Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Heroes and Villians
We all have our heroes, and some are quite different that our own. The Internet is a place to elevate those heroes to sainthood, and here are three examples of that art.
We begin with a larger than life person, Martha Stewart, and the site that speaks outrage at such inhumane treatment of her at her trial. SaveMartha.com is a piece of work, to be sure. One headline, looking like it was ripped from the front page of the Daily News, says: "The rest of your life you'll be known as the guy that tried to take down Martha Stewart. You should have passed on this gig." Rosie O'Donnell to prosecutor Michael Schachter. The site has some moments of hilarity and satire, especially the Flash "interviews." I'm glad I don't have Rosie cheering for me.
Second is the fan sites, of which you can find fans of all kinds. Were you a fan of "Family Affair," the CBS television series in the sixties that starred Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot? Perhaps it was a search on your boyhood crush Crissy that let you to this site, a Family Affair fan site, "Apartment 27A". But if you really want to know what Crissy is doing now, you have to go to her official site.
Finally, there are sites that deal with the real lives of people, and some of these sites are memorials to friends and family that were heroes in their eyes. Some became famous, if only for a little while. Eva Cassidy was one of those special people, a singer with an awesome voice that goes straight to your heart. Her CD, "Songbird" is one I listen to a lot. And another Krissy, this time a fashion model whose life was cut short by a heart condition at seventeen.
The internet is a wide open space, to be sure. After all, isn't that how you arrived here? And I'm awful glad you aren't here because of a Google search on the half-time incident at the SB this past Sunday.
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We begin with a larger than life person, Martha Stewart, and the site that speaks outrage at such inhumane treatment of her at her trial. SaveMartha.com is a piece of work, to be sure. One headline, looking like it was ripped from the front page of the Daily News, says: "The rest of your life you'll be known as the guy that tried to take down Martha Stewart. You should have passed on this gig." Rosie O'Donnell to prosecutor Michael Schachter. The site has some moments of hilarity and satire, especially the Flash "interviews." I'm glad I don't have Rosie cheering for me.
Second is the fan sites, of which you can find fans of all kinds. Were you a fan of "Family Affair," the CBS television series in the sixties that starred Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot? Perhaps it was a search on your boyhood crush Crissy that let you to this site, a Family Affair fan site, "Apartment 27A". But if you really want to know what Crissy is doing now, you have to go to her official site.
Finally, there are sites that deal with the real lives of people, and some of these sites are memorials to friends and family that were heroes in their eyes. Some became famous, if only for a little while. Eva Cassidy was one of those special people, a singer with an awesome voice that goes straight to your heart. Her CD, "Songbird" is one I listen to a lot. And another Krissy, this time a fashion model whose life was cut short by a heart condition at seventeen.
The internet is a wide open space, to be sure. After all, isn't that how you arrived here? And I'm awful glad you aren't here because of a Google search on the half-time incident at the SB this past Sunday.
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