Well, I finished the first run-through of Dragon Age IIIt wasn't bad, but so far I'd say I liked the first better. It may well be that the first-runs are always just a sort of fumbling through as I get familiar with the way the game works and what the options are, and so, like with the first, it may be my second or third character that really makes ( Read more... )

I really have no idea what happened to the last two weeks. They just kind of *poofed* on me and were gone ( Read more... )

Generally, I think the 24 hours news cycle, at least of the commercial variety, is a bad thing. It makes it way too easy for stories to be given more play and significance than they deserve in a desperate desire to fill air time and keep viewers watching ( Read more... )

It's amazing how whenever Obama is forced by events to thread a proverbial needle with his speeches, risking being seen as too political or too lightweight if he fails, he hits the correct note perfectly ( Read more... )

Two movies seen recently...

As a result of getting some free credits on Amazon.com, I 'rented' Easy A. It was worth the virtual $3.99, despite atrocious remakes of 'Bad Reputation' and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)." Predictable at times, but there was some good humor in there... Even with the bad remakes of good music in consideration, though, the ( Read more... )

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How many have you seen? How many do you wish you didn't miss?

This goes against my general rule of avoiding all-things-Christmas before Thanksgiving, but since Zooey Deschanel compelled me to already break that rule by watching Elf last night, I present unto you this video:

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That's the Formerly-Wannamaker's department store in Center City. My grandmother worked in a hair salon there, and after she and my ( Read more... )

I keep thinking that at some point, during this week off I have from work, I'll sit down and write a reflection on what the last 35 years have led up to, and what I think is waiting for me.

But, frankly, that'd be boring.

So, in lieu of worthwhile content, I leave you this:

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Okay, judging by a few reactions from my post earlier today, I may have done little to no LiveJournal evangelizing about Questionable Content, which disappoints me. It must have all been on Facebook or something ( Read more... )

I think every writer with writer-friends has been on both sides of this story.