I left this comment on Mike Duran’s blog post/sort of review of A Shot of Faith (to the Head): Be a Confident Believer in an Age of Cranky Atheists. The comment has some weird [sic] moments but you should understand what I was getting at. Basically, it doesn’t follow that religious presuppositions should be thrown … About Religious Beliefs Being A-Rational
I made this image and posted it recently on FaceTwitter. The family and I went out to eat at Burgatory and the Inauguration Orgy was on all six of the TVs that I was facing. It annoyed me (and the wife) but we were at least able to eat. I tried looking for the entire … G.K. Chesterton on Hanging Politicians
I always find people’s workout schedules interesting, so I thought I would post my (future) schedule. Clicky: A few notes about this: This was actually pretty hard to organize, mostly because of working around prior commitments and the fact that the Legs and Back workout always gives me DOMS, so I don’t want to schedule … My Workout Schedule
My current work in progress, Sarah Jessica Porker*, is alternate history fiction/soft sci-fi. One would think that this would include a lot of world-building and lots of different characters and parties—but one would be only partially correct. There is only some POV jumping and world-building. The thing is, I want to cut most of it … A Question for Fiction Writers Concerning Point of View
I don’t mean, of course, that she was somehow able to alter her ethnic makeup. Wikipedia says she’s half a Euro mix and half African-American, and as far as I know she’s stuck with that. If there are any genetic alchemists reading this, please feel free to correct. When I worked as an assistant manager … Alicia Keys Was White
I looked at this page for the number of miracles performed in the Bible. It lists the number at 120. Some of them I wouldn’t necessarily count them as Biblical miracles (like number 120), but 120 is probably a good number to start with. But I would double that, just to be sure, for a … Average Number of Miracles in Biblical Times
I was going to write a post about the paradox of the card game War—the paradox being that it should always “end” (aka, “keep going forever”) in a draw with neither player receiving all the cards, even though games of War do in fact end. I found the solution to this online on Math Overflow, … This Post Involves an Episode of Frasier Dubbed in Hungarian
From Tremendous Trifles (Kindle version is free). I thought I would have a dingdong of a time finding this excerpt, because all of those quote sites (or sites with quote collections on them…looking at you, Goodreads) only have two or three sentences at the most. That’s fine if you’re one of those people who put … G.K. Chesterton on Fairy Tales
In my last post, I may have made it sound like I find blogs annoying*, but I really don’t. I subscribe to many of them and I know there are some mutual subscriptions. The crux of it was that, even though I’m not a heavy publisher, I was getting burnt out on my own blogging. … An Addendum to My Last Post About Blogging
Lately I’ve taken to writing microfiction on Twitter. There wasn’t an epiphany or earth-moving impetus behind it. It was very fly by night. I’ve been doing them for over a week, once a day. Back when I posted a lot of flash fiction on here I used to do 100 word stories daily for quite … Blogging Is Annoying So Here’s a Bunch of Tweets
From The End of Christendom: Against the new leviathan, whether in the guise of universal suffrage, democracy, or of an equally fraudulent triumphant proletariat, he (Kierkegaard) pitted the individual human soul made in the image of a God who was concerned about the fate of every living creature. In contrast with the notion of salvation … Muggeridge on Political Power
10. toe. – The Future Is Now EP I like to refer to them as a less grumpy Don Caballero, but they’re good (and different) enough to have their own identity. Best quote about this album, from Amazon reviewer Tyler: I don’t know what the hell the drummer is doing with that snare, but it … My Top 10 Amazon Affiliate Links to Albums Released This Year
Here’s another review I did on Buzzgrinder for the best of the 2000’s, for At the Drive-in’s last album, Relationship of Command. Like the Further Seems Forever review, there’s a dozen things I wouldn’t write today. It’s also fun to badmouth a band some people for which some people and unquenchable religious affection. At the … An Old At the Drive-In Review
Via Karen DeCoster, check out all the harumphing comments for this house built around the presence of physical books. Says one commenter: In the years to come it will seem as absurd as building a house around a collection of 8-track cassettes. This takes the burrito for worst analogy of the year, seeing as “story … House of Books Gets Meh Reactions on Gizmodo
I recently helped Mike Duran with the formatting for his Subterranea e-book, which released earlier this week. You don’t have to dig into the ground to buy it*, since it can be unearthed on Amazon and read on your Kindle. If you think about it, downloading an e-book is as opposite of shoveling into dirt … Buy Mike Duran’s New E-book, Subterranea, Even if Only for the Decent Formatting
This section ripped its clothes off to get my attention the other day, while I was proofreading my book. It was saying, “I know you think NaNoWriMo is a steaming heap of silly, but look at my nakedness before moving on. Is there something strange?” The shuttle-wagons were on the off peak schedule so they … A Brief Paragraph of a Work In Progress
My shadow won’t be darkening the voting booth tonight for a number of reasons*, both practical** and moral, but the biggest reason is pure statistics. I’m not a member of the electoral college so as far as the presidential ballot goes, the chance that the college ties and things go to the popular vote to … A List of Things I May Be Doing Tonight Instead of Voting
Like any red-blooded American male, I was watching the Lifetime Network* Sunday night when I noticed the logo in the corner. I noticed it because it was new as of May of 2012, which was weird since I watch the channel everyday and had passed over the rebranding consistently for a good few months. I … Lifetime Network’s Newest Logo Is Kinda Nice
In honor of Further Seems Forever’s new album as a reunited band, Penny Black, I thought I’d post a review I did of their first album, The Moon Is Down. I wrote it in early January of 2010, as part of the top albums of the 2000’s, for Buzzgrinder. The site is down but I … An Old Further Seems Forever Review
On Omegle you can chat anonymously with another anonymous user, but you can also ask questions and watch two users discuss it, or stand on the other side and discuss a question with someone else. In between disturbingly sexual questions about the My Little Pony reboot and disturbingly sexual questions about everything else, you can … The Downfall of Western Civilzation: Omegle, Part 1