If you’re on Facebook, you’ve seen this game (or games like it). After watching a really interesting talk on the future of video games, I finally gave in and decided to see what these Facebook games were really about. There are a lot of Facebook games out there, Farmville and Mafia Wars likely being the [...]
Q4 2009 has not been good to True Believers of Anthropogenic Global Warming so far. Two big revelations have cast a shadow on, as far as I can tell, basically every piece of science1 supporting the theory that human-created greenhouse gasses are having a catastrophic impact on the planet. Breaking the Hockey Stick First came a must-read [...]
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Gentlemen, gather ’round! Lend me your ears! Actually, never mind the whole ears thing, I’ve got two perfectly good ones of my own. Valentine’s Day is coming up1 and it occurred to me1 that there’s a lot of bad advice out there and this day, for some reason, seems to breed stress and uncertainty. I thought I’d [...]
In ancient times scientists believed that the heavens revolved around the earth. The geocentrists, as they were called, were in charge until around the 16th century when those crazy heliocentrists started to make some in-roads. There was hot debate, in those days, about what was at the universe’s center. The debate was a bit [...]
There’s a certain degree of irritation that I have with people who get pissy about alcohol consumption. There are limits to everything. 10 glasses of water a day is probably not too many. 10 bottles of coke probably is. 10 glasses of beer almost certainly is. There’s a certain kind of person, though, who looks [...]
I still agree, by and large, with my last post, but I took a minute to go back and read some of the background posts, the comments, and some more of Dizzy’s stuff… and I feel compelled to write some more.
Now calm down, Amanda… this one isn’t about you…specifically…or is it?1 Ken blogged today about relationship gripes in response to some posts of Dizzy’s… I agree with him but, instead of just letting you read his post, I’m going to say what he said in a slightly different way1… one that will probably piss off more [...]
It’s 7:30 in the morning. You are a summer school teacher. You show up at your classroom door to find two parents waiting for you. They want to know why their son is only getting a 40% in your class. You sit down with them an explain that, basically, he is a delinquent. The parents [...]
It’s tough, right? Even if you’re good at getting a grip and shaking out of it… everyone loses perspective. It’s easy to do. The cruel tragedy of it all is that you generally only lose perspective when you’re in the moment. When you’re involved directly. You know… those times when you need it the most. The omniscient [...]
Every sport and game has a compendium of rules, promulgated to keep the playing fields fair, make the games interesting, and give the fans of the losing team in any given contest an excuse. What really blows my mind, though, is how people think they can invent rules for fandom (or life in general). Take, for [...]