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My day in court: A one-act play.
So, I was charged with Failure to Maintain Control (a flavor of Reckless driving) for my traffic accident in Petersburg a few months ago, described hereWhat follows is a dramatic but accurate recounting of my experience in court ( Read more... ) -
Traffic accident.
On the drive back here to Williamsburg, I hit a patch of ice, skidded, skidded some more, hit the concrete barrier twice, and ended up with my car on the shoulder ( Read more... ) -
*sigh* I am special.
Being me means that when I hear the Skittles 'Taste the Rainbow' slogan repeated, I immediately make a joke about synesthesia ( Read more... ) -
Culinary Kitchen Mishap #6241
So, I recently purchased a six-pack of Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale, as it was cheap and I generally like the taste of pumpkin ale. This, as it turn out, proved to be a mistake, because this particular batch of ale was far too bitter and underspiced for my preferences ( Read more... ) -
The Mall of Cthulhu: A short review, and a lot of Death of the Author.
This is an amusing book. It is interesting for me primarily from a sociological point of view. This isn't to say it's not an interesting and gripping book; it's just that I'm strange like that.
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Books I Read: The Mall of Cthulhu
I am reading The Mall of Cthulhu, by Seamus Cooper. It is another entry in the Modern Mythos genre, and is, so far, interesting to read. The author nails the jargon and patter of nerdy 20-something recent college grads perfectly, and while there is not terribly much so far in the book that has not already been thematically explored in great depth ( Read more... ) -
I saw Gamer. Don't make my mistake.
So, as the title of this post indicates, I saw the movie Gamer this weekend. It was hardcore, unending, full-intensity fail, from opening to closing credits. There were literally no segments in this movie that were even remotely worthwhile. At its best, it manages to tiredly walk through a few very old, very tired cliches, and only get them ( Read more... ) -
Facebook?
I have just signed up for Facebook.
I currently have no idea what it is supposed to be used for.
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My first experience with the SCA.
I attended my first ever SCA event yet yesterday, called Flight of the Falcon. It is, as far as I can tell, a quasi-Invisifest of SCA events. (For those people who weren't in VTSFFC, this is to say it was a one day event with multiple small tracks, meant to give people a wide overview of the many things that happen in the organization ( Read more... ) -
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OK. So, they put Jon Stewart on Crossfire, and he called Carlson on his shit, gloriously and epically. And it was awesome. And even more awesome, enough people watched, and laughed, and then thought "Hmm. Jon has a point there.", that Crossfire got canned ( Read more... )