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A Finer Smoosier Day on Monument Circle

During a recent glorious Central Indiana summer morning on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis, renowned performance photographer Traci Gilland was in town shooting publicity images for a client, Finer - a new local rock band you must… Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on August 10, 2008 at 11:32am — No Comments

Indy Star Slants Story? No Way!

Is it just my usual conspiracy theorist paranoia, or did the Indianapolis Star go out of its way to yet-again kick the Pacers while they're down, despite having done nothing wrong? The prominent headline on the front page of today's Sports section of the Star… Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on May 21, 2008 at 4:05pm — 5 Comments

Blogging From The BlogIN - Part 1

Here's my first live blog, most appropriately from the Smaller Indiana Blog Unconference. Chris Baggot from Compendium Blogware and Kevin Makice have already spoken. Douglas Karr is onstage now explaining the many reasons why you should blog. He's talking about the disadvantages of blogging, one of which is it distracts me from his presentation, so I'll be back later. Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on April 26, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Weather Looks Good for Blogging in Indiana

The weather forecast for Monday's gathering of Smaller Indiana bloggers on Monument Circle is "Good" according to

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Added by Ken Zweigel on April 12, 2008 at 11:42am — 10 Comments

Calling All Smaller Indiana Bloggers: Blog for a Cause!

Hey Smoosier bloggers! You've heard about the BlogIN conference on April 26 and the pre-conference lunchtime gathering on Monument Circle, downtown Indianapolis, on April 14th at noon, but have you heard about Smaller Indiana's attempt at search engine optimization to garner high rankings for the BlogIN's designated keywords: Indiana, blog, blogging, blogger, conference, and Indianapolis? Well, now you have, so you can join… Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on March 25, 2008 at 1:27am — 2 Comments

Will We Learn Our Lessons Before We Kill Ourselves?

In a video about human consciousness recently posted on Smaller Indiana by its founder Pat Coyle, Michael Pollan deals with some interesting and large concepts, starting with not absorbing life's lessons and ending with Darwinism being a process that heals the earth. The thrust of his presentation is that humans are the only species that fails to see itself as a part of nature. Instead, because we have conciousness and toolmaking capabilities, we consume resources instead of contributing to the… Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on February 16, 2008 at 1:13am — 13 Comments

America's True National Holiday: Super Sunday

It's Super Bowl Sunday, America's true national holiday. No matter your race, creed, or color, you can enjoy the pleasures of the day, as long as you can tolerate the excess of the event. As a both a native New Yorker (Jersey suburbs, but it's the same) and a little brother, I most certainly will be rooting for Eli and my Giants. I urge all Smoosiers and Manning family fans to join me in prayer - on your knees fellow fans - as we ask the football gods to frown upon the evil Pats and not let them… Continue

Added by Ken Zweigel on February 3, 2008 at 2:51pm — 3 Comments

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