My journal is friends only, now ( Read more... )

I've got to confess something. I've put off writing about the American Analog Set for a while, now, because I haven't really been happy with what I've written. I've tried about a dozen different drafts, all taking different tacts and writing in different tones ( Read more... )

Would a Calvinist insurance company consider all claims preexisting conditions?

Whenever writing on this journal, I adopt a "devil may care" attitude. Aloof and as cool as cool can be, I've lampooned several individuals, for various reasons. Some of them, I've attacked because I don't respect them. Some, because of poor artistic choices. Some even because of writing books that are too long or opinionated in fields that shouldn ( Read more... )

When I was much younger and cut off from any sort of D&D related contact, I downloaded and read a lot of weird, silly Dungeons and Dragons "reference" materials ( Read more... )

Gah. Windows 98 doesn't come with Freecell.

Mythbusters just proved, without a doubt, that the most important reason that pirates wore their eye patches is so they could have night vision. The science behind it all was so confusing, largely because I was staring at Kari, thinking, "Oh, gee, since FHM did a photo shoot of her HOTNESS, why doesn't the Discovery channel just do a spin-off, ( Read more... )

Why doesn't it ever snow here?

I didn't make it very far into my Sleep Deprivation project. I only stayed up about thirty six hours. I wouldn't have fallen asleep if I hadn't tried to stay awake in my pajamas in my warm, soft bed. To stay awake, I watched the Chronicles of Riddick about five times, and I watched Doom twice. The guy who plays Reaper in Doom is the Emo General in ( Read more... )

I have a popcorn kernel stuck between my teeth and my gums. From yesterday.