This is an odd announcement, but I think I have found my calling in life. I want to be copyright lawyer. Note to Walt. I am not imitating you.

Normally I wouldn't link to porn, but this is a special case. This is the first time I have run into pornographic material on a blog on blogspot. In fact, I haven't really seen porn any blogs at all. I was thinking that porn would violate the blogspot user agreement. I guess not. I wonder what his PageRank is?

I wanted to say something about the guys they arrested for the sniper murders. They're BLACK! I keep looking at their pictures looking for white skin.

I just realized why people don't visit my site. PageRank! My PageRank is zero!

This is a bad idea. I would credit Espn.com, but they don't really seem to have a real website. The final url that you end up with is just too ugly for my taste.

I just read this editorial from Michael Kinsley. The contempt for President Bush he feels is palpable in this piece. I don't think Michael Kinsley is capable of writing about President Bush in an objective manner. Kinsley tries to soften the blow and make his conspiracy mongering more respectable towards the end, but his words are insecere. That he subtly invokes his own Jewishness to shield himself, makes his arguments even more repugnant to me.
I am forced to admit thatthe charge that oil is a concern is most likely right. I see nothing wrong with this though. I do take offense at Mr. Kinsley's implicit charges of conspiracy. I wish I could tell him directly. I don't know why I am so angry. He doesn't claim to be objective.

So what's the plan? I'll proceed on two fronts, working in gaming and starting this oganization. First the games:

1. Revise resume
   
2. Compile list of Dallas area game companies that interest me.
   
3. Write individual letters to each one expressing interest in an unpaid internship.
   
4. Code technology demo to demonstrate skills
   
5. Begin compiling portfolio of work.
   

For the non-profit organization I will proceed like so:

1. Check availability of domain names.
   
2. Consult Lawyer.
   
3. Register as a non-profit organization.
   
4. Purchase Domain.
   
5. Build organization website. (includes finding hosting)
   
6. Write promotoional literature.
   
7. Solicit donations.
   
8. Build database of copyrighted material.
   

So which one do I do first? Look for domain names. it's easiest.

Here's a little something I wrote in my notebook about my nonprofit organization idea:

PublicCopyright.org is a non-profit repostory of expired copyrights and a purchaser of of copyrights for redistribution at cost or free to the public.
For Profit companies may buy nonexclusive access to copyrighted material .
PublicCopyright.org's primary mission will be maintenance will be maintenance of a searchable database for public use for free at least at a low cost. In addition, PublicCopyright.org will provide copyright material in a physical form on request at cost, low price, or free. Private for-profit companies will be able to acquire non-exclusive access to copyrights for a fee.

My idea is to manage copyrights for the public good. Extension of the time that copyrights maybe held has the effect of keeping information out of the public domain. Extending copyrights benefits Hollywood and the record industry and a few private individuals but for the most part no one else. I am afraid that many lesser known works will slide into oblivion because the original copyright holders will die or slip into obscurity, depriving the public of work that would normally have been in the public domain. I intend to purchase older copyrights, solicit donation of copyrights, and provide cheap access to the public. The organization will allow any non-commercial use of the copyrights for free. Commerical use will require special agreements. Once a copyright is purchased, it will not be resold. The organization may retain the rights to the copyright until it lapses into the public domain. The organization may also charge fees to recoup the cost of purchasing the copyright and maintenance of the database.

Quick highlights from my life between posts.

1. First Paycheck from DISD!
   
2. Taught at Thomas Marsh Middle School Wednesday
   
3. Saw a dude on the bus with staples in his head
   

My life needs more excitement...
I have two ideas I am going to pursue:

1. Unpaid internships in the gaming industry.
   
2. A non profit copyright management organization
   

Funny quote from Slate magazine's messageboard

Since when did Conservative Christian Corporate America (Coors surely falls within that realm) start sponsoring incestuous group sex, or at least the heavy suggestion of it? I mean, I'm not going to say it's necessarily a bad thing, but it does seem like a radical departure …

The post...

I just found out that a friend's daughter has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. I am not much for prayer, and I don't know what you believe, but it seems that prayer would be appropriate right now. She's 13.

Clarification, I don't like giving women relationship advice. I don't want to be anybody's gay boyfriend. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
The problem is that, I am finding that I have been tempted lately tell the girls to just dump their deadbeat boyfriends and just hang out with me. Not in so many words, but...

I have been worried about a quality dropoff in my writing for the blog for a while due to boredom and involvement in outside activities, but I have decided that it's ok. I am going to be gleefully mediocre.
One thing I have learned in my short life about relationships is that you must be happy by yourself before you can be happy in a relationship. The other thing I have learned is that I don't like giving advice. I want to be the person causing someone else to seek advice. I don't want to ask for it and I don't want to be anyone's shoulder to cry on. Well at least till I have made somebody cry. (That sounds perfectly awful I know)

Fighting writer's block. :( More tomorrow after the Cowboys game. Maybe if I keep working on different things I'll get through it. I think I need to quit copping out and just try to work through my writers block.