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Jul 292008
I’ve made a few noteworthy additions to the blogroll lately:
This blog contains excessive amounts of positive parenting stories. Non-parents may experience sudden urges to procreate and should be advised that THIS IS NOT REALITY. Please read with caution. You are advised to consult with your partner before making any life-altering decisions.
I’m surprised that I didn’t have some of those on the blogroll already! On a less philosophical note, my parents have travel blogs:
And last but not least, the Coalition for Secular Government’s Politics without God.
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Jul 202008
Here at NoodleFood, we like to use our powers for good.
I’m now blogging regularly at Politics without God about secular government, as is Paul. Paul also continues to blog regularly at We Stand FIRM about free market medicine. Some of the posts from those two blogs have been and will be cross-posted to NoodleFood, most posts have not been and will not be. However, many would be of interest to NoodleFood readers. So from now on, I’ll post a quick list of the week’s posts from each blog each Sunday, exactly like this:
- Monday, July 14, 2008: McCain on Adoption: Gay Couples Need Not Apply by Diana Hsieh
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008: Washington Post on Amendment 48 by Diana Hsieh
- Friday, July 18, 2008: GOP Platform: Speak Out by Diana Hsieh
- Monday, July 14, 2008: Paula Hall: Don’t Become A Primary Care Physician by Paul Hsieh, MD
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008: Father of Canadian Health System Says It’s In “Crisis” by Paul Hsieh, MD
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008: Peikoff Video: Health Care Is Not A Right by Paul Hsieh, MD
- Thursday, July 17, 2008: More On Massachusetts Mandates Mess by Paul Hsieh, MD
- Friday, July 18, 2008: Commonwealth Fund At It Again by Paul Hsieh, MD
Enjoy!
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Jul 202008
I’m delighted to announce the addition of yet another NoodleFoodler, Brandon Byrd.
Brandon Byrd is a graduate student in philosophy at Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio. His research interests are primarily ethical, but include relevant aspects of economics, political science, and public policy. Aside from philosophy he is interested in art, broadly construed. In particular he enjoys virtuoso pianism, electronic music (though quite selectively), and the stage and screen.
His first post — a stellar non-spoilerish review of the movie Wall-E — will be posted tomorrow morning.
Welcome, Brandon!
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Jul 132008
I’m delighted to announce two changes to the illustrious roster of NoodleFoodlers.
First, Paula Hall has moved from the tenuous position of “guest blogger” to the exalted stability of “regular blogger.” Okay, maybe that’s a bit overblown. The point is that we’ll be able to enjoy her contributions on NoodleFood for the foreseeable future.
Second, Roderick Fitts will be joining the ranks of NoodleFoodlers as a guest blogger.
Roderick Fitts is an undergraduate student in philosophy at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He is also a sophomore in the Objectivist Academic Center’s undergraduate program. His current interests in philosophy lie in epistemology and ethics. Other interests include improving his writing and editing skills, reading fiction novels (particularly the Sword of Truth series), and playing challenging video-games. Roderick can be reached at rodfitts@gmail.com.
I’m delighted by these two changes, and particularly interested to see what Roderick writes for us. His first post will appear shortly.
Welcome, Roderick!
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Jun 282008
NoodleFood will be on a reduced schedule of just a post (and maybe two) per day over the next week.
Yes, yes, I know, life is hard.
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Jun 112008
Introducing… the NoodleCaboodle! NoodleCaboodle is a behind-the-scenes mailing list for friends of this blog. Anyone interested in and friendly to NoodleFood is welcome to subscribe, even if not always in agreement with the views of the NoodleFoodlers. The list is hosted by Google Groups, so a subscription will require the creation of an account with Google, as well as my (mostly perfunctory) approval. The list is unmoderated, but I will remove trolls and other brats from it.
As I mentioned earlier, the list is open to discussions of almost any kind. For example, NoodleFoodlers might post links to interesting articles that may or may not be blogged on NoodleFood, alerts to thoughtful responses to NoodleFood posts around the blogosphere, and so on. We might ask for advice on changes to the form or substance of NoodleFood. In addition, any subscriber would be welcome to post links to interesting articles, ask questions, raise objections, and the like. Hopefully, some of that material will become fodder for NoodleFood posts.
If you wish to subscribe, you can do so here.
The NoodleCaboodle list is definitely an experimental venture for me. It may thrive, or it may flop. I’m rationally optimistic, however. I’m also willing to allow it to go where it will, based on the interests of subscribers.
Also, thank you to everyone who suggested a name in my original post on this idea. I’ll have to use Gus’ delightfully devious suggestion of “The Illuminoodli” for some secret cabal in the future. But of course, only those in the cabal will know for certain that it exists.
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Jun 012008
I would like to create a mailing list — likely through Google Groups — for “friends of NoodleFood.” Anyone interested in and friendly to NoodleFood would be welcome to subscribe, even if not always in agreement with our views, Objectivist and otherwise. (In other words, unlike my OList.com mailing lists, I’d definitely not restrict membership to Objectivists. However, as usual, I would remove annoying people from the list.)
The list would be open to discussions of almost any kind. For example, I might post links to interesting articles that I may or may not have time to blog for NoodleFood. I might post alerts to good responses to NoodleFood posts found around the blogosphere. I might post snarky comments about insane responses to NoodleFood posts (e.g. here and here). I might ask for advice on changes to NoodleFood. Subscribers would be welcome to post links to interesting articles, ask questions, raise objections, and the like. I hope that some of that material will become fodder for a NoodleFood posts, whether written by me or another NoodleFoodler.
However, I have a problem: I need a properly whimsical name. NoodleFood specializes in such names. Even apart from the title of the blog, the bloggers are “NoodleFoodlers” and the commenters are “NoodleFoodleDoodlers.” So what would be a fitting name for a mailing list for people friendly to NoodleFood be called?
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May 302008
*grumble*
I’ve been having terrible problems with Blogger lately, but particularly today. As a result, some of my comment scripts aren’t working correctly. Those scripts depend on information in the files that Blogger produces, but Blogger hasn’t been reliably producing the files with that information. Plus, Blogger’s upload of the files to my server has been hit-or-miss — and mostly miss.
I hope that the problems will be wholly sorted out in the next few days. In the meantime, I’ll create work-arounds as best I can. However, you’ll just have to be patient, as even those are difficult to implement due to Blogger’s problems.
Hopefully, this post will publish in some reasonable amount of time. I won’t hold my breath, though!
