School, fascination with the electoral process, writing, and other projects have kept me away from posting longer than I intended but I haven't disappeared. Thankfully, it seems I'm even getting closer to finally starting the novel I've been planning for the better of eight years ( Read more... )

There will be a presidential election in approximately two months, the first one in which an incumbent or vice president has not run for an incredible eighty years. Now's our chance to have a truly fresh start and who we pick will determine the path of our nation for perhaps the next decade or maybe the next twenty years or maybe the next fifty. ( Read more... )

Once again, I return. A few things have changed since my last reviews, which is largely due to an attempt to make this more flashy and cohesive and which is the result of suggestions on the part of others. First of all, there's the obvious redesign of the journal mentioned in my last post. Secondly, since I usually do one or more reviews at a time ( Read more... )

Hope you like the new look. It's but a glimpse of my evilness.

I went to PAX 08. If you are not aware what that is - then what kind of self-respecting nerd are you ;)?

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No, I haven't seen Clone Wars. Nor am I planning on doing so soon. While I had mixed expectations of the film a few months ago my expectations have slowly sunk more and more into the negative. I will still see it... eventually - as in when it comes out on DVD. Until then, I can wait to see a film that is getting absolutely creamed by critics (and ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been gone awhile. Seems like I should have had more time to write during the summer than during college but in some weird inexplicable paradox it's worked out exactly the opposite! Too many distractions, I guess ;) (among such distractions, D&D 4E, which by all appearances is a wonderful although imperfect design ( Read more... )

Yet again I take to the desk to review the latest in entertainment (that I've experienced - sorry if I can't keep up with the releases themselves). Neverwinter Nights 2 is two year late I know but it was only until recently I actually had a machine I could play it on (more on that later) and Lost Season 3... well, I already talked in the last one ( Read more... )

Like many of my reviews I meant to post this earlier. Unfortunately, other work kept me busy so this is a bit too late to be relevant. All the same, I hope my review of Battlestar Galactica Season 3 will prove either useful or entertaining.

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It's remarkable today that people still deny global warming's basis in human-released greenhouse gases. From a basic scientific standpoint this isn't exactly hard to realize. All we have to do is look at Venus, a planet whose unusually hot climate (hotter than Mercury - which is closer to the sun!) has been explained at least since the 70s as the ( Read more... )

Ah! Finals are finally done! I am freeeee! Now, don't take this the wrong way. I enjoyed my year at Pacific. But that doesn't mean I'm not ready to take a break from classes, tests, and all that. On the contrary - I am very happy to have a quick easy period ( Read more... )