Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

In my conquest of the inter-web, I've found a strange blog. A blog with no real obvious theme or reason. The only thing i could find out about this blog is that its called "The Phantom Notebook" and it may or may not be about reviewing magic tricks. The blog seems to have been dormant for some time but after reading the first post I am immensely hopeful that the person behind it will continue to work his/her magic. Until then I will continue to follow it. ever hopeful. "The passion for play is probably as old, and will be as enduring, as the race of man." -The Smiling mule

http://phantom-notebooks.blogspot.com/

^^^^Check it out! ^^^^ ( broken link was due to DOUBLE http:// (http://http//)

I also found a blog that is currently in the process of answering a question that has perplexed scholars since before the time of Charlemagne! The question of which I speak is ofcourse "If a man was to go for a jog, then why'eth should he not persure the act of juggling there in". You now know the depth of what were dealing with here. JOGGING+JUGGLING= ~JOGGLING~
The site is actually very professional, but it keeps that wholesome look, so you know some robot isn't playing with your heart. The blog is stewarted by "The Average Joggler" and his posts focus on both Jogging, juggling, and at times Joggling. Theres even how-to videos giving some pointers on the ancient art of the future JOGGLING.

http://justyouraveragejoggler.com/

EXPAND YOUR HORIZON, CHECK IT OUT!!!

The Dumbest Generation?

Mark Bauerlein, an English Professor at Emory University, provokes the idea that the Digital Age has given birth to the dumbest generation in his new book "The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future". Although Bauerlein does raise some shocking reasons for his claime, in the end its all about how you view them. The first thing that stood out to me was that Bauerlein believes that our generation hate reading books and even dicourages reading books. This hit me as a gross generalization, I myself love to read books and countless others within my generation share my love. The reason there are some within my generation who hate reading, is simply that it has been forced on them thier whole life by who I like to call the Older Jealous Folks, with rantings along the line of "Stop fooling around with that (cell phone, television, computer, xbox, ect.) and do something worth while, like read a book". these rantings are compiled in the minds of my generations and then unloaded back at the OJF as teenage anxt towards reading and books. Bauerlein brought up the idea that my generation can't spell without the aid of spell check, and my simple responce is alright. So what if we cannot spell without the help of a computer. If in your childhood you where presented with such an amazing tool as the spell-check would you just throw it aside? I think not . I really believe Bauerlein may have been his schools spelling bee champion, and now his skill is much less aprechiated It is slightly odd that he would leave out the use of calculators and computer navigation systems in this whole crusade on technology. I laughed when I read that one reason for my generation being the dumbest was, that we ridicule original ideas and good writing... on myspace. first off myspace is not an intelectual place where original ideas can thrive, and therefore should not be used as an example for a claim as outrageous as calling an entire generation dumb. Secondly Myspace is a social networking site where people go to keep in contact with friends, not write essays. The only thing that I agree with Bauerlein about is that my generation is young, and with youth comes stupidity. I haven't a doubt that I will look back and realise how ignorant and naive I was. That is the nature of ageing. with old age comes great wisdom. My generation can be called the dumbest, but our judges should take into account that they cannot fully judge us because they are entierly different. they were raised differently, taught differently, lived without what my generation has always known. We are not ignorant, we have different skills more compatable to the current Digital computer age.