I randomly came back to read some of my old posts here, and wanted to leave a message for anyone else who may find this. I was really confident in my positions during the period of my life when I was active here, as most libertarians are. I thought I had all the answers. I was wrong.

I don't consider myself a libertarian anymore, and I haven't for ( Read more... )

Obama Urged to Rally Support for War

Wasn't he supposed to be the anti-war candidate?

Among all the other rhetoric flying around about health care, one sentiment keeps jumping out at me. I've heard it repeated in several places by a variety of people: "if all these people are so angry about the president's plan, why is no one proposing any alternative solutions ( Read more... )

It boggles my mind that a society that considers itself to be, on average, scientifically-minded and rational persists in completely ignoring the consistently correct predictions of one group while believing the consistently incorrect predictions of another, solely because the latter has political influence the former lacks ( Read more... )

I've been stalled out on reading The Bonehunters (book 6 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen) for a few weeks now. I was enjoying it, but it just seems too heavy for my state of mind lately. I'm sure I'll come back to it at some point, but I've decided to switch to something lighter for now - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik. I dislike leaving off in ( Read more... )

I'm starting to think about publishing some of my RPG ideas via PDF, so I'm trying to get an idea of what I'm getting myself into here. At the moment, I'm thinking about software - can anyone out there give me some pointers on what type of apps I should be looking into? I'd guess that a basic word processor isn't going to cut it. I'd prefer to do ( Read more... )

I finished Season 1 of The Wire last night, and I'm into Season 2. I think I'm in love ( Read more... )

So now we've got US army troops patrolling the streets in Alabama. I'm sure this is a good sign that we're ushering in a new age of freedom...

Or, um....something.

I now officially work from home. I'm excited, and now I get to sleep a little more. :)

The spelling of some words just don't make sense to me. Today's instance: squawk.