I’m off to Maryland for the day to visit with relatives. Grandmothers and inlaws are scattered across most of the DC area, so we usually get together for the holidays. Time to drive on the Beltway. Oh, DC, how I love thee.
After months of waiting, one outrageous name change, and tons of pre-orders that I intentionally ignored, Saturday night was the start of my journey to acquire a Wii. My brother and I packed up the necessities and drove to the nearby Target, which, according to the Wii Finder, would have 120 Wiis on launch day. At […]
A priest, a rabbi, and a robot walk into a bar. Only the robot walks out. Someone offers you a million dollars. There’s one stipulation: whatever you use it for, it must be to chase your dream. What do you do? Man is a sorry lot. Selfish, easily persuaded, little motive. He is a fickle creature of Machiavellian stereotypes. […]
I love travelling. There’s something exhilarating about picking up the few things you’ve collected that are important to you, and temporarily moving somewhere else. The uncertainty and unfamiliarity is stressful for some, but I thrive on it. Going home for breaks, travel for jobs, day trips into DC with no plan, no map, and 20 […]
At some point in time, I’ll do this to an entire room. Outline every edge in black paint. It’s such a powerful visual effect in 2D; I only hope it looks as amazing in three. The rest of the week promises to fly by. Classes, work, tests, and then a drive home. Sunday morning brings the […]
Alarms are for the weak. Real, hardcore sleep addicts can turn off two alarms and still be dreaming. They can nap on cue, and they think that caffeine is simply a mechanism attempting to keep them in their waking states. I turned off my alarm clock and my phone this morning, and have no recollection […]
Last night began with the best of intentions. Friends were to meet up, and a good time was to be had by all. But a door was opened, an animal ran, and so began a 45 minute journey through porches and cars, trees and bushes, to recapture a cat. Loving words were spoken to glowing, distant eyes. […]
Tomorrow, take something away from your day that you would never have appreciated.
From my favorite author, Bruce Schneier: Famously bad people are or aren’t on it, for no apparent reason. People that ought to be on it, like the terror suspects in Britain’s “airliner plot”, aren’t on it. Why doesn’t this list work? Because it’s easy to corrupt with bad data, and it’s impossible to purge bad data. Name overlap […]
Both the Democrats and Republicans are guilty of it. They pass certain bills so they have a gift to give home districts while campaigning. They pass meaningless amendments, in hopes that they can portray those who oppose it as being in the wrong on the issue. I’m tired of it. The Democrats dog-piled when the recently […]
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