Near the edge of the ancient magical town of Mayer, there was a boggy waste covered in heath. It was named for a member of the party that founded the town, one David Moore. David was responsible for the magic the town had once been famous for, but that magic was fading fast in these later days. On opposite corners of this area were the town's two ( Read more... )

I've been reading a little lately about Asperger syndrome, autism, and related "disorders". In particular, I've been thinking about how these things are not very specifically defined, to the point of having a lot of overlap. It's no surprise that some of the more specific terminology has started to go away in favor of something being labeled " ( Read more... )

Prompt: Is the relative dominance of private schools in MSHAA D3 sports an issue? If so, what should be done about it?Sorry I kind of let this sit for a while. I didn't forget; I just kind of got sidetracked on another project for a while. Also, I'm going to address this as private schools generally, not just in terms of D3 ( Read more... )

(Poetry lovers should probably avoid this untitled bit of... whatever this is ( Read more... )

I confess that I had to look up the term "stridulation" in order to respond to this, so I'll begin by summarizing what I found out. (Where would we be without dictionaries and WikipediaIn short, stridulation is the act of some creature rubbing one part of its body against another part to create an audible sound. Most people are probably familiar ( Read more... )

Assuming I live that long, I would turn 104 years old in 2088. What will it be like then? Given that I was once accused of being "an old man in a young man's body" at the age of 17, I think it's probably fair to say that I will be even crankier and routine-driven by then. Then again, who really knows what the future can bring ( Read more... )

There's something magical about the written word. I'm not talking about physically marking an actual piece of paper, brick wall in an alley, or a the wall of a public toilet stall (although these are all legitimate media). For my purposes, "the written word" encompasses the obvious print and digital media, but also less obvious things like road ( Read more... )

I don't normally partake of ASCII art, but I was bored.

_
( \
___) |
(___D |
(___D |
(___D |
(___D_|

Seriously, Gmail, how do you not let people pick fonts, in particular fixed-width ones?

-1

The Daily Bull doesn't seem to have much of an online presence, so I figured I'd let you read the piece I wrote for them last week. They printed this (without advising me of the fact) Friday, 3 February 2012 ( Read more... )

Don't get used to this; this will probably be the last one. At least they posted the full article online the first time this go-around.http://www.mtulode.com/news/2011/12/01/projecting-your-problems-classroom-technology-at-tech