While I'm in between jobs here in Nashville, I've been selling a lot of my old video games on ebay. Testing these games and watching their opening cinematics has not only set a bit of nostalgia upon me, but it's made me realize something that I never really considered before. My being drawn to English in college was heavily influenced by the ( Read more... )

I've been interested lately in the resurgence of interest (see how I did that?) in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Here's an article at CNN that will give you the gist of the movement. Let me first say, that I've never actually read the book, but I've never been a fan of Ayn Rand's philosophy--Objectivism. I've always found it ironic that someone who ( Read more... )

After several years of serious thought, I've pretty much ruled out the idea of getting my PhD. It's been a slow, difficult realization for me. Since about my junior year in college, I've always assumed that I would go to grad school for English. I, probably more than most, have been stubborn about that goal in the face of the mounting evidence ( Read more... )

Or is Meghan McCain saying a lot of really intelligent things lately ( Read more... )

"What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label 'Liberal?' If by 'Liberal' they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then ... we are not that kind of 'Liberal.' But if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who ( Read more... )

2008 is officially THE FUTURE. Why is 2008 the future, you ask? Well, the U.S. just elected its first African American President, and I just saw Wolf Blitzer have a conversation with a hologram.

Quick, everyone call up all of your socialist friends, your islamofascist friends, and your conflicted socialist-islamofascist friends. Party at my

I remember during the primaries, Barack Obama threw out a known political phrase about the campaigns heading into "silly season." If that was silly season, the last week has been more like a terrifying season. When people are shouting out things like "kill him," "terrorist," and "treason" at political rallies, we have gone too far ( Read more... )

"I may not answer the question the way you want to hear, but I'll talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record ( Read more... )

The VP debate coming up tonight makes me incredibly nervous and here's why. It's pretty much common knowledge at this point that Sarah Palin is completely uninformed and out of her league, but its those stunningly low expectations that are going to work in her favor. I want her to go out there and make a fool of herself, further diminishing the ( Read more... )

Jury Duty: Day 1 ( Read more... )