Monthly Archives: March 2014
New feature!
It took a long time to get around to it, but if you look at the image in the upper right hand corner of the page, on the right side of the header, I’m no longer showing the canned pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Random Musings
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Show me the research
Someone pointed out one of my failings the other day. And you know what, he’s right. I’ve neglected one tenet of critical thinking: don’t blindly accept the results without first confirming the research and the methodology. Whenever I see some … Continue reading
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Ban battlespace preparation?
Now this is interesting. Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner offers some counter-information and does a little dot-connecting on the Ban Bossy campaign: Make no mistake, there is always a deeper agenda whenever a seemingly innocent campaign pops up overnight. … Continue reading
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Poor aim
Sheryl Sandburg, CEO of Facebook, along with a number of other famous women, are on a campaign to stamp out the word “bossy”. Let me just start by saying I’m not against the intention. If people are applying a double-standard … Continue reading
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Game Review: Lord of the Rings Risk
I actually received a copy of this game years ago as a gift from a friend. I played it at least once with him and his family, which was the genesis of the famous “The archers died, at least they … Continue reading
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House guests
Last spring for our cub scout den we made bird houses to fulfill one of the requirements. The design we used was one of my own, using rough-cut cedar fence boards. Since I needed to be able to teach the … Continue reading
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I know you, and you know me…
Evidently some person wrote a rather sad article on Salon about why they can’t stand white women belly-dancing. I won’t link to it, because Salon deserves no reward for publishing it. This whole PC-ness campaign has gotten so far off … Continue reading
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The Bourne Paperwork
Jason Bourne causes a lot of trouble for a lot of people. Better hide your snow-globe.
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My other gig
If you really can’t handle going a day without reading my ramblings, you can check out my weekly post over at The Authors’ Think Tank. Today I talk about various methods I’ve observed for selling one’s book in person (ie. … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Writing
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Light posting ahead
I’m having difficulty finding anything to write about this week. This wouldn’t be so difficult if I hadn’t decided to cut back on political commentary. No one cares what I think, and those who do already know. Yes, I admit … Continue reading
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