An excellent point is made in this Indexed about ideas. If only we had infinite time and resources to pursue things.
Category Archives: Opinion
Why I will Never be a Politician
I will never be a politician. One of the reasons is because if I were, I’d have to say stuff like this: The process used to get this bill to 60 votes was unlike anything I had never [sic] seen before. Deals were cut behind closed doors for individual senators and their states at the …
Muse: Uprising
Because I just bought this album, think it’s pretty good, and want to share with you their weird video.
Internet and Other Surveys
I hate surveys. I hate them because you cannot trust them. Why can you not trust them? Because generally you only see the “results” through the lens of the medium that is reporting them. Be it Fox News or CNN or the Obama Administration or (I’m not trying to pick on politics here) Habitat for …
Writing
Do you enjoy writing? I do. I find it soothing to arrange a sentence to explain my message, whatever that message happens to be. By no means do I consider myself an expert. I know that I’m wordy and verbose and break some of the cardinal rules such as “write with nouns and verbs” (rather …
Scott Sigler's The Rookie
Do you like Football? Do you like Science Fiction? Do you like Corruption and Drug Dealers and the Mafia? Then you’ll like Scott Sigler’s self-published book, The Rookie. This book is available by podcast, but I’m a fan of having paper in front of me. This particular book was something new for me because it’s …
What to do with your Corpse?
Over at MAKE is a link to a novel concept. Turn yourself into pencils when you’re dead. Each pencil is foil stamped with the name of the person. Only one pencil can be removed at a time, it is then sharpened back into the box causing the sharpenings to occupy the space of the used …
Teddypocolypse!
I like this song, even though every time I hear it I think I’m listening to Dr. Who for the first several bars. The video is interesting. The best part starts about 3/4 of the way through.
How Skynet Conquered Humanity
We saw Terminator Salvation last weekend. As I mentioned in my post, it was an acceptable movie, with a few plot holes, but then it involves a story premise surrounding time travel and that makes it difficult to avoid holes.1 The movie once again made me question what a world-spanning evil computer/cyborg/machine-entity would be doing …
Hugo: Best Novel
Tomorrow is the deadline to vote on the Hugo Awards for this year’s Worldcon. Does this mean anything to YOU? Only if you purchased a membership and are eligible to vote. If you did, hopefully you’re not a big fat procrastinator and have already taken care of this little matter. If not… You may recall …