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Video games and violence.
This topic has always depressed the heck out of me. I've played plenty of violent video games, and all I hear about them is that they somehow "cause" people to go do stupid things like shoot up their schools. How exactly does that work? These games don't teach you how to do anything other than use a mouse or gamepad to aim, and they certainly ( Read more... ) -
USAF Interrogator speaks on Iraq
No matter what your views on the matter, please read this. -
These are a few of my favorite things...
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The election is over.
I'm sure plenty of people have lots to say about how it was and wasn't won, but I personally have something slightly different to say ( Read more... ) -
I have to plug these guys...
Good Old Games is a web-based computer game purchase place, and every single game they sell is completely free of draconian DRM. Buy it, download it, play it as much as you want. They have some great classics like the entire Fallout series, Descent, Shogo: MAD, MDK 2, and lots more - all for under $10. If I didn't already have most of those ( Read more... ) -
Excuse me while I have a nerdgasm.
You know that Bioware/LucasArts Knights of the Old Republic MMO that had been speculated about for a long time?
It's official. -
Biscuits.
So with the wonderfully cool fall weather, I'm starting to have a craving for warm things for meals. So I took a few biscuit recipes from around the 'Net, and as is my normal style, I tweaked and modified them. Extremely successful so far.
The Base:- 2 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup vegetable shortening, such as Crisco
- dash ( Read more... )