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Trivialities
The other night my wife was telling me about how one of our cats gave her strange looks while she was doing yoga. I made some comment about it not being able to tell if she was doing “downward-facing dog … Continue reading
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Not-so-little things mean a lot
One of the most difficult things about moving three years ago was leaving behind people who have become very important to us. Ten years is a fair amount of time, and the friends we made in Boise have come to … Continue reading
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Culture and video game music
If there’s still anyone out there unconvinced that video games get as serious musical treatment as movies these days, I present the theme from Civilization IV, “Baba Yetu”. Dang, I miss playing Civ-Rev. And then there’s this song, “The Parting … Continue reading
Movie Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Over the weekend my wife and I watched “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, the recent Ben Stiller production. I don’t really see this one as a remake of the earlier Danny Kaye classic. Rather it seems as though they … Continue reading
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Talent vs. Practice
While at “Life, The Universe, and Everything”, an annual sci-fi/fantasy writers symposium in a nearby city this past week I heard an interesting presentation from Howard Tayler, creator of the “Schlock Mercenary” webcomic. The premise he put forward (and backed up … Continue reading
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Maintaining proper distance
There have been a few people who at one time I admired, usually based on their professional work. That led me to insert myself into their orbit to some degree, be it following their blog or trying to connect with … Continue reading
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Myth, culture, and perspectives
Hat tip to my brother Dan for calling this to my attention. He came at it from a business point of view, no doubt, as he’s been working heavily with India and Indian developers for years. I came at this … Continue reading
Stay classy, Holdernesses!
UPDATE: The estate of the songwriter for “Rent” decided the song wasn’t enough of a parody to count and asked them to take it down, which they have. I’ve somewhat recently discovered the Holderness Family and their series of videos … Continue reading
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Hard answers
Remember the old Aesop’s fable about the competition between the sun and the wind? They wanted to prove who was the stronger, so they made a bet on who could get a traveling man’s coat off. The wind went first, … Continue reading
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Water buffalo ballet
I admit I’m a bit of an aerospace geek. I grew up in a small city where there weren’t a lot of commercial air flights, so whenever I heard an airplane fly over I had to look. This didn’t change … Continue reading
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