Okay, I swear I'm not vagueposting here; this is just something I've been thinking about today.

Is there a word in any language for this concept:

"Becoming angry when being asked to do something inconvenient but completely reasonable"

If not, I think it's a word whose time has come. I've seen it happen to many people, and I've seen it in myself. I see ( Read more... )

When somebody asks me what’s my favorite holiday, if I am given sufficient time to think about it, I end up settling on April Fool’s Day.*  I like pranks when I’m in on the joke, and April Fool’s is the day that you really have no one but yourself to blame when you forget what day it is.

Specifically, though, I love the internet on April Fool’s.  I ( Read more... )

My understanding is that you really can have anything you want in this life, as long as you are willing to give up everything else in exchange for it.  The trick is deciding what you are truly comfortable giving up, and what truly makes you happy.

Greetings!  I'm Josh.  A long, long time ago I started this blog as a way to chat with family and friends about my life in college without having to actually call and talk to them one at a time.  It gave me an outlet to vent about my frustrations and surprises, and I got to know a lot of interesting people.  Then, after a few years, people started ( Read more... )

I found these critiques of Wreck-It-Ralph online, two reviews by the same person.
A Note on Wreck-It-Ralph
Some Further Thoughts on Wreck-It-RalphI really enjoyed Wreck-It-Ralph, beside the fact that the film is jam-packed with videogame love, but I wasn't able to put my finger to it until I read those articles and felt compelled to respond to them ( Read more... )

This article is about a study that found that creative folks are more likely to be closely related to someone with a mental illness than the general population. The implication is that some combination of the causes of mental disorders encourages the creative spark. I wonder how well researched this phenomenon is, and if more studies will be done

"Love the sinner and hate the sin." When I was a youngling in High school, I used to believe in that saying. Fundamentalists use it a lot, as an excuse to go off on a rant on other people's sins--or to excuse a rant they've just made. "I don't hate the gays (or the Muslims, or the beer manufacturers), BUT ( Read more... )

Today I ran across this interesting editorial out of the Star Tribune, and since I have been very good and quiet lately, I feel like I'm entitled to a little bit of snark. So, I will be reproducing the article in its entirety below, so I can comment. Feel free to read the article on your own beforehand, if you wish. In short, the author feels ( Read more... )

I don't have posting access to Livejournal from work anymore. It's interesting, because I can still access the website and post comments, but I can't post or update entries. That's pretty fine-grained control on their filtering software. So, one of my major methods to let off steam is unavailable to me during the time I generally think about ( Read more... )

Pretty much everything that happens around you says something about your quality as a person, doesn't it? Even if you have no input or influence, your placement in a situation is based on the things that make you YOU.