Okay, it’s been a good long while since I unleashed a comic book rant here and got my geek on. If you don’t read comic books, or don’t care, or whatever, you can safely pass this by. Otherwise, expect this to go long, and you may even be a little embarrassed for me. 🙂 Full-on… Continue reading Comic book rant II
Month: February 2007
Psycho!
The other day Dave posted a story riddle with a creepy punchline: the people who answer it “correctly”—i.e. a certain way—think like psychopaths. (Sorry to spoil the surprise.) It’s meant to illustrate a particular way of thinking that psychopaths exhibit: that of other people—even family—as impersonal tools to be used for their own benefit. (Fortunately,… Continue reading Psycho!
On a podcast…
So my friend Brian of BuzzTouch Designs has a regular podcast, each show lasting a few minutes (not super long, like some) and touching on local happenings—and on yesterday’s “episode” I was the guest star. Or interviewee. Or something. Basically, Brian called me up and we did an interview (I was in my “Brew Site”… Continue reading On a podcast…
Books, books, books
So far this 2007 I’ve been consuming bunches of books. Kind of continuing my trend from last year, though based what I’ve gone through in these first six weeks of the year, my year-end list might be much larger. Lisey’s Story, by Stephen King. His latest, pretty good but not the best he’s ever written.… Continue reading Books, books, books
Transformers. Live action movie. OMG.
Okay, I was a little slow on the uptake for this one: Transformers: The Movie. Live action. For real. Opening July 4th of this year. I remember hearing the rumor about this way back when, thought, “Hey, that would be cool,” without thinking it would actually happen—you know, the usual Hollywood stuff, rumors are always… Continue reading Transformers. Live action movie. OMG.
Growing Up in Central Oregon: Livestock
This is part of an ongoing series of articles that I’m writing on Central Oregon and growing up here; you can view the introduction here and the series as a whole here. Living relatively self-sufficiently on five acres, we always had some livestock. For all intents and purposes, we had a farm, but it was… Continue reading Growing Up in Central Oregon: Livestock
wikinovel
I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I don’t quite get how this is going to work: Publisher launches its first “wiki” novel. It’s: …a Web-based, collaborative novel that can be written, edited or read by anyone, anywhere thanks to “wiki” software, the technology behind Web encyclopaedia Wikipedia. The novel, “A… Continue reading wikinovel