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The Curse.
The Malay Black Djinn Curse is what I titled the block after and the online ID I use ( Read more... ) -
Some thoughts.
Few things bouncing around in my head. Thought I'd share them.
Intellectual Masturbation
In a discussion with an old friend in another venue, I referred to what I do here on LJ as 'Intellectual Masturbation'... which I think is an apt term for it. She reminded me that some times it's just jacking off, but sometimes it's good juicy porn.
Intellectual ( Read more... ) -
From a Facebook Comment
The following is a comment I made on a FB thread that started with speculation about the Comcast merger being the reason for Kieth Olbermann leaving or whatever. It moved into a discussion about tone in politics. Here was my 300 cents worth ( Read more... ) -
I am nailed to the hull...
Wherein our hero endures diverse unpleasantries and is rendered unhappy ( Read more... ) -
Why that Obama guy has me ticked.
A lot of folks were annoyed with him for being unable to get his legislative agenda through the congress, or over misguided opinions on things that were actually good (saving the US auto industry, for instance ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Dr. Laura
I am a human ( Read more... ) -
Tired of it... just... tired...
Ran across a post on one of the communities and it brought this into the front of my mind: Sturgeon's Law applies to Urban Fantasy and it's fans don't seem to notice. Or maybe they are looking for something else in it besides an interesting story. Let's face it folks... the underground war between vampires and werewolves is BORING. The genre has ( Read more... ) -
Mango Cheesecake
It occurred to me last night that Apple was the purveyor of the world's best mango cheesecake. Bar none. Sure it's pricey but there is no beating Captain Job's Insanely Great Mango Cheesecake. You can ask anyone who's ever tried it, it's the best damned mango cheesecake in the whole freakin' universe! Creamy, tangy, sweet with the perfect buttery ( Read more... ) -
Creativity and depression
So near the bottom of this article: www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html you find this line:
It’s this inability to conceive of alternative approaches that leads to despair.
Interesting idea, really... but it's broken in a way. The article describes the creative process in terms of neuroactivity as a combination of divergent ( Read more... ) -
Oracle Inc... Spreading Goodwill
Whatever (and if) you may have thought about Sun Microsystems, I never met anyone who hated them. They were always a hardware company, making microcomputer servers that drove the fledgling Net from its humble beginnings. The best thing about them, historically, is that they would develop software to do basic tasks... manage large numbers of ( Read more... )