Well it looks like Early Game Access to SWTOR will be “up to five days“. I call fail on this. In the past, Early Access was described as a way for Bioware to ease people into the game without overloading the servers. It was also described as “significantly more than Read more…
I’ve expressed my interest in Occupy Wall Street before, but I’d like to add it to the list of things I am thankful for this year. It is nice to finally see a movement in this country that is raising awareness of income equality and undue corporate influence in government. Read more…
Some new info coming out of Bioware about Guilds in SWTOR. The first bit is simple, in preparation for launch guilds are being marked as to whether or not they will qualify to be pre-created on a server. This is a minor thing, but a good sign that we are Read more…
Not every day can be a deep insightful serious day. There are many things I’m thankful for that many might see as shallow or insignificant. But I’m cool with that. So today, I explain that I am thankful for Lemons. Now, I don’t enjoy eating them straight up, but they Read more…
I was making fried chicken the other day and it occurred to me, that if chicken were sentient, how much of a barbarian brute I’d be. Now, if you discount the cruel conditions chickens are subjected to, and just focus on my part, it’s still bad. The way I cook Read more…
For Day 2, my post from earlier has inspired me to devote my thanks to teachers. This may seem slightly self-serving since I was a teacher, but it was only for a short time and I’m not anymore. Growing up I had a lot of great teachers. My Mom will Read more…
So says the American Enterprise Institute anyways. And wow is this some serious bullshit. Not BS. Bullshit. There is a difference. The organization said it took a “comprehensive” look at teacher’s salaries and tried to take into account what it says are unique areas of compensation for teachers, including generous Read more…
Inspired by John Scalzi over at his Whatever blog, I’ve decided to do a daily post of something I am thankful for every day leading up to Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays that has generally become about the trappings rather than it’s original meaning. I really liked the Read more…
Last night marked the 6th year we have been in this house on Halloween. Our grand total of trick treaters stands at 3. It’s very sad. There is a big haunted house at the fire house, which is just up the street from us. This usually occurs on the Sat Read more…
Six months ago we put the house on the market to try and sell it. We got no a few people come by the first few weeks, and then about 1 person a month for the next several. We looked at other houses in the area. There were a lot Read more…