Most folks on this site might want to just skip my first two paragraphs, although I hope you'll come back and read them when you're done.

I just found out that Maine rejected gay marriage a few minutes ago from my girlfriend.  It seems a rather odd thing to do,… Read full post »

Remember when jump drives used to be really awesome?

Now they're required for my school, and I feel so bothered by how mundane they've become.

There's not really any big new thing going on right now that I can geek out about. The interwebz have become passe, file sharing is practically no more,… Read full post »

Judging any religion/scientific theory/belief/etc. by the actions of its adherents is folly, especially if that religion/belief is held by a large portion of the populace. Whether Darwin had an association with Hitler is just as irrelevant as how much Christian churches have advocated the oppression… Read full post »

Do you ever wonder what the world would be like if we didn't fight any wars?  Sometimes I wonder.  We sure would save a lot of money.  What could we do with all that cash?

I would like to go into space.  Sure, I'm a geek and all, but more than that,… Read full post »

No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick.

 I think it's rather silly that we bankrupt people for even the most major surgery.  If you look at the cost of the materials that go into a particular surgery, and… Read full post »

I just came from a showing of the above mentioned movie.  There was nothing wrong with the production of this movie.  For what it was, it was rather well written, and the cast was well chosen and practiced their art admirably.

 What I would like to say is not particularly related… Read full post »

This movie made my girlfriend cry.  It is really depressing and I would advise anyone that's going to see it to take that into consideration.

It's right up there with The Abyss and Contact and Gattaca and the first two Alien pictures.   It's a powerful movie that happens to be… Read full post »

*BSG Spoiler's Alert*

Watch before reading, if you care to.

The last episode of Battlestar Galactica is old news to most of you, but for those of us that wait for DVD's to come out, it's a brand new discovery.

 I heard a lot of things that I… Read full post »

I'm tired.  I'm really tired of these tired arguments.  I'm tired of people either purposefully misunderstanding the points I'm about to restate, or ignoring them completely.  I don't want to do this anymore, but apparently I can't not.

 http://open.salon.com/blog/asta_charles/200… Read full post »

This is a lovely little recipe that I got drunk making the other day.

One can coconut milk

About a half of a small jar of peanut butter

Zest and Juice of two limes

Some garlic, cilantro, and ginger, as much or as little as you feel like of
each.

About three… Read full post »

Anyone with even a modicum of mercy and intellect can easily see that women, in an enlightened age such as we espouse to live in, should not be held down by the tyranny of their biology.  Thus, forcing a woman to give birth to a child merely because she chooses to… Read full post »

I'm pro-war.  Not pro Iraq war, although I suppose Iraq's as good a place to have one as any, just pro war.  Take even a casual look at history and you'll see that every major technological breakthrough in human history has come out of people trying to figure out how to… Read full post »

I like to put things in boxes. I think boxes are useful items that allow one to organize one's life. There are a wonderful assortment of boxes that may be procured from retailers such as Target, IKEA, and other home goods stores. After finding a few that match your interior design… Read full post »

If you really think about it, economic advancement can be seen in the number of chairs people have in their home. In historical times, up through the civil war, chairs were a bit of an oddity, save, perhaps, around the dinner table. People had armoires and dressers and tables and vanities,… Read full post »

You can tell a lot about a person by what's on their bookshelf.

Some people scarcely have a bookshelf. Some folks that do fill theirs with random brickabrack with nary a book in sight. I am not one of those people. Oh, there are things other than books on my bookshelf, but… Read full post »

I like to feel good.  I like to feel good about myself, and the actions I take and thoughts I have.  I like to feel good about my city and my country and where we're all going.  This is hard nowadays.

 I'm a Christian, but I don't like many Christians.  I… Read full post »

Never tell the father, sperm donor, whatever you want to call him, that you're having an abortion if you have already made the choice. He does not have a right to know. The only reason you should give him this information is if you expect him to do something with it.

If… Read full post »

A toast to Unrequited Love

For their can be no joy without loss,

no hope without failure,

No love  without pain,

And no drowning without sorrows. Read full post »

There's this lady in the cafeteria where I work that sometimes works the grill, and when I go down to get a breakfast sandwich and she's there, I am filled with a sense of dread that makes me wish I had alternatives to cafeteria food.  You see, she's one of those,… Read full post »

In springs warming breeze

Your new bloom opens to me

I breath you in; wanting

This may elicit a rather negative response, but I feel it necessary to raise the subject.

 Sometimes, miscegenation is just plain wrong.

 I've seen a trend recently from overhearing conversations of friends, between flight attendants, and from conversations that friends of mine have told me… Read full post »

Rental car for one weekend = $300

Plane ticket to Orlando = $250

Finding out how much Florida hates geeks = Priceless

So I got up at 6:00 AM on Friday morning and made my way to the airport to get on a plane to Orlando.  I don't know how many of you have… Read full post »

I didn't start it ("without a paddle" did), but this is worth so much more than a comment....

Sometimes, when I am all alone, and it's dark, and things are really bad, and I have nowhere to turn, and no one to talk to, I think  to myself "What would Freaky… Read full post »

"The thing that the modern pundits fail to realize is that all the socioeconomic and psychological problems, inherent to modern society, can be solved by the judicious application of way too much beer."

- Joss Whedon, or whatever writer he happened to be employing to write the "Beer Bad" episode of… Read full post »