Thursday, January 27th, 2011
My daughter Morgan was notified today that she’s been accepted into the 21st Century School Animal Health program at Olathe North High School. Morgan, her mom and I are all very excited at the opportunities to study and work she’ll have while in high school. It also shows that she’s not only smarter than I am [...]
Posted in education, life | 10 Comments »
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
My mother bought herself a new Kindle for Christmas and passed her Kindle 2 along to me. I have some pretty major problems with e-books, but I’m generally not one to turn down a gift, so here I am with a Kindle. I read my first book on the Kindle recently. I have to admit, [...]
Posted in digital content, Digital Restrictions Management, tech | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
I really don’t think dancing in a bank will convince anyone of the evils of capitalism. But if you’re not willing and eager to dance in a bank with hot, Spanish women, I don’t want to be a part of your movement. (Hat tip to Emma Goldman.) Video found on Boing Boing.
Posted in politics | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Two or three of you may have noticed that in the past two weeks, my website has been down a few times, sometimes for up to 12 hours or more. I really like my hosts, Logjamming, but when I’ve emailed their support about my website being down, I haven’t gotten a reply. And their website [...]
Posted in meta-babble | No Comments »
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The Cape premiered this past Sunday night. I was nervous about it. Superheroes aren’t often treated well on TV, but I really wanted to like it, if for no other reason than I’m a sucker for Summer Glau. I’m happy to say I liked it a lot. It was fun and adventurous, with just the [...]
Posted in superheroes, TV | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
About six months ago, a very nice chap I knew on FriendFeed, Dan Morrill, asked me if I’d like to review graphic novels for his website, Comics Forge. I said, “Hell yes, I would!” He sent me a batch of graphic novels, I read some…and then time dragged, people got busy, and, well, I know [...]
Posted in comics | No Comments »
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
I’ve been thinking about doing a 365 day project this year, as part of my move to exercise my creativity more. Then my friend Kathryn Greenhill invited me to a Flickr group, Daily Image 2011. I decided to join the group and take a self-portrait every day this year. But I don’t just want them [...]
Posted in art, life, therapy | 7 Comments »