Yesterday was just what I needed. An old friend came down to visit. His name is Ben Wu. He came into town from MA and came down to visit, I also had a friend from MD visit, Hansen Seto. We grilled and chatted for a few hours. After Ben left, Heather Kotulek came over and we chatted some more, grilled more and played some board games. This was ( Read more... )

It is mornings like Tuesday and nights like last that Atheism is the way to go. I feel my "Faith" is being tested. I do not wish to speak ill of the dead, nor do I want this to come out this way. My pragmatic, logical mind realizes the various stages of grief and such. Anger. Everybody needs someone to blame. Logically, I cannot blame the ( Read more... )

Dirk is gone...I saw this via Facebook. Words can't describe the feeling of loss I have right now. I'm sitting in the parking lot of my job and I just want to cry. I can't say he was a "close" friend. But he was an institution in the Goth scene. He will be missed.

I'm ashamed to be an American. I used to hate the Democrats and Liberals who said such things under the Bush Administration. I thought they were idiots and morons. They were abandoning their country because of a President they didn't agree with. Tonight, that changed in me. I'm ashamed to be American. I watched the President's speech. I ( Read more... )

Dealers beware...Cash For Clunkers is not what it seems. Of course, anybody with half a brain could figure out this is a bad idea. But let's take a small trip to Crazytown, USA. As of Friday, July 31st, this was the warning that you got when you logged into (or tried to log into) the Dealer's section of Cars.gov ( Read more... )

My 360 is dead...it has finally gone to the MS Console graveyard in the sky. I'll be honest, it was my first refurbished system I've bought. I can't say I was disappointed. I bought it 6 months after the 360 released and it worked pretty damn well. It lasted me this long. Now, I'll need to strip off the Hard Drive and get a new Console. But, ( Read more... )

So...someone once said that the Republicans have caused more damage in Government that the Democrats have. You can quibble one way or another either way. I'd like to point to Tom Harkin of Iowa, Democrat, who is now openly saying this, "We own the automobile companies," Harkin said earlier this week. "Why not? I think that will be an easy one." ( Read more... )

To say I was shocked by the news today was an understatement. She is an amazing woman. It's sad that the people on the Left are going to say that the job was too hard for her and she quit because of it. It's a shame that in the 10 months since she was tapped as a Vice Presidential Candidate, there have been 15 Ethics Violations charged against ( Read more... )

It's coming to that time again. We celebrate the birth of our Nation and our Freedom from British rule. We fought against a Government that no longer cared against it's constituents and cared more for it's "Special Interests". We fought for no Taxation without Representation. We fought for our unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit ( Read more... )

As some may know (or may not), the House of Representatives just passed the Waxman-Markey Bill on Global Warming (or is it Global Cooling...no...Climate Change), or as the Republicans call it, the Cap and Tax Bill. The final amount of paperwork for this Bill was over 1000 pages, this includes a 300 page amendment that was added late last night ( ( Read more... )