Twenty-five years ago today, my parents brought a little “bundle” of joy and transportation. That’s right, today my ’89 Honda Accord turns 25 years old!

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I just got back from watching a 12-hour, 5 movie Die Hard marathon (in the theater), concluding with the latest (i.e. releasing today) installment, A Good Day to Die Hard. Die Hard is well-respected in the action genre, having a reputation for both good action, plot, and relatable characters. Sadly, the fifth adventure of our friend John McClane ( Read more... )

I recently experienced a birthday, and received many birthday greetings from friends and family. Many of these (as is now often the case) were delivered to me by some means of electronic communication. Here are some statistics about these messages, based on messages I received between October 19 and 21, 2012, a range including the day before and ( Read more... )

On New Year’s Eve Disney announced that on February 29, 2012 (the extra day of the leap year) both the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Disneyland in California would remain open for 24 hours to celebrate the extra day. Few details were released then, but once they made their way to me, I immediately turned [...]

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In his article “Why the ‘Star Wars’ Prequels Are Better Than the Original Trilogy“, Timothy Sexton alleges that (as one might guess from his title) Star Wars Episodes 1-3 are better than the original Episodes 4-6. Of course “better” is a vague and opinion-based word, so one can’t really say with any objectivity that someone else’s [...]

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I have a good memory, especially when it comes to the sounds and cadence of words. This allows me to be quite good at remembering quotes and lines from movies and TV shows. One downside of this natural ability (combined with my semi-compulsive need to fix things that are inaccurate) is that I often find myself [...]

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It should come as no shock to anyone who knows me well, that I am (in fact) an introvert. I can be social and friendly, at times crave interaction with others, and can even speak and perform in front of others, but these actions do not define, nor do they even really imply introversion/extroversion. I’ve [...]

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Risk is important. It just is. This presents a problem for someone like me who is both a perfectionist and has a tremendous and irrational fear of failure. Whenever possible I try to reduce risk, now usually to the point of avoidance. But risk is more than just important, it is required, because almost anything that’s worth [...]

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Today is my sister’s birthday, and I thought we should celebrate the occasion by taking a trip down memory lane (so to speak) through a “conversation” (such as it was) that I had with her shortly after we had both gone off to college. It was October of 2002, and it was her first year [...]

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When I was about 13 or 14, our main computer was a Gateway 486-33 DOS-based machine. It was equipped with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro (in an ISA slot) and it was a great deal of fun. Included was a program called Dr. Sbaitso, which was a “psychologist” program along the lines of ELIZA. [...]

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