, the Tattered Cover in Denver, CO and other places; only of course for free.
Let's see what else might cause things to pop up over on the right... um... Micorsoft, Best Buy, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, McDonalds, Fender, Gibson, Mesa Boogie, Random House, Dreamworks, Pixar, Kill Rock Stars, Saddle Creek, None Such, Alive, la dee da dee da.

Task #13

On the sound snaps website I was able to find a sound clip of a "wren twittering and whistling." It was also a vintage recording I'm told. I think these sounds would make our library website incredibly obnoxious.


I'd already looked at jamendo during our original CC page so I skipped down to artistserver. It was lack luster. Despite being open to all types of music, it is still predominately electronica (something I have great difficulty getting into) and was just a being smattering of blandness.

Next I looked at Last Fm's page of free downloads, something I had not noticed on the earlier task. This is nice for looking into artists that you may not know and have a word of mouth I heard about them a while back interest in.

I'd actually heard about amie street a while back but had not looked at the site. The idea of being free until you're popular is interesting, but there's something kind about that that strikes me in a weird way. Anyway, it was very nice if you're into the whole downloading music thing.

Now, I've never understood the appeal of this. I really like album art. Of course, I do have a large collection of burned CD's that are lacking said art, but on the whole, if it's a band or album I really like, then I buy the CD. And why have just one song by an artist? What, you're too busy to listen to more of their catalogue? I mean, why would you shop on itunes when a lot of artists still offer vinyl versions of their albums (and often with codes for free digital downloads so you can have it on CD as well)? You get awesome artwork that is huge and you can actually see details in it and it invites pretty, shiny packaging. In fact, did you know that most of Funkadelic's early releases are now being reissued on vinyl? It's true. And it's not downloadable either. But it's better than that. Also, don't you love going into record stores and browsing shelves? And how fun is it to just grab things willy nilly random and slip on the headphones and go through a stack of CDs being surprised both with disgust and amour at what you didn't know was there. And, if you're outgoing enough, you can get into great conversations with people around you about what they just grabbed or what's in your pile and it's music nerd mania.

I don't know, I guess this is just more of my deep seeded hatred for what I see as superfluous technology.

Oh, and on a related note; guitar playing mock instrument video games are a horrid idea. Go learn a real instrument, hosers.

Task #12

So I looked up the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich for the series. As I assumed, there are fifteen, but also some bonus ones that don't have numbers in the title that are supplementary.

I looked up Annie Dillard for the read alike and I think that Sue Hubbell's "A Book of Bees - And How to Keep Them" sounds appealing. I like solitary ruminations conducted in nature.

I then went to the Nature Writing section of the Recommended Reads and I didn't find anything very similar to "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek." Maybe it'd be under the memoirs or spirituality section. Who knows. I do know, however, that I am not very interested in ornithology. Did you know that there is a whole romance sub genre called Men in Kilts? I wish I was Scottish. I'd wear a kilt. I may anyway just for kicks.

Task #11

The Book Report Network I found to be rather uninspired. It could be handy for the mentioned reason of the an author's bibliography, but eh. I'm lukewarm to the website web o' sites.

I learned that in the olive tree next to where Federico Garcia Lorca was shot people often carve quotes from his poetry and plays. This makes me sad for several reasons. One, fascists killing artists is always sad and so are reminders of such actions. Two, that poor tree, hasn't it seen and suffered enough already? And three, why are these people living vicariously through the memory of a not quite martyred poet from the 1910's? Go home and do something constructive.

Task #10

I went to Consumer Reports and looked up information about Leica cameras. It's very handy to be able to limit the search by date with a simple sliding device they've placed on the right.

I then decided to read up on Leopold and Loeb on the Biography resource center. Did you know that the boy they murdered was actually a distant cousin to Loeb who was later murdered in prison? Also, although both were sentenced to ninety nine years for kidnapping and life for the murder Leopold "became a model prisoner who won the respect of guards and prison officials. He enrolled in correspondence courses in advanced mathematics, physics, and classical languages from the University of Iowa.

Interested in prison reform, he persuaded the faculty at the university to help organize correspondence courses for prisoners and to replace textbooks that had been lost in a fire. He also convinced the prison staff to make it easier for inmates to borrow and read books. During World War II (1939-45), he volunteered for medical tests intended to advance knowledge of the causes and treatment of malaria. Some people regarded Leopold's behavior as a self-serving ploy to gain early release. But others were convinced by it. Impressed by Leopold's apparent rehabilitation, Illinois Governor William Stratton commuted his ninety-nine-year sentence to eighty-five years, which improved the possibility for his ultimate parole (early release).

In 1958 Leopold presented his fifth plea for release. Writer Carl Sandburg--with whom Leopold exchanged letters--and University of Iowa professor Helen Williams spoke on his behalf. Shortly before his release, he announced the formation of the Leopold Foundation to aid disturbed children. The foundation was funded in part with proceeds from his Life Plus 99 Years, an autobiography serialized by the Chicago Daily News and published in book form in 1958. It featured an introduction by crime novelist Erle Stanley Gardner. While the book did not discuss the murder of Bobby Franks, it gave a detailed account of Leopold's life in prison. Most reviewers praised the book.

On March 13, 1958, after thirty-three years in prison, Leopold was released to the custody of the Church of the Brethren, to which he had been converted while in prison. He worked for $10 per month in the church's medical mission at Castañer, in Puerto Rico's hill country, where he taught mathematics and helped raise funds for the church. He also took correspondence courses from the University of Puerto Rico, earning a master of science degree in June 1961. Three years after his release, he married Trudi Feldman Garcia de Quevado. Leopold died of a heart attack in 1971. In accordance with his wishes, his body was donated to the University of Puerto Rico's School of Medicine." ("Leopold and Loeb." Outlaws, Mobsters & Crooks: From the Old West to the Internet. Vol. 5. U*X*L, 2002.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC)

Task #9

I will now pull a Wes.

I made a website. I'm not sure what to type about my experience. I'm lacking inspiration to describe the aforementioned process. Here's the url : http://jlister.weebly.com/

Good Day.