I was talking with a friend earlier today about the state of computer games. He is a far more knowledgeable man than I when it comes to computer games, and rattled off games and systems I had never even heard of. But it did get me thinking about some of my favourite computer games, back …
Monthly Archives: April 2007
10 Things You Probably Do Not Know About Me
1. When I read a book, I always open it up to the first chapter, and then I flip back to the title page and read through the Library of Congress data, the dedications, table of contents, and everything else. 2. When I leave the house, I always double check the handle after I lock …
Despondent Passionfruit
Free mass transit as a result of the freeway collapse. Use it, Bay Area readers! Vote Trees in ’08. Interesting photos from New Orleans, documenting damage on a more personalized and small scale. I’m particularly fond of the photo of the entranceway of a home in the Chalmette neighborhood. Apparently his publisher was too, since …
Missing
Walking on the seawall, the City looks like a chalky smear of tall buildings in fog, burnt orange by the setting sun. The ocean was choppy today, coarse and rough with spitting plumes of spray which occasionally smacked my face, turning it salty and tight in little clouds of droplets. Raw white crests on the …
Mournful Baobab
Newsom looks at a court in New York city which focuses on quality of life issues. Maybe if he spent more time dealing with San Francisco issues, our quality of life could be better too! A serial killer confesses and the Times is there. Well, actually the FBI is there, and the Times writes about …
On Content Filtering
I defy anyone to work under these conditions. Loki is a content Nazi to rival any of these new fangled filtering programs. He doesn’t like: loud noise, flashing banner ads, Republican sites, anything which requires me to type, and excessive mousing. Ideally, he lies on the mouse. He does like: games with bouncing things, Google …
Crisp Cantalope
What does circumcision do to your sex life, really? Everyone knows that drug companies pay test subjects. Why not make a living as a pro? Debt is crippling students and recent college graduates. Some companies are starting to realize the potential value of marketing to Muslim Americans. Welcome to my life.
Using Craigslist Successfully
Our third roommate, the mysterious Z, recently announced that she is going to be moving out at the end of May. This is a source of sadness to us, because Z is a pretty cool cat. It’s also a source of sadness because now we have to look for another roommate, which is never an …
Ticklish Pear
Vaginal birth after Cesarean section is possible, many mothers and midwives argue, although it is higher risk. Some hospitals, apparently, are not willing to take that risk. About time we got hardcore about people abusing the carpool lane. It’s there for a reason, and that reason is not thirty year old cell phone users driving …
Sensational Education
Dead people fascinate me. I suspect that a lot of people have this obsession, deep down. I loved both Stiff and Corpse for their fascinating depictions of death and forensics. I also plow through books like Death’s Acre, which specifically talks about forensic anthropology. And I don’t just read about dead people and the fascinating …