A Curious Combo: Blue Monsters & Unitarian Jihad
BlogPulse weekend traffic was a curious combination of children's TV paradigm shifts and a newspaper columnist's catchy idea.
Bloggers, in fact, are asking: Has Cookie Monster sold out? Seems the Sesame Street character will be devouring fewer cookies and promoting more fruits and veggies next season, thanks for an emphasis on healthier eating for the children show's 35th season.
Another key phrase dominated BlogPulse over the weekend: "Greetings to the imprisoned citizens of the United States." It's the opening line of a piece by Jon Carroll in the San Francisco Chronicle, announcing a Unitarian Jihad, a mindful revolution whereby "nice people will run the government again," and "pockets of reasonableness and harmony will appear as if from nowhere!" You can find your own Unitarian Jihad name too. Many sample UJ names appeared in Sunday's bursty people results.
Topping the bursty people list is Arthur J. Finkelstein, a Republican operative, fund-raiser and supporter of conservative causes who conceded in Sunday's New York Times that he and his gay partner were wed in a Massachusetts civil ceremony in December. Quoth he: "I believe that visitation rights, health care benefits and other human relationship contracts that are taken for granted by all married people should be available to partners." Imagine that.
BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: The election of a Kurdish leader to head the new Iraqi government coalition is showing up in BlogPulse discussions.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at April 11, 2005 10:12 AM
