Monthly Archives: December 2009

Goodbye, 2009

This was a mixed year. I had some successes, and I had some failures. That’s true of most years, to be sure, but for whatever reason I had higher hopes for 2009.  I don’t typically do much for New Year’s … Continue reading

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The Game is Afoot!

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I genuinely enjoyed the new Sherlock Holmes film. The trailers made me think that Robert Downey Jr. was a horrible bit of mis-casting and that the script had been “written” by Ritalin deprived … Continue reading

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Finished Borderlands

I took some time off between Christmas and the New Year, and today is the first chance I’ve really had to do much of anything fun with it. I just finished Borderlands for the first time, and I have some … Continue reading

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A Triumph of Homeland Insecurity

The average retardation level spikes in Washington DC any time Congress is in session, but it blasts straight through the roof into orbit  at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave these days. Case in point, consider the Obama-fool’s handling of the would-be Christmas … Continue reading

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It Respects My Time

I think I finally pinned down something that’s been eluding me for a while: the MacBook is respectful of my time in a way that my PCs aren’t. That’s a considerable bit of anthropomorphizing, of course, but it’s true nevertheless.

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Behind in the Game Queue

I hate this about myself, but I haven’t (yet) been able to change: I buy too many games. I buy new games which distract me from other games I haven’t yet finished, but then the games I haven’t finished weigh … Continue reading

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A Moral Dilemma

So guess what I got for Christmas? I completely forgot that I had put Modern Warfare 2 back on my Christmas list months and months ago, before I raised a virtual finger to Infinity Ward. I remember now because I … Continue reading

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PC Gaming Sucks

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but PC gaming sucks. I spent nearly three hours tonight “playing” Left for Dead 2 with a friend, and in all that time we never finished a single game. In fact, we spent maybe … Continue reading

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The Fort Hood Question

I didn’t post about Fort Hood when it happened because I wanted to have the facts in hand before commenting. By now it’s clear that the shooter, Nidal Hassan, was yet another retarded Muslim who thinks suicide bombing is a … Continue reading

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A Birthday Overlooked

I missed a good friend’s birthday this year. It has been my custom to hoist a glass to him every year on October 10, and I forgot this year. I didn’t realize it until a few days had passed, and … Continue reading

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