It’s an old cliché that aspiring writers* will often ask established writers where their ideas come from. The equally cliché answer is that their ideas come from all over, which leaves the poor aspiring writer wondering why they are so defective, since they do not appear to have the same wealth of ideas from which to pick and choose. The truth is ( Read more... )

For Christmas, I'm helping Cody build her own computer. She's been using a laptop for most of college, but it's not up to the task of running some of the newer computer games, particularly some of her favorites like Oblivion. The only other PC she's had is the family PC back in DC, which probably doesn't even equal her laptop in performance ( Read more... )