Monthly Archives: November 2015
Ho ho no!
Well, this is depressing: Of parents with children younger than 18, 17 percent said they’d lie to other shoppers, compared to 7 percent of parents with no children under 18. Sixteen percent of parents with under 18 children said they’d … Continue reading
Happy NaNoWriMo!
November is National Novel Writing Month, as many of you probably know. The idea of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. That works out to about 1666 words a day; no small undertaking. I did … Continue reading
Journalistic integrity vs the need for clicks
The Daily Beast, itself known for provocative articles for the sake of clicks is crying foul on the movement toward the incredible (in its original meaning, ie. un-credible) in search of clicks. Read the whole thing here. At some level, … Continue reading
My new political hero?
Let me tell you, it feels very weird in my mouth to put the words “political” and “hero” together, especially lately. But if it’s even possible for such a person to exist in my world, I think Ben Sasse may … Continue reading
Ode (or owed) to Mythbusters
It’s been announced that Mythbusters’ fourteenth season will be its last. To be honest, I’ve only see a few segments of the show online. I don’t watch TV. I have too much to do, and perhaps in this case, that’s … Continue reading
Is there anything good in the world?
Yes, I know, good news doesn’t sell. But seriously, there are days it seems like no one is happy, that no one has anything positive happening in their lives, and everything is conspiring to make human existence as miserable as … Continue reading
Anthropomorphism
To quote Rex from Toy Story, “Great! Now I have GUILT!” I’m such a heartless, cruel replacer of busted appliances! (Granted, I probably would have tried to fix a simple handle problem myself first.)
What lies beyond?
I’ve been listening to The Lord of the Rings on audio for the past few months, and usually in the car during my commute. Regularly I find myself trying to remember the layout of Middle Earth and find I am … Continue reading
Book review: The Tournament at Gorlan, by John Flanagan
I haven’t given any of the “Ranger’s Apprentice” books by John Flanagan its own review until now. For one, there’s a lot of them and I’m still catching up, and for another I’d likely find myself repeating myself. Instead I … Continue reading