I've always been something of a global warming skeptic who was willing to accept that reducing CO2 levels was generally a good thing. I've moved hard away from global warming in the last year because of a few things.

( Some of my reasons for doubt... )

Resistance is set in an alternate Europe in the early '50s. Imagine if WW2 never happened but a horde of mutant critters instead swept out of Russia. That's the setup for the game ( Read more... )

Halo Wars is a surprisingly fun game. If you're a fan of the Halo games, it fits quite well within the universe. For me, the real surprise was how well the UI worked. I would not have said that a RTS translates well to a console, but they made it work. I've played through the single player campaign and done a few skirmishes. I want to try out ( Read more... )

I want to Pizza Hut's website to order some pizza. The first thing that I see is a gigantic skull covered in rotting flesh. I'm pretty much in the wheel house for Terminator ads, and that turned me off on wanting to get pizza. Does Pizza Hut really want people to associate rotting skulls with their food?

I went to the Dodgers/Giants game last night (the Dodgers won 7-2). The VP of my division decided he wanted to go to a ballgame, so he invited us. We had to pay for our tickets ($11 for nosebleed behind home plate), but one of the managers bought the first round of beer. It wound up being only one other non-manager besides me, so there was more ( Read more... )

I mentioned before that I'm looking to add to my music collection. I just bought these:

• The Very Best of John Coltrane
  
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien; Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini
  
• Frank Sinatra: Nothing But The Best
  

I'd still like some more suggestions. As wwilliam47 noted, I do tend towards the Baroque and Romantic in classical ( Read more... )

There's a lot of navel gazing by the press about Natasha Richardson. They seem to avoid the obvious conclusion - that she is personally responsible for her own death. She elected to not wear a helmet while learning skiing, a helmet which would likely have prevented the epidural hematoma which caused her death. She also elected to ignore medical ( Read more... )

I don't understand why protests like this are tolerated in any civilized society:

Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said ( Read more... )

After many trials and tribulations, I bought a new XBox 360. The other one will keep going back to MS until I get a working one. I really don't like the Red Ring of Death. At least I can slot my old HD into the new console and enjoy my old saved games ( Read more... )

The media has generally been glossing over the "Tea Party" anti-tax protest. For reference, here's a map of the currently scheduled protests, most on April 15th:

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