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Ez does Ithaca Wikipedia style





Ez has a new mission. He's going to rewrite the Wikipedia entry for Ithaca, New York. [EDIT]

Inspired by all the Wikipediasts from humble origins who regularly contribute to the world's storehouse of knowledge, Ez has decided to pitch in and do his part. [EDIT]

Ez has been shooting his mouth off for years how we should de-professionalize the knowledge industry. [EDIT] One suggestion he made some time back was for Cornell not to hire anyone with more than a high school education. That's didn't go over so big and Ez never did his meeting with Hunter Rawlings to discuss the idea. Of course, that was, in one sense, a good thing because Hunter Rawling always looks down on people.[EDIT] Well, he is over 6'5". But there's also that air of snootiness that probably goes with the territory.

But now Wikipedia has made it possible for jerks like Ez to rewrite the Book of Knowledge. Democracy, how sweet you are. [EDIT]

Ok, let's get to work.

ITHACA, NEW YORK

Originally settled by whites following in the train of General Sullivan's campaign of ethnic cleansing in the Northeast, Ithaca was built on land stolen from the Tutelo Tribe, a branch of the Iroquois Confederation. [EDIT]

Ithaca was rediscovered and reclaimed from small minded, small town Republican Babbitts in the late 60's by Cornell educated hippies and dropouts It quickly became a mecca on the lake for people on the take. [EDIT] That's not quite the right chronological sequence eventually that's what happened but we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. Ithaca soon took on the flavor of a counter culture paradise with small collectives, coops, head shops sprouting up everywhere, the most prominent examples being the Moosebox Restaurant, the Green Polka Dot Natural Food Market. Later, these early experiments in collective ownership became top heavy with over educated 40somethings running around like wannabe Martha Stewarts until they lost their original inspiration and just went plain mainstream yuppie, totally focused on making money. [EDIT]

Oh shit, Ez forgot to mention Ezra Cornell!

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Comments invited at: ezrakidder@gmail.com - Peace, Ezra at 7:18 AM