Two quick hits here, while I have a moment. Valve Software is looking to release Half-Life 2 Episode 2 sometime this fall. Reportedly they will be including two side-games in the Ep. 2 release. One will warm the hearts of…
Things have been busy – very busy – over the last few days, hence my lack of posting. First off, I was officially installed as an elder of my church this past Sunday. I had to give my testimony in…
I cannot see the logic that would motivate Israel to concede to allowing U.N. blue hats on the Lebanese border as a sufficient resolution to the current crisis, and so I can only view Anan and Blair’s “plan” as global…
I’ve seen all manner of stupid “gamer” peripherals for the PC, from mini-keypads designed to give gamers WASD and not much else to 3 dimensional mice to “physics accelerators”. I thought it couldn’t get any worse; I was wrong. Via…
Our living room air conditioner has been acting fairly fritzy as of late, running at full bore for 5 minutes or so and then summarily shutting off and flashing “E1” on its LCD readout. In vain did I search the…
May you live in interesting times. –Supposed ancient Chinese curse “Watching” the events in Lebanon unfold on the newswires, I ran through an extremely odd combination of feelings at work today. I felt detached, almost entirely removed from the world…
Rare is the time that I am brought almost to tears of mirth by judicial opinions, but I must make an exception for the exquisitely sarcastic pennings of the Hon. Samuel B. Kent of the Galveston (TX) District. From an…
A good rule of thumb is: if you need a protractor to properly express your outrage, you’ve probably gone too far. –Allahpundit, referring to Rightwing “Islamic crescent” conspiracy mongering in re: the United 93 memorial in Shanksville, PA
Aron and I have been discussing some simple reforms that would go a long way towards reducing graft, corruption and complacency in Congress. While by no means complete, we think that they could help the average American citizen greatly by…
Here’s a novel concept – the brains behind “Scrubs” and “Family Guy” produced a trailer for a TV show called Nobody’s Watching. If they’re telling the truth, they can’t get the major networks to pay any attention to the pilot,…
