Balloon Boy
In Columbus on Tuesday! Tues Oct 20 6:30pm at the Main Library (96 S. Grant
Ave. Columbus, OH 43215) Nerdfighter gatherings FTW!
ALSO there will be a smaller and quieter gathering Tues Oct 20 from 1pm- 2pm at the Hilliard Branch Library (4772 Cemetery Rd.
Hilliard, OH 43026)
In which John discusses the (wasn't-in-a) balloon boy, Falcon Heene, and what the sad story of the Heene family says about the lame but universal yearning for fame and attention.
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Comment by Vondell Swain on October 20, 2009 at 7:55am -
"And then he is in what balloonists refer to as 'mortal danger.'"
that bit was great
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Comment by Nina Dalton on October 20, 2009 at 12:42am -
People want fame because they want to be known. We want fame because people will be interested in us and care about us. We want fame because we are so scared that one day we won't exist and only the people who we have made an impression on will remember us. Being famous means that we will live on - be remembered.
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Comment by Carissa on October 19, 2009 at 5:04pm -
I also agree with Paul William Cookie, but I also think that we want fame so that we will be remembered, because if we don't amount to anything, if we don't do anything that makes us special, if we just live, then there is no use living. If no one remembers us, then its as if we never existed...
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Comment by Ronald Weasley on October 19, 2009 at 4:14pm -
I agree with paul william cooke. We see celebrities in their big cars, and bigger houses. We see them, and we want to be them. I see you in the little box, and i see this website where i hang out too much, And i want to be like you. I want to have my own website with a million fan girl/boys. I want internet fame. (and a tinsy bit of real life fame, i.e. a book) heck i just want any type of fame. Even if its fame at my school, popularly known as popularity.
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Comment by OneHorseShy on October 19, 2009 at 11:28am -
Maybe they just want to matter.
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Comment by Wonder Woman 2.0 on October 18, 2009 at 11:44pm -
Seriously though...why Pedobear? Humorous, I suppose...just, why?
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Comment by Turtle on October 18, 2009 at 9:37pm -
I laughed so hard throughout this video.
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Comment by Pablo_the_Penguin on October 18, 2009 at 7:34pm -
In answer to your non rhetorical question, I think we want fame because it makes us feel loved. We see how other people love celebrities, and we want to be loved by millions of strangers.
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