Allie and I call the Internet the neenernet and we call surfing neening.
I've just imposed a rule of not neenin' before noon each day. Not even checking email is allowed.
I just decided enough is enough. Every freaking day I get on just to check for messages and I wind up getting sucked in, looking around for something interesting, not finding anything, and, worst of all, not writing. So no more.
Now when I wake up the first thing I do is turn on Freedom and set it so I can't get online until lunch time.
It's amazing how much it clears my mind and allows me to focus on what's really important.
A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the Year
Winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award
. . .
Forget the nerdy reputation that debate has. Instead think of a scenario as exciting as a sports game with high stakes like triumphing over racism. bad politics and abject poverty... An important, thoughtful and provocative look at race and class in America.
- The Boston Globe
Joe Miller's enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller.
- Entertainment Weekly
The minute I finished Joe Miller's Cross-X, I held the book out in front of me -- amazed, rapturous, and hopeful... Miller's mesmerizing, vivid accounts of the debates will leave you crouched in your seat, holding your breath... An incredibly powerful, daringly hopeful book.
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Irresistible... Miller begins breezily but is soon deeply invested in the Central squad's mission to not only master the debate game on its own terms but revolutionize it with flashes of poetry and hip-hop wordplay... If all these kids could run things, Miller implies, imagine what could get done.
- Elle
4 comments:
agreed. the one day i didn't have a computer b/c i was getting a new hard drive b/c it died (may 6), i felt both incredibly free but also very lost.
and of course, there were other computers i could use; a bit like being in a foreign country … your interface is all gone and you have to use weird keyboards = cultural disturbance.
being an online publisher = way too much "always on" time. i remember choosing this job b/c i was tired of the weekly deadline. monthly was heaven. then, bam, it's worse than ever / more frequent than a daily deadline. never ever wanted to be in daily news.
info-world 2010 is too intense. have resisted iPhones and 3G things so far. only a matter of time?
my cousin who just graduated from the art institute has a "i will never text" policy. he receives them, but will not send. it's working so far, even though it makes his friends cranky.
unfortunately, i can't write / work without going on the internet. fact-checking and posting = being online. rats.
you know, of course that CJ is leaving her post. someone suggested i apply. i pretty much laughed so hard (internally) that, if i had been drinking milk, it would have been spewed to the next neighborhood.
Hey how are you doing, I'm also in KC and ran across your blog today. Nice to meet you (virtually) and congrats on the book! I look forward to reading more of your posts.
Mr. Miller,
I also live in the NE. I have a friend who taught debate at Central and told me about Cross-X. I am working on a library blog, could I email you five questions? My email is dylanmichaellittle@gmail.com
Thanks
Dylan
Please call Sonny Gibson at 816-457-1401 about the elimination of the debate curriculum by the Kansas City School District. There will be a press conference at Eggs & Enlightenment this Friday June 17th at 10a. Today's date is June 15th, 2011.
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