http://christopherlondonblog.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:59:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Live for nothing or die for something" -John Rambo Who am I?  "Say my name! Say my name! If no one is around you, you can say I love you." I repeat, who am I? Bro, this ain't no "Existential Crisis" here.  I know what I mean and I mean what I say. ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/29/an-existential-crisis/ [caption id="attachment_827" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Kelly Killoren Bensimon at Opening Day of the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge at Blue Star Jets Field"][/caption] Social Media-ites, please do keep in mind that it’s not really “journalism” if you are in essence covering yourself. In that case it's called “self promotion”, “self dealing” or serving as ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/26/self-dealing-the-new-social-media-ites-self-obsession/ President Obama is a lawyer.  He is a graduate of Harvard Law School who practiced briefly for several years as a full time attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Galland in Chicago. That got me thinking as to what kind of lawyer he was in his practice days. As one who ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/21/the-trial-practice-presidency-of-obama/ There is an inherent and perhaps legendary tension between artiste’s who originate, create or design creative works/content and those who represent, market, publicize and form a historical narrative about the artiste and the body of their work. The engines of Capitalism churn through the work of sales, marketing, branding and public ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/19/paula-scher-the-map-lady-vs-the-man-who-put-her-on-the-map-in-the-art-world-harry-stendhal/ "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/19/the-midnight-ride-of-jack-kerouac/ "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."  - Thomas Paine Dear President Obama (and those who are paying attention):    Congratulations on the series of legislative victories you have achieved in your first 2 years as President. By any measure your political ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/18/obama-rebuild-america-first-not-an-emerging-european-styled-caliphate-state/ This is the story of migrant NBA workers during America’s Great Recession of 2010 and the journey of Lennie Small (played by LeBron James) from his isolation in Cleveland, Ohio to the warm Florida Gold Coast where he is reunited with George Milton (played by Dwayne Wade and alternatively, Pat ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/13/of-mice-men-redux-lennie-small-lebron-james-goes-to-miami-in-search-of-george-milton-but-is-that-dwayne-wade-or-pat-riley/ [caption id="attachment_749" align="alignleft" width="247" caption=""American Gothic" by artist Grant Wood"][/caption] This past weekend as has been customary for me for the last several years I have stayed in my beloved metropolis to celebrate Independence Day. After the mass exodus of vacationers heads off to the Hamptons and points along Route 27 ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/06/to-live-die-in-the-hamptons/ Admire and adore the Author of the telescopic universe, love and esteem the work, do all in your power to lessen ill, and increase good, but never assume to comprehend. --John Adams, 2ndAmerican President & Founding Father. America is fighting to pull itself out of the heavy toll of the current recession. There ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/04/july-4th-2010-still-great-to-be-an-american-a-new-yorker/ I was thinking about who I might not yet have gotten around to pissing off lately. What other controversial issue could I come out in support of, but still offend nearly everyone, on every side of said issue? EASY: Gay Marriage. I decided merely to weigh in on the one hot ... http://christopherlondonblog.com/2010/07/03/gay-marriage-the-most-important-issue-of-our-time/