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At the last stoplight on the way home from work today I noticed a pair of geese waddling across the grass of a freeway on-ramp, looking back and forth at each other as the human race zipped by in cars and trucks and running shoes. “You know Bill”, I imagined the one on the right [...]

So in anticipation of GRRM dying of a baconator and fan bj-induced heart attack in a closet at a con after party, I’ve written the ending for ASOIAF: Arya abandons the Faceless Men after her training is complete and goes rogue, searching for Sansa. Upon finding her, Arya is disgusted to discover tha

I’m not as big of a fan of music as some people; I don’t collect songs or albums, and I certainly don’t obsess about the difference between digital and analog. But I do appreciate certain types of music, especially those that effectively convey emotion or set a scene. That’s something you don’t find

Because I’m sure I’ll need to reference this at some point in the future… From Wikipedia. Duverger’s Law is a principle which asserts that a first-past-the-post election system naturally leads to a two-party system. The discovery of this principle is attributed to Maurice Duverger, a French sociolog

Getting all the meat off the bones, then going for the marrow… I’d meant to write this about a month ago; so while the timeliness of the post isn’t exactly optimal,  at least this is an exercise in following through. The sign read “everything up to 70% off”, and they weren’t kidding; even the fixtur

I know, even more irony, eh? Photo from my tablet, of my netbook. Posted via WordPress for Android.

I finally nailed down why I prefer Netbooks to Tablets, and why I am not a fan of tablets in general. Tablets are, for the most part, devices for media consumption; whereas netbooks are better at media creation. I couldn’t see myself working on a novel on a tablet, short of rigging up an external [.

Before we start, yes, I fully grasp the irony of what I’m about to write under the above, meme-derived title. On the way home from work today I mashed my car stereo’s “on” button and settled in for the return commute.  A few minutes into the drive, after dodging idiots who managed to get a [...]

This is from a speech Robert Heinlein gave in 1973 to the United States Naval Academy.  I’ve picked it up where he gets to the heart of the subject he wanted to impress upon the midshipmen; the fundamentals of morality and why patriotism is a practical matter of survival. …why would anyone want to b

Random thought/dime-store epiphany: It occurs to me that, above all else – economic, military, ideological, or other forms of control over a society; that the most effective means of controlling large groups of people is to manipulate their expectations for their lives. If the state, religion, or a