In an effort to Googlebomb myself, I, Ryan Nock, also known as rangerwickett, rangerwickett2, and ryanznock, have a new blog, located at ryanznock.blogspot.com. It is my effort to write interesting entries on a weekly basis, network, and all that jazz ( Read more... )

Conservatism implies you like the way things are now (or that they were in the not too distant past) and don't want them changed ( Read more... )

Tonight we ragged on Livejournal for being a place of drama. But I figure I can afford to post here occasionally when I'm in a good mood ( Read more... )

Today President Obama held an event to draw attention to new initiatives to fund and promote science and mathematics education in the U.S. Among the attendees were the MythBusters (whoo ( Read more... )

EN World, a large gaming website, is publishing a novel I have written, serialized with a few chapters each month. The first part is available to read now: http://www.enworld.org/forum/blogs/rangerwickett/Read more... )

Apologies to the less politically minded reading this, but I just hate when I see people arguing about issues while ignoring huge pieces of information. Health Care reform has the potential to impact every American, and could majorly affect the economy. Even if you're not political, I encourage you to educate yourself ( Read more... )

All of my American friends, please read this. This is one of the most well-researched, well-thought out, well-articulated articles on the current health care system I've EVER come across. It's long, but I HIGHLY recommend you read it and share it with as many people as possible ( Read more... )

I am not convinced that the primary plan being proposed by Congress is the best one, or even the best one that might get passed. I'm looking for other options, so that when I talk to my congressman I can say what I am [i]for[/i], not just what I am against.

Right now the two possibilities that are most compelling to me are:

1. Interstate ( Read more... )

I always felt a little guilty enjoying Halo, because it wasn't a great game compared to other offerings, but after watching this trailer I find it hard not to want to play the next one.



Nathan Fillion is doing voice-acting, and apparently their writers? Well they don't suck.

Nine months after the twelfth and last adventure of the War of the Burning Sky campaign saga was released, someone has finally finished it. And apparently his group loved it, start to finish (except for adventure 11, which was the one I wasn't involved with, so um, I guess that means I know what I'm doing ( Read more... )