What a great day I've had ( Read more... )

Does reading have a special capacity to seep into the unconscious mind ( Read more... )

I watched a movie this evening called Another Earth. It reminded me, in its tone, of Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith. I will never forget Danny and I going to the theater to watch Seven Pounds, when the theater manager asked us what we were going to see, and Danny answered, and then asked, "Is it depressing?" We were in the mood to see ( Read more... )

It's always scary as a DM to bring out a Deck of Many Things - it can be deadly and devastating. However, there it was, a Deck dealer on Level 6 of the Inner Fane in the Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil super-module ( Read more... )

I have had a streak lately of being ignorant. Numerous situations have been coming up over the past few weeks where people have had the attitude toward me..."How did you not know that?" or, "I thought you knew ( Read more... )

"I am tired of these motherf*cking snakes on this motherf*cking plane!" - Samuel L. Jackson

Life imitates art? LOL!

Please excuse the rambling nature of the below ( Read more... )

In the evenings, I have been watching too much TV lately. Before that, I was playing too much Madden. And thinking about the time I spend after I get home after work, and before the really good evening shows come on TV, I came to realize that I kind of miss reading. I used to read. I never read a lot, but a book every couple of weeks was not ( Read more... )

"1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm."

The injunction against doing harm to humans surely applies to emotional harm, does it not? So what is a robot to do when the very nature of its function could be harmful to its owner's marriage?

"[Your FB friend] is trying to catch a Happy Hollow Hog and needs a bucket of slop to coax it out. Can you help ( Read more... )