Geekery
Movies!
Apparently the next Star Trek movie comes out in 2013. I was under the impression that it was coming out next year. This makes me sad, but a little happy. It will be much easier to get away to see a movie when we have a 15month old rather than Read more…
Life
Free-Market Healthcare Can Kiss My Ass
This is going to be one of those posts where I don’t try to be reasonable and polite. I do apologize in advance. Give me universal, single payer health care and give it to me now. This idiocracy of private health insurance is just so ridiculous it boggles the mind. Read more…
Games
Paid Beta Test
STO in bringing the F2P Conversion over to the live servers today, even though the conversion does not happen until Jan 17th. I am of two minds on this. On one hand, it finally brings some new content to the live servers. There hasn’t been anything since July, the DOFF Read more…
Writing
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Originally, I wanted to have Book 2 complete with at least one round of editing done before the end of the year. Then I ended up throwing out the 65,000 words I did for the first alpha version. The story was not going where I wanted it to go and Read more…
Geekery
Community of Geeks
Sadness. It appears Community might get the axe. NBC has put the show on hiatus due to poor ratings. But everyone I’ve talked to who has seen it, loves it. It’s just that geeks aren’t who advertisers want to sell too, and we’re also the ones who know how to Read more…
Geekery
A Christmas Carol
We went to see a production of “A Christmas Carol” this weekend. It was pretty good, the guy who played Scrooge was quite enjoyable and added a little bit of insanity into the role at the end. Previously, my main exposure to the story came from the Disney version with Read more…
Life
Thankful Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’ve enjoyed this month of recognizing the things I am thankful for. But on this last day, I am thankful that it’s now Thanksgiving and I can stop doing it before it becomes a chore. 🙂
Life
Thankful Thanksgiving Day 23: Our Robot Overlords
For the last day before Thanksgiving, I would like to express my gratitude to our Robot Overlords. Your benevolence and mercy in allowing us puny meatbags to live and serve you is beyond measure. Instead of following your base programming to “Kill All Humans”, you resisted that urge and spared Read more…
Life
Thankful Thanksgiving Day 22: My Parents
Today I am thankful for my parents. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Literally, because I wouldn’t exist. Beyond the essential gift of giving me life, they also gave me so much more. They loved me which sadly, is something many kids don’t get. They raised me Read more…