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Snow day!
Took advantage of the snow day(s) to get quite a bit done.
Some writing, both political and 'fic (!!!!).
Cleaning.
Reading. Finished Mockingjay and A Mighty Fortress. No, I don't know how I'm able to read two or three books simultaneously. It's a talent ( Read more... ) -
FFXIII: initial impressions
I'm about 20 minutes into the game.
1: Initial character impressions are mixed, I think I need more to go on.
2: OH SHIT HAMAUZU DID THE MUSIC. Pardon me while I rifle distractedly through my old favourites.... -
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Sterk's pants are done ( Read more... ) -
Rambles: Oversusbstituting systems.
When I consider "The study of man", I usually look at it through the lens of three very broad "metasystems" - social, political, and economic ( Read more... ) -
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Just finished the second book of Hunger GamesMore later when I finish the third, but three thoughts up front ( Read more... ) -
Costuming plans for 2011
Guess I should get this up here. Everything's tentative at the moment, of course (except Katsu, unless I can't finish for some reason).
Katsucon: Sterkenberg Cranch, Atelier Rorona. Yup, I'm finally making an Atelier costume. I was originally ging to make Roxis, but I'm not clear on some parts of him, and Rorona's a newer game ( Read more... ) -
First real-life lesson for the new year
"Practical" chemistry is still not my forte. Nor, for that matter, is it my partner's.
Also: Thank you for the well-wishes for the new year, everyone! Great party - more when I'm not dizzyingly ill. -
Resolution 2010 suggestions box
For this year, my goal is to spend at least a half-hour a night, three to four nights each week, trying to codify and write down all of these ideas that ahve come to me over the past six, eight, ten years ( Read more... ) -
Also: Irony
Yelling at the Phoenix Wright games for breaking Rule 34 like a twig.
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Provocateur of the day
Asimov (or was it Clarke?) tells us:
"Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic."
I posit that there is a parallel to this statement:
"Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science."
I should consider this further, but....thoughts?