Am Ha'aretz - Joseph Dunphy's Place of Refuge at Multiply

Am Ha'aretz - Joseph Dunphy's Place of Refuge at Multiply http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:20:11 -0000 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:20:36 -0000 Am Ha'aretz - Joseph Dunphy's Place of Refuge at Multiply http://multiply.com/mu/josephdunphy/logo http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/ 100 100 MyBlogLog community for this blog http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/8/MyBlogLog_community_for_this_blog If you'd like to be automatically informed of updates to this page, then sign up for this community. The bad news, if you wish to see it that way, is that you'll need a Yahoo membership to do http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/8/MyBlogLog_community_for_this_blog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:20:36 -0000 Am Ha'aretz / Joseph Dunphy's Place of Refuge at Multiply: Return to Your Ring http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/7/Am_Haaretz_Joseph_Dunphys_Place_of_Refuge_at_Multiply_Return_to_Your_Ring If you entered my sites via a ring on Webring.com or some competiting ring hosting service and wish to return to your ring, then this is the link you http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/7/Am_Haaretz_Joseph_Dunphys_Place_of_Refuge_at_Multiply_Return_to_Your_Ring Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:30:51 -0000 MyBlogLog Verification Post http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/14/MyBlogLog_Verification_Post <a href="http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/judaism/" rel="3f4605df4ab0232b9ad52e10d0aa8bae431f9e10">Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification</a> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/14/MyBlogLog_Verification_Post Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:32:00 -0000 Renewal of Purpose http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/13/Renewal_of_Purpose     "Am Ha'aretz ... Joseph, do you know what that means?"  Yes, I know exactly what that means, and no, this is not going to be one of those blogs in which the authors trumpets the ignorance of others. If anything, it is going to be one in which he confesses his own, frequently. I am dissatisfied with my level of knowledge of Judaism and Jewish culture, and intend to do something about that. Talking about my efforts in this area will be a large part of what this blog will be about, as I have intended for some time. I'll also be rediscovering the other side of my heritage. "Irish?" No, French, actually, for the most part. The title, which I posted in an edit last night, is one that I chose some time ago, and it is one that I hope the reader will take due notice of, lest I unintentionally add to the wealth of misinformation on the Net. This is a clean break with the past for this blog. You might have noticed that I have left names unnamed in most posts... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/13/Renewal_of_Purpose Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:29:00 -0000 Permanent Lockdown on Commenting http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Permanent_Lockdown_on_Commenting     In a note added to the end of my last post, I said that I had decided that the disabling of comments on my site here on Multiply, which I had begun as a temporary response to the absence of a comment moderation option, had become permanent, and that I would explain why that was, later. It is later, now, and I'd really like to get this piece of administrative tedium over with, so that I can move on to more interesting subjects. My original thought was that this lack of functionality was something that Multiply could be persuaded to work on. Service  (Customer Support at Multiply) had sounded favorably inclined toward the idea when I wrote to them about this, but the prolonged lack of movement suggested that this item was so low on their priority list that they might very well never get to it. Perhaps if I wrote to my fellow users and got their support, Multiply would see some virtue in making this more of a priority, and we might finally ... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/12/Permanent_Lockdown_on_Commenting Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:25:00 -0000 Your comments haven't been deleted ... but ... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Your_comments_havent_been_deleted_..._but_... <blockquote>I have, perhaps temporarily but certainly at least for the next year and change, disabled commenting, This is not because I don't value the comments that have already been left, none of which have been deleted - they've only been hidden, for the moment - but because as happens to too many all too often online, I've stumbled into a forum presided over by somebody who doesn't seem quite right in the head. When somebody goes into absolute hysterics over an issue so utterly stupid that I can't believe what I'm reading, and that somebody is a moderator, experience tells me to expect a wave of vilely abusive me-too responses, and I really don't need to have that kind of garbage littering my site. I'll refrain from naming the group and its moderator, not because I feel that he deserves to be treated gently, but because I'd rather not give his efforts any more publicity than they have already enjoyed. I posted to his forum, ran into some people who agreed with what I had to say, som... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/11/Your_comments_havent_been_deleted_..._but_... Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:18:00 -0000 Sands of Passion, Episode One http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/10/Sands_of_Passion_Episode_One <blockquote> <blockquote>A Middle Eastern Soap Opera <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="7"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="7"> sort of <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="7"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"> .<img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="7"> from NationalBanana.com</blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote>If you enjoyed the first episode, more can be found elsewhere: <blockquote><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/529425-national-bananasands-of-passion-episode-2" target="_blank">2</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/529413-sands-of-passion-episode-3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">3</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/529403-sands-of-passion-episode-4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">4</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/529400-sands-of-passion-episode-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">5</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/529398-sands-of-passion-episode-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">6</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/677243" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">7</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://video.aol.com/video-detail/sands-of-passion-episode-8/3074891029" target="_blank">8</a> <img height="0" src="http://i25.tinypic.com/1z51xcz.jpg" width="1"><a href="http://video.aol.com/video-detail/sands-of-passion-episode-9/3767238092" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">9</a></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/10/Sands_of_Passion_Episode_One Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:45:00 -0000 Groups at Multiply that I run http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/6/Groups_at_Multiply_that_I_run Let's see if anybody will http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/6/Groups_at_Multiply_that_I_run Sun, 25 May 2008 03:14:55 -0000 Some more groups I created that nobody will post to: http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Some_more_groups_I_created_that_nobody_will_post_to     <blockquote> <blockquote> The groups I run at Multiply:   <blockquote> <blockquote> <ol> <li><a href="http://chicagophotography.multiply.com/">Chicago Images</a> - post and discuss your photos taken in the Chicago metropolitan area (consisting of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane and McHenry counties in Illinois and Lake county in Indiana) <li><a href="http://kosherkitchen.multiply.com/">The Jewish Kitchen: Kosher Recipes</a> - Largely self-explanatory.</li></li></ol></blockquote></blockquote>           Until I see people signing up for these, I probably won't post to them        very often,not really having much of a desire to talk to myself. </blockquote></blockquote>         http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Some_more_groups_I_created_that_nobody_will_post_to Sun, 25 May 2008 02:51:00 -0000 Probably my last word on Yahoo http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/8/Probably_my_last_word_on_Yahoo <blockquote>     The middle of the road is a difficult place to be on any issue online for a number of reasons I've written about elsewhere in the past. One reason is because of the very negotiability of free speech in an online context - we have to fight for our right to be heard, and since it is easier to define what the extreme positions are, those on the extreme ends of an issue will be the first to recognize each other and the first to gather and thus be in a position to gang up on their opposition. The political lunatic fringe put that fact to good use during the last few decades, and powerfully bad experiences do tend to reinforce certain behaviors. One of them can be summed up by a quote from a troll I've mentioned before.   <blockquote>      "Nuance. It's what I don't do."</blockquote>   Nuance is something that many have learned to shy away from, with the result that now almost everything seems to be a hot button topic, one waiting for ... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/8/Probably_my_last_word_on_Yahoo Wed, 21 May 2008 17:30:00 -0000 Joseph Dunphy's Front Porch at Multiply http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/5/Joseph_Dunphys_Front_Porch_at_Multiply A place for my contacts and online friends to come and post about whatever they feel like posting about, as long as it is reasonably family friendly (no more than a PG13 http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/5/Joseph_Dunphys_Front_Porch_at_Multiply Wed, 21 May 2008 16:26:29 -0000 Vote for the Yahoo 360 team blog http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/7/Vote_for_the_Yahoo_360_team_blog <blockquote> <blockquote>See: <a href="http://y360refugees.multiply.com/journal/item/260" target="_blank">this post on Yahoo 360 refugees</a> for more information. <blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/44083/?utm_source=bloggerschoiceawards&utm_medium=badge&utm_content=worstblogofalltime" target="_blank"><img alt="Y!360 was nominated for Worst Blog of All Time!" src="http://images.zebaron.multiply.com/image/2/photos/29/600x600/3/bca_badge_worstblogofalltime.gif?et=CWvocoTtziZBzD%2CgjElrfw&nmid=85295655" border="0"></img></a></blockquote></blockquote> This might be the year for them, so let's get out and make that happen! </blockquote></blockquote> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/7/Vote_for_the_Yahoo_360_team_blog Wed, 21 May 2008 14:40:00 -0000 Oh, those little dickens at Yahoo! http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Oh_those_little_dickens_at_Yahoo     <img class="alignleft" height="192" src="http://images.josephdunphy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGNqgoKCBsAAG3zA9g1/space.gif?et=z06tKzdWomXrOCYoykRGww&nmid=" width="30" border="0"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.josephdunphy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGLWgoKCBsAACnlV2M1/northside_neighbor_wrong_image_download.jpg?et=7yDJW%2B6yBSVOZE2x0SqAng&nmid=" border="0"><img class="alignleft" height="192" src="http://images.josephdunphy.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDGNqgoKCBsAAG3zA9g1/space.gif?et=z06tKzdWomXrOCYoykRGww&nmid=" width="30" border="0">   <blockquote>There are times when, gee gosh, you just have to laugh. I recently encountered one of those moments when, breathlessly waiting for that new universal profile that Yahoo 360 (my old blog service) is being destroyed to make way for, I discovered that without my knowledge or consent, Yahoo had changed the look of <a href="http://profiles.yahoo.com/northside_neighbor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">one of my profiles</a> in such an interesting way. In reverse chronological order, here is the discussion to date:</blockquote>             <blockquote> <blockquote> FROM ME TO YAHOO, Mon, May 19, 2008 at 8:39 AM CHICAGO TIME Well, Amy, could you at least delete the image from my northside_neighbor profile? Because I didn't put it there, and a reddened image of Satan does seem a little inappropriate for the membership I used to join a few religious discussion and Middle Eastern cultural groups. On the whole, the Arabs are likely to have a few questions about that, and I can't say that I blame them. Of course, if you prefer, I can tell them how that image ... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/6/Oh_those_little_dickens_at_Yahoo Mon, 19 May 2008 14:02:00 -0000 H1B Seminar Video: Either a hoax or more than a little interesting http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/5/H1B_Seminar_Video_Either_a_hoax_or_more_than_a_little_interesting <blockquote>Description given by the poster of this video to Youtube: "Immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explains how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. See what Bush and Congress really mean by a 'shortage of skilled U.S. workers.' " </blockquote> <blockquote>I don't know that the video wasn't staged, but having been out interviewing ... let's say that I find this one very easy to believe. </blockquote> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/5/H1B_Seminar_Video_Either_a_hoax_or_more_than_a_little_interesting Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:51:00 -0000 A First, Feeble Effort at DeviantArt http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/4/A_First_Feeble_Effort_at_DeviantArt I'm playing around with photography a little ... <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/71003063/">Night Variation One</a> by ~<a class="u" href="http://josephdunphy.deviantart.com/">josephdunphy</a> on <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">deviant</a><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">ART</a> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/4/A_First_Feeble_Effort_at_DeviantArt Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:12:00 -0000 Streeterville and the Near North http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/4/Streeterville_and_the_Near_North Chicago photo http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/4/Streeterville_and_the_Near_North Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:32 -0000 Joseph Dunphy's Mashable Profile and Blog Feeds (some of them) http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/3/Joseph_Dunphys_Mashable_Profile_and_Blog_Feeds_some_of_them http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/3/Joseph_Dunphys_Mashable_Profile_and_Blog_Feeds_some_of_them Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:42:12 -0000 Joseph Dunphy's Cowboy Wannabee Site :) http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/2/Joseph_Dunphys_Cowboy_Wannabee_Site_ Southwestern travel, photography and recipes on a homepage set where I'd much rather be right now. (I'm writing this in November of http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/2/Joseph_Dunphys_Cowboy_Wannabee_Site_ Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:23:39 -0000 Josephdunphy's Profile Page at ImageShack (and introduction to it on Stuck in Limbo) http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/1/Josephdunphys_Profile_Page_at_ImageShack_and_introduction_to_it_on_Stuck_in_Limbo Mainly architectural http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/links/item/1/Josephdunphys_Profile_Page_at_ImageShack_and_introduction_to_it_on_Stuck_in_Limbo Fri, 2 Nov 2007 23:14:41 -0000 Technorati claim post http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/2/Technorati_claim_post <A href="http://technorati.com/claim/vcpzi7u4x" rel=me>Technorati Profile</A> http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/2/Technorati_claim_post Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:22:00 -0000 Not sure of which direction to take this one in http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Not_sure_of_which_direction_to_take_this_one_in <blockquote> <blockquote>Post completely rewritten on November 1, 2007 at 3:19 pm Chicago time. Previous contents of post can be found <a href="http://joseph-dunphy.blogspot.com/2007/10/compose-first-blog-entry-that-is-sure.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</blockquote> I'll rename this place in a while, as I try to bring myself to accept the fact that summer is over. 47 degrees Fahrenheit probably doesn't sound too summery to the rest of the world, but keep in mind that this is 47 degrees above zero that we're talking about, and in Chicago, one learns to appreciate what one can get. I'll be out hiking for a while. <a href="http://joseph-dunphy.blogspot.com/" target=" _blank">Joseph Dunphy's Soapbox</a>, the resurrection of my Yahoo 360 blog ("Joseph Dunphy's Blog to Come") was set up in what I think (hope?) will be a secure place on Blogger, as I've already had the experience of being spamlocked and an actual human being has certified that I am, in fact, not a robot. That leaves this blog, which was to be that resurrection, in need of a new purpose. What that will be depends, in part, on the actions of the Multiply staff as they work on the functionality of a service that seems poised to fill the vo... http://josephdunphy.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Not_sure_of_which_direction_to_take_this_one_in Mon, 1 Jan 1917 06:01:00 -0000