Whatever shall I do?  The ocean is vast, and my craft is so very small.

So...apparently I really should have been using Magnum condoms most of my adult life.  What can I say?  I had always been under the impression that those were for people who were either 1) hung like horses or 2) had huge egos.  Well, I've never been one for the ego, but after having tried one on a whim the other day, let's just say they are MUCH ( Read more... )

So, over the past month I decided to go back to church. To be honest, it’s been a while in coming. While I lost my religion in college to a point, over the past year or two, I’ve been feeling the need to get back into the swing of things. The funny thing is that I haven’t really changed my views on a whole lot of things. Specifically, while I am ( Read more... )

It's always amusing to see a former try-hard anarchist revert to his default, right-wing authoritarian views the moment the spotlight is off.

This announcement brought to you by the department of "I'm not a hero, I just got the Bronze Star license plate and bumper stickers to show my contempt for war."

Some people seem to always have a giant hole in their souls.  It's  entertaining to watch self-proclaimed "anarchists" who "hate the military" and would "take their service back if they could" revert to being right-wing douches when no one's looking.  PROTIP: if you have a bronze star license plate and Iraq and Afghanistan stickers on your car, but ( Read more... )

I recently finished reading Eminence: Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France by Jean-Vincent Blanchard.  It was a book that had caught my eye when I was browsing at a Barnes and Noble back in the spring, and so I requested it for my birthday.  Fortunately, it's a fairly quick read and is on a subject near and dear to my heart: early 17th century ( Read more... )

It’s certainly telling how badly a relationship has deteriorated when it comes to the point when you can “unfriend” someone on Facebook and somehow, it doesn’t even bother you in the slightest.

Basically, I had a friend.  For a few years, we were the best friends ever.  Oh sure, he had some problems.  He was former military, and had a fair amount of ( Read more... )

If you've got a friend and he posts this image:


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I just (as of this evening) finished reading Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle.  My dad passed it along to me and recommended it, so I figured I'd give it a shot.


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I'd had these thoughts puttering around in my head for a while, and meant to write them down sooner. Of course, as a result, my memory has lapsed somewhat, but nevertheless still relevant ( Read more... )