If you're anywhere near Massachusetts, you've probably been having the same crazy windstorms I have: my ears are still ringing, quite literally, just from the gusts this morning while walking into work. It's insane, it's like being in a wind tunnel ( Read more... )

Some random thoughts for the sake of updating:

As good as Lolita is, Pale Fire is actually better. Wow. I should finally get around to reading more Nabokov, shouldn't I? God knows how many times I've read Lolita, in three languages. There's yet to be a movie that really completely gets it, but I should see if there's a good audiobook -- even ( Read more... )

Three of the things I'm thinking about lately are religion, games, and sex -- and specifically, in the case of religion, I've been thinking about morals, rules. All this nonsense lately with the evolution/creation/intelligent design debate has distracted people from the fact that religion isn't solely -- or mostly -- concerned with the origins of ( Read more... )

I don't plan on using this journal for anything social -- no updates on my life for my family and friends, things like that. This is a space divorced from that aspect of my life, almost an extended brainstorming space, a blank sheet of paper where I can doodle ( Read more... )

Coming soon. I'm collecting my thoughts (and adjusting the layout to something that isn't a pain in the ass to read).