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When Did Joy Become the Enemy?
Okay, full disclosure. I really can’t stand the Oscars. Don’t ask me to explain, because I’ll cut the person that keeps me from watching the Tony Awards. But the Oscars? They’ve never done it for me. I can watch clips later out of context (loved Anne Hathaway’s acceptance speech, she is an amazing woman), but…
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Babylon 5: “And so, it begins.”
As today is the 20th anniversary of the premier of Babylon 5: The Gathering, the pilot that marked the beginning of a six-year fascination for me, I thought I’d share some things about the show you might not know. But first…I really loved B5. I’m not looking to start an argument about how good a…
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Well hello, 21st Century!
I am not what you might call an early adopter. Despite good ones being on the market for years I only recently acquired an e-reader (Kobo Touch, for those what are curious), I have a laptop that were it a child would be starting pre-school (or just finishing; God I’m a bad parent), and my…
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Humpday Links for February 20
Another Odin’s Day is upon us, and with it the traditional offering of electronic links, as it was in ancient times. But first, the news. I reached my fundraising goal for the Hair Massacure with a nail-biter of a finish. A huge thank-you has to go out to everyone who donated to the cause; I just paraded…
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Humpday Links for January 30
Another week another Humpday! I promise, there are real posts that will start appearing soon. But I’ve been battling illness and free-time entropy in roughly equal measure. One of the things taking up my time lately is fundraising for the Stollery Hair Massacure; you may remember me mentioning it before. I did something nerdy in…
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Humpday Links for January 23
Yikes, I’ve been away a while. Been busy with stuff and things, you know how it goes. Had my first exposure to the local Nerdfighters, and I had such a good time I’m going to see what prolonged exposure does. And my Hair Massacure fundraising for the Stollery proceeds apace; almost halway to my goal…
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Humpday Links for January 2
One thing that won’t be going away in 2013 is Humpday Links, because, a) I’m always finding cool/disturbing/cool stuff on the internets I want to share, and b) I’m lazy. So love ’em or hate ’em, here are your first Humpday Links of the year! – I need a pair of these (keep it clean,…
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Happy New Year!
Obviously the Mayans were wrong, so welcome to 2013! I want to thank anyone who has subscribed and put up with this blog for the past year. You guys have been great, and your feedback has helped me be a better blogger. I hope you like the direction things take in the coming year. If…
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NOT New Year’s Resolutions
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Mostly because I don’t believe in them; they’re too much like a yearly deathbed conversion that never takes for most. But I’m also selfish enough that MY new year starts on my birthday, and that is the day I choose to reflect, assess and make decisions about future changes.…
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Returning to the Shire
I’ve read The Lord of the Rings annually for the past 27 years, and usually The Hobbit along with it. I’m one of those guys who liked The Silmarillion, though I agree it is a dry read for the most part. I’ve read Tolkien’s essays on the books, I’ve read other people’s essays on the…
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