Happy New Year, Everyone!

May 2011 be better for you than 2010 ever was.

For those of you who don't know, Wikileaks has been under attack of late.  This is in response to the recent release of ~250 thousand confidential diplomatic cables that reveal, in addition to many other unflattering things, that that CIA mistakenly kidnapped an innocent German citizen, tortured him, debated holding him indefinitely because he " ( Read more... )

"Obama deserved to lose, but the country doesn't deserve the consequences." The subtitle to this article in The New Republic says it all.   I understand to a certain extent the desire to throw out as many incumbents as you can.  I've got to wonder though, whether the American People as a whole actually thought about what they were voting for rather ( Read more... )

Been listening to election returns for close to four straight hours now, and the likely results are beginning to sink in. I can't say I'm surprised by the results at the federal level-- Republican control of the House wasn't much of a shocker. Very glad the Dems managed to hold the senate, even if Feingold got beaten by a Wisconsin businessman ( Read more... )

Simply put, this is the best piece I've seen on the subject of game piracy and DRM:

http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Another-view-of-game-piracy

Anyone who claims to be in favor of the Iraq war must watch this video. Just a warning-- it's pretty graphic.

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Back in April 2005, I was first introduced to Kieran's Irish Pub. I wasn't of legal drinking age then, but Per and a few of his friends talked me into coming down (Kieran's doesn't card at the door) to see The Tim Malloys play. At the show, I ran into a few people I'd never expected to see, particularly Ginger, the older sister of yet another ( Read more... )

Reply to this post and I'll tell you one reason why I like you.
Then you must post the same in your journal.

...Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

For those of you who have seen Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. This is the fan made video of a potential applicant for the Evil League of Evil.

Enjoy.

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