Posts in 'blog' – Page 8

The Creation Redux

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him resting on the seventh day.

He inquired, "Where have you been?"

God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downward through the clouds. "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"

"It's a …

Michael Jackson

I'm certainly not going to write anything here that many others haven't written or aren't writing or won't write, but I'm going to write it anyway.

Yesterday when I heard about Michael Jackson's passing, I wrote on my Facebook account "Michael Jackson dead. Future generations of young boys breath collective …

Government/Business Entanglements

I was reading a post on Slashdot about a guy who got fired from his television network job for sending a private email from a private account to a member of parliament expressing a dissenting opinion about some proposed legislation. He sent it to his MP, who forwarded it to …

Benjamin Button on Home Video

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is being released to home video on Tuesday, May 5, 2009.

It's being released in Blu-ray Disc format, which will turn into an HD-DVD Disc after a few months, then later still a DVD, then a LaserDisc, then a VideoDisc, then a VHS tape …

Swine Flu of 1976

Many people believe the Swine Flu outbreak of 1976 was a hoax. Others believe it was overreaction. Some think the government did the only thing they could.

Many people are critical of the government response because the swine flu vaccine is believed to have killed 25 people, whereas the swine …

Rush Limbaugh

In the interests of full disclosure:

  1. I am a registered Republican.
  2. I've never voted for a Democrat candidate for the presidency.
  3. In the last two presidential elections, I've not cast a vote for the Republican candidate.
    1. In 2004, I cast a vote for the Constitution Party candidate (I can't remember …

Sweet Does Not Mean Tasty

I was discussing artificial sweeteners with my sister. She had a reaction once to aspartame that shook her up (understandably) and thus avoids artificial sweeteners ever since.

That being said, I know there are a lot of kooks out there (many of which listened to the radio station I once …

Picking the Perfect Name

I'm starting to work on a role playing game, and I thought I'd do a little research online first. I Googled "how to create a role playing game" and the first link that came up was How to Make Your Own Role-playing Game (Cheap). I'm going to quote the first …

Doctors Are Human, Too.

As a little tyke, I was really susceptible to ear & throat infections. One thing they did to help was remove my tonsils when I was around 5 years old. As long as I was getting mine out, they took out my sister's, too. This was back in the day that …

Astley In A Box

Anytime someone at work says "step one" (generally in an attempt to describe some process), someone inevitably will respond "cut a hole in the box". If this does not make sense, I can only say two things:

  1. Have you been hiding under a rock for the last two years?
  2. Search …