I've talked in a previous post about my support for Obama: it's sourced in pure pragmatism, both on his part in his approach to problem-solving and on my part in choosing the more thoughtful candidate ( Read more... )

I've maintained, as an Obama supporter, that I disagreed with his policy ideas on ideological grounds, but that I liked the man himself. If I'm going to have to listen to someone I disagree with for four years, I would prefer to listen to someone who is eloquent and has a pleasant voice. Given that my objections to Obama were no stronger than my ( Read more... )

I wanted the previous post to stand on its own merits, with no inherited support or opposition from my own choice in this election. I was going to write another post explaining my decision, but I discovered that someone else had already said almost precisely what I think, and better than I would have said it.

A Conservative for ObamaThe key line ( Read more... )

I am a political junkie. This is a new development for me; I have mostly ignored politics as a bad business filled with bad people ( Read more... )

I realized, as I posted a comment to someone's LJ, that anyone following that comment back -- or any of the many comments I leave -- would find no indication that this space is inhabited ( Read more... )

My job is not to design games. It's to mediate between a dozen or more competing ideas, each of which is presented as the One True Way. Sometimes my own ideas win the day; more often, they don't. And not only do I have to mediate between these ideas, I have to be happy with the outcome, whatever the outcome is. Because after the decisions are ( Read more... )

Hands: the enemy. You're just about to fall asleep and then these OMG HUGE PINK THINGS come barging into your field of vision and poke you RIGHT IN THE EYE and wake you up. Goddamn hands ( Read more... )

I have one. His name is Robin Michael Alexander Maginn, and right now he is sleeping and thinking about maybe pooping. But then again maybe not; if he holds off on the poop, he can surprise poop on me when I next inspect his diaper.

Since trying to read this, I've read and enjoyed Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls. So it's not that I think she's a terrible writer ( Read more... )

I want to talk briefly about perspective.

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