I'm losing the will to blog. Partly because it's hard for simple bloggers like me to maintain the narcissism and frivolity, when the world is in such a mess.
So today I thought I would acknowledge the awfuck real world, by running this flash-animated map. It illustrates the history of American war from 1775 to 2006, and runs for about 90 seconds.
It uses pink (republican) and blue (democrat) to try and make a party-political point, but it's more interesting than that.
If your PC is set up like mine, you may have to click "Play" twice to get it to start.
I have shrunk the map to fit my blog - or you can watch the original full-size version at mapsofwar.com.
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08 December 2006 at 23:04
war isnae by disney
Sources acknowledged.
Hotboy said...
Adolf! Heil! Of course, it doesn't work on my machine! Probably due to unsuitable content. Just my luck! At last, a decent video and I don't get to watch it! No help at all! Hotboy
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zomba said...
I say!
Both the Democrats and the Republicans appear to have completely missed my part of the world. Is that some sort of record or?
MM III
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zomba said...
I say!
I was so sidetracked by that movie-clip, and the wait to see if Southern Africa was mentioned at all, that I completely forgot why I came here in the first place.
I came to ask you what your current opinion on prosopagnosia was. I ask this because I was down near the market the other day (not the most salubrious part of Zomba), and Cabbage came staggering out of a bottle-store, walked straight past me without recognising me, an continued down the road. He later claimed not to have recognised me at all.
MM III
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onan the bavarian said...
HB - you're probably just lacking the shockwave/flash plug-in. Your browser should have offered to get it for you. Does that help?
MM - I'm not really up on the biology of sphagnum, but I do believe they make whisky out of peat. Perhaps Cabbage had "had a few".
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Lee Ann said...
Hey Rob!
I have not been much in a blogging mood lately, but I have missed you.
I hope all is well!
Have a great week!
~xo
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Lil Bit said...
Wow, v. cool & interesting map there.
I understand the need to step away... I'm actually *just* returning from another lil bloggy break myself.
Hope you're doing well.
*hugs*
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Polyman3 said...
Blogging is like life; sometimes it excites, sometimes it depresses,
sometimes it really doesn't matter.
To me it is just a good way to vent...so don't give up.
War- HuH! What is it good for?
To the victor, goes the spoils.
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