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Viva la Revolution! - Remember a year ago when we were cheering the Egyptian revolutionaries and talking about how the non-political Muslim Brotherhood would finally be free to help provide relief for the common citizen? Let’s follow up and ( Read more... )

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Because Ed has been complaining that I never post on my blog anymore…

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Here in Texas a series of small cold fronts have finally broken the choke hold of 100 degree days that gripped the state. Now that we’re back down to more seasonable temperatures in the 80s and 90s, our thoughts turn to the time of ghosts and goblins (and candy!) drawing ever closer.
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This little video is incredibly bloody (for paper animation, that is) but cool in the amount of work that went into it. Enjoy!


Path of Blood - Demon at the Crossroads of Destiny from Eric Power on Vimeo.

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I was a teen in the 1980s. By then my paternal grandfather had passed away and my grandmother lived on her own. Without the responsibility of having to care for an ailing husband, she renewed her life by keeping busy with a variety of activities and friends. As time went on though, ( Read more... )

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First, an account from someone living in Japan.  The moral of the story is that disaster is something Japan has trained for, and in many ways they are better prepared for crisis management than most of us here in the US.

Next, the person above links to an explanation of how Japan’s ( Read more... )

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Okay, for the record, let me say that I luuuv Netflix. (In a totally manly, platonic way, of course. Like how I luuuuv my Colt 1911 or my XBox.)  However, this morning while checking my feed reader I found out that Netflix didn’t love me back. Imagine my how crushed I felt when I ( Read more... )

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This week’s election left a lot of people frothing at the mouth, and their poor attitude put me in a foul mood in turn. I wanted to rant and rave… but there’s enough of that out in the world. The media does a great job of telling us what’s wrong with each other, but it sucks at ( Read more... )

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Very early in my marriage, my wife and I read Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
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Even though this isn’t really Bruce Lee (it’s apparently part of a Nokia commercial), it’s still a neat video.

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I became aware of Bruce Lee when I was in junior high, which is probably when a lot of boys realize that karate is really cool. My best friend, my cousin, and I would buy ( Read more... )