One of my favorite, and certainly my favorite in the realm of sci-fi/fantasy, authors, Michael Moorcock, wrote some interesting essays on the hidden conservative nature of most science fiction and "high" fantasy. I spent an hour or so tonight reading them.
One is called "Epic Pooh", and takes writers like Tolkien and C.S. Lewis to task for their reactionary, anti-modern Tory conservativism.
The news that the new intel-based Macs can dual-boot Windows erases one of my biggest reservations toward their systems -- software compatibility. In fact, with this, Macs are more compatible than any other system available, being now able to multi-boot OSX, Windows, and any variety of Linux and/or FreeBSD you want.
However, I can do -- and have done -- three out of those... Read More
Rebecca's been wanting a puppy for a long time. I'm not philosophically opposed to the idea of a puppy (what manner of cold-hearted bastard would you have to be to not like puppies?), but I just didn't think it was practical -- or fair to the dog -- when we were living in a studio apartment.
So today we bought Rebecca a new computer. I paid for half of it, and while she was at work, I got it all set up. Installed World of Warcraft and patched it, downloaded all her mods, Firefox, iTunes, soulseek, bittorrent, etc.
And since she's had a bad day, I also downloaded The Essential Journey and Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell for her --... Read More
I just realized while listening to NPR this morning that I spent the entire night last night thinking it was the Steelers versus the Mariners, not the Seahawks. Weird. Not that I care either way, but I wonder how I got that idea? Hope I didn't say that outloud last night.
Rebecca and I didn't even realize the Super Bowl was yesterday until we went... Read More
We had the best day we've had in recent memory today.
As you know, Rebecca started working at the hotel too. Today was the first payday since then. We also achieved our highest revenue goal for January, so we both got big bonuses on this check. After taxes, between the two of us, we had $1,500. Holy shit.
So the whole watching what I eat thing is going really well. I can already tell that we've lost weight. But it's really hard.
Really, really hard to eat veggies and the stuff that I'm supposed to. I just end up looking at it until I'm starving, thinking "Isn't there a pill I could take for this?" Because that's what it feels like - medicine.... Read More
So last night at work I started shivering and just could not get warm. Even though it was 76 degrees outside, I had to turn on the heater. That is really unusual for me, I'm always the guy who wants to have the thermostat at 65. I thought maybe it was some side-effect of the lower-fat, smaller-portions diet, because I was still shivering like a... Read More
I had it on christmas. I started shivering at about 5am christmas morning, and by that night I was running 101. My guts were on fire. I went to the emergency room and the pain was so bad they gave me morphine. All the tests came back normal. A "viral infection" they called it. "Call us if it gets worse" they said.
I was fine a couple of days later. They gave me some antacid stuff that really seemed to help.
For some reason I feel more strongly about promises when I say them outloud, even if I'm essentially talking to myself. So, anyway, I have a few 'resolutions' for next year, but I would like to start with some frank confessions. Too long I have avoided looking in the mirror, or stepping on a scale, or having a picture taken, because... Read More
I used to be moderately overweight, but ever since I started going to shows back when I was 14 and eating more healthy and less food, I've felt and looked a million times better.
If you want a snack and like soup, I suggest buying a lot of Campbell's Vegetarian Vegetable soup.
You get a full serving of vegetables, 22.5 ounces of soup, and it's only 225 calories, which equates to about 1.5 servings of normal potato chips. I used to have it 1-2 times a day in place of a meal or snack, and with exercise I lost 30 pounds in 3 months.
um yes you can do it. mutha fucka stop eating. take some pills? pufft i dunno. a professional trainer or healthamatician like me. Go excersize in a empty local pool. It's a matter or life or death. Now feel the rythem and dance like hell. Go dance.
i dunno if you could ever be and more amazingly sexy.
SG is part of my personal life; my current job is like 1.5 jobs already, and I just don't have the energy to add more to it. 
..just wanted to grab your eye 
The genre is, as a whole, fucking disgustingly crotchety.