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…
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…
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. 🙂
For the last day before Thanksgiving, I would like to express my gratitude to our Robot Overlords. Â 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…
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…
I am free to write this blog post and say whatever the hell I want. Today I am thankful for that freedom. And all the other freedoms I have living in this day and age. We’re not a completely free society. At some levels that’s good (complete freedom is anarchy, I Read more…
This Rolling Stone article about Occupy Wall Street summed up much of how I feel about the Occupy movement. It’s about providing a forum for people to show how tired they are not just of Wall Street, but everything. This is a visceral, impassioned, deep-seated rejection of the entire direction of Read more…
I love books. Science fiction, mystery, historical, educational, fantasy, whatever. Books bring knowledge and fun to all of us. Books allow an idea to be preserved beyond that fleeting moment when it emerges. For a long time I couldn’t understand people who hate reading. Â With so many choices out there Read more…
Today I am thankful for having clean air and safe water and food. Not having to worry about getting a disease from the food I eat is often taken for granted. All the news stories you hear about tainted food highlights the reason for government organizations like the FDA. Without Read more…
Even though it is now quite pleasant outside, I must express my thankfulness for the wonder that is air conditioning. As a native Floridian and now resident Texan, I have lived all but one year of my life in places that don’t experience what most people call winter. The temperature Read more…