Student shaped stupidity aside, the world we live in is a crazy fucking place man.

Yesterday: Dallas Police Chief David Brown said ( things that may possibly be triggery, and also show him to be either insensitive, the worst public speaker, or both. )

Hold onto your hats, boys and girls. This is not a happy post. But I'd encourage you to read it anyway, especially if you're in the US. And very especially if you live in Colorado. (I really hope this is coherent all the way through...)

I thought the new law in Oklahoma was bad.

Unfortunately I simply hadn't heard of Colorado Amendment 48, ( Read more... )

Ok, I've been sucked into the hype. www.1-18-08.com has got me hooked. Admittedly it was more interesting when I thought that 'Cloverfield' might be attached to the Ethan Haas ARG, a higher level of interaction and puzzles to be solved. But it won't get out of my system - my curiosity is piqued. Eventually the pieces are going to become visible ( Read more... )

My condolances to the families, friends, and community at Virginia Tech. I don't have any words that people haven't already said, and the service-thing they had today was lovely and sad and hopeful. I was glad to see the President there... Whatever else he's doing wrong, I was glad to see him there in the front row. Those students and facutly ( Read more... )