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Blog I got on an elevator earlier today…

I got on an elevator earlier today with a bunch of total strangers. One of them, a friendly kid with big hair and small jeans, looked at the ornate floor and said, "Ooh, it's like a club. If only we had some fancy lights." I turned on an strobe light cell phone app, and he began to dance. A woman beside me asked, "Why do you have something like that?" I nodded at the kid and said, "Because of things like that."

Jun 22, 2011
Blog I Love WordPress

Just upgraded all of my sites to the latest version of WordPress before I realized there was another, slightly newer version available. Normally this would drive me crazy because it…

Feb 18, 2009
Blog I love you, Rosie.

Here’s a decent example of a Moluccan cockatoo speaking. https://youtu.be/clKLct2FSjM

May 1, 2007
Articles I’d Rather Be Walking Dead

I’ve loved The Walking Dead since Glenn first called Rick a dumbass, and I unflinchingly purchase every episode because it is (and will always be) one of my favorites. A…

Dec 16, 2017
Blog Incomprehensible Spam

I get a lot of spam. Who doesn’t? Fortunately, I have Gmail and less than 0.01% gets through to me. Most of the time I just report it and go…

May 21, 2009
Blog Iraq Teaches Us to Think Long-Term

One of the things that bother me about some people is their refusal to look at things in the long-term, or the Grand Scheme of Things. I’ve observed that many…

Sep 10, 2003
Blog Is change necessary?

During his campaign, President Obama [giggle] associated himself with the idea of change. Given the previous eight years, changing the way Americans did things was an obvious choice. I mean,…

Mar 8, 2009
Blog It’s William freakin’ Shatner!

I recently helped shoot an interview between William freakin’ Shatner and Jeremy Snead, the creator of Unlocked, an upcoming television series about video games.

Feb 11, 2015
Blog Lawless, Godless Heathens!

I had a couple family members make (what I believe) are huge mistakes by assuming that without religion one cannot have law. They acted like the only place people learn…

Feb 24, 2004
Blog Leap of Logic

Why is it a logic leap to say that existence implies a creator, but statistical inevitability is not? During a discussion I was having with one of my very good…

Sep 7, 2005
Blog Look at me! I’m a cyborg!

I used to have one of the Bluetooth earpieces, but that was when they first came out. I’ve never been that comfortable with it, and that was long before everyone…

Jul 18, 2007
Blog Love as a Drug

Today I was thinking about how drugs affect the mind, and I stumbled upon an analogy. What do drugs do? In other words, how do they work on us? Well,…

Sep 11, 2003