VACATION TIP: MORDOR IS NOT A GOOD SUMMER DESTINATION SPOTLast June, my wife Robin and I spent two weeks traveling with our family. We visited both Chicago and San Diego and passed through...
WE REALLY DO LOVE ANIMEMy amazing better half, Robin, sporting her recently-acquired Saber (from Fate/Zero) shirt, as we went to watch "Batman Versus Superman:...
"PYRAMID" [POETRY]Sun, wind, sand, Nile: Eternity defined as base, height, and angle I took these pictures of Khufu, Khafre, and the Sphinx, and wrote this...
"PLASTIC FLOWERS" [POETRY]Back in November of 1990, while I was living and working in the Silicon Valley and was surrounded by overly-intelligent, socially-awkward...
LEAF FOSSILMemories are evidence expressed as afterimages. They show that someone or something was there; that something notable happened; that a...
EBAY POETRYSome time back, I noticed that Ebay generates poetry, after reading the description/keywords of a piece of jewelry my wife was...
AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON HAS A BIG PLAN FOR SMALL BOOKSThis is a great idea from author James Patterson to get people interested in reading again: (re)introduce shorter, easier-to-engage-with...
THE WORLD'S MOST CONFUSING SENTENCE IN ONE WORDBehold the awesomeness of repeating one-word, complete sentences. I love it.
OMNISCIENT=THOROUGHLY EVIL?I had an interesting philosophical discussion with a friend a while back involving the consequences that come from tapping into parallel...