Thursday, January 18, 2007

Mr Cogito Politely Declines Invitation To Join American Idol Bloggers And To Make A Positive Contribution To Humanity

"January 17, 2007

Dear blog author:

We recently came across your site, renaissanceresearch.blogspot.com, while searching for bloggers who blog about the hit tv show American Idol [sic], now starting its sixth season.

A small group of us have started a new site called American Idol Bloggers. Our intent is to bring American Idol bloggers closer together, and make a positive contribution to the Internet community.

Would you be interested in joining American Idol Bloggers? Please take a few minutes to have a look at what we are trying to do, and if you are interested, there is a sign up page to get the ball rolling. We would greatly appreciate your support in this endeavour.

If you do not feel that your blog would be a good fit for American Idol Bloggers, but are an American Iool fan [sic], come visit us and one of our member bloggers. You can also check our FAQ Section to learn more about American Idol Bloggers.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on American Idol Bloggers.

Craig C*****
American Idol Bloggers
info@american-idol-bloggers.com

Please note: you will receive this email no more than twice. If you do not respond to this email, we will send out a second and final email in approximately 3 weeks time. If you respond, by joining or by declining the invitation, we will not intentionally send this invite a second time.

You can join or visit American Idol Bloggers at any time, but we do not believe in spam, and will not intentionally send this invite more than twice. If you have any concerns regarding our anti-spam policy, please do not hesitate to contact us."

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"I turn to history not for lessons in hope, but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself something which I should call universal compassion - a sense of responsibility for the human conscience."

-- European and World Poet Zbigniew Herbert, 1924 - 1998

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A fragment from a Zbigniew Herbert poem is on a bronze plaque on a landing outside of the Rector's Offices and the Academic Senate Hall of Collegium Novum, the main Administrative Building of Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The plaque remembers the Professors, Administrators, Workers, and Students who were Victims of Nazi and Soviet Terror in Krakow, Poland during the period 1939 to 1989.














Collegium Novum, the main Administrative Building of Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The European and World University was first founded in 1364 CE.

Photo credit: Jagellonian University. With thanks.

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I thank the United States Agency for International Development and the University of Maryland, College Park which funded my first visit to Warsaw, Krakow, and Jagellonian University's Collegium Maius and Collegium Novum in 1993.

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