Back in September I stumbled upon a forum post at Library Thing about a BBC Meme. This particular meme is very similar to the lists of movies we’ve all read through and marked up in our magic way in order to display our theatrical conquerings. However I prefer this list, because a long list of [...]
My parents recently came to Lincoln to visit Nicole and I. It was a pretty awesome time! It’s nice to have family around every so often, especially after going nearly a year without seeing them. That though is a story for another blog altogether. Today I’m here to show you guys my fancy new journal! [...]
If there’s anything I want to change about my past reading endeavors, it’s that I had picked up Vonnegut in high school. I enjoy is writing style, and stories very much, and would have loved an opportunity to meet him. Lately I’ve found quite a few things on the interwebs that are literary inspired and [...]
Three years ago I was introduced to The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. If you’re not totally familiar with the tale, it’s a short story written by Ernest Hemingway. It’s the tale of a couple on Safari, and a chain of events that leads to the end of Francis. It’s a great story, and [...]
Nicole is the proud owner of a Gateway LT1004u netbook. A little while back it decided to pretend that it’s battery no longer existed. Today I tried to get this fixed. Here is the result of my final chat with Gateway’s online tech support. I had written a nice piece of customer feedback for them, [...]
Schrödinger’s cat is not dead. For more information: [Wikipedia Article] Also see: [User Friendly] Share/Bookmark
Honestly, I’d be fine quitting this job, and never going back to that office. Honestly. Share/Bookmark
I’m tired of it. You’re tired of it. High school grammar teachers, and professors everywhere are tired of it. Some where in the last decade people have forgotten the difference in meanings, spellings and pronunciations of some of the most important words in the English language. Maybe the problem stems from the fact that they [...]
One of my goals in life is to write a novel, and have it published. I do not know when this will happen, and this goal is one of the only reasons I keep a blog, a practice arena. I came across a Web site called WriteSomething recently, and I love it. The premise is [...]
Today, while taking a design break and perusing the Web, I came across a gem. As do most humanoids, I enjoy humor. Though there’s no way for me to judge the legitimacy of this tale, especially since it is filed under jokes on this Web site. It takes some of my favorite things, science-fiction and [...]