Doug

Doug

Husband & father with youngins; Presbyterian; Will devops for boardgames; Dadjoke Enthusiast; Longtime WordPress user; The failure mode of “clever” is...

Red Orchestra 3.2 Preview

Wowsers. Boomtown’s Red Orchestra 3.2 preview makes the next iteration of the now-venerable UT2k4 Russians vs. Germans mod sound incredible. Check out the article, then drool over the screenshots. Can you believe people do this stuff in their spare time…

Hmmmm.

For some reason, WordPress is now displaying all of the posts I’ve ever written. If the page is loading slowly for you, that’s probably the cause. I’m looking into it. UPDATE: Looks like the Adhesive plugin I installed was at…

Karl Rove, WA Dems Have A Beef With You.

“Renew your membership today at the most generous level you can afford and help me stop Rove’s mignons [sic] in their tracks.” -Washington State Democratic Party chairman Paul Berendt in a fundraising letter quoted in the Seattle Times, March 5th,…

The “Cedar Revolution” Continues

…And, amidst the swirling anti-Syrian/pro-freedom sentiments flooding the streets of Beirut these days, Cattalarchy notices something interesting. Heh. It seems as though the US has indeed become the purveyors (both directly and indirectly) of “Democracy, whisky, sexy!”

Penny Arcade Slays Me

I know that the PA guys can be alternately crass, profane, sacrilegious and scathing and sometimes all four simultaneously, none of which generally interfere with their strips being genuinely funny. However, every once in a while, they come up with…

Jinkies, A New RBF Album!

Reel Big Fish, (henceforth: RBF) to put it mildly, tends to rox0r my sox0rs. They served as a “gateway band” for me, opening up my ears to the wonders of the entire genre. Had it not been for RBF (and,…

Finally, Some Validation!

I guess playing the role of “Grammar Stickler” (some would say “Grammar Nazi”, but then that’s invoking Godwin’s Law meaning they automatically lose. *grin*) has finally paid off. I came across this “commonly misused words” test by way of Owen’s…

Monday Morning Funnies

In the mood for some uplifting humor blogging to lighten those Monday morning blahs? Scrappleface and IMAO have the goods for you. Scrappleface: Troops Shoot Italian Hostage’s Car Despite E-ZPass Recently released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena, a writer for the…