One of the best perks I’ve discovered since switching to reading books digitally is the abundance of free (and legal!) eBooks out there.  Sure sometimes I miss that physically feeling of holding a ‘real’ book, and physically ’seeing’ yourself get closer to the end as you read page-by-page.  And I do still read a …

I had a funny one-sided conversation with my mom yesterday, where she was talking — rather humorously — about my brother and his obsession with his car.  She was saying how amusing it is to see him spending so much time (and money) caring for it and modifying it, because that is …

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know …

I grew up in the sort of family that taught me to always do my best, and I would never have anything to be ashamed of.  I wasn’t the brightest kid, I admit.  I didn’t get amazing grades.  I didn’t ‘wow’ my teachers.  I was more than a little lazy, …

Only 8 days left until the big layoff at work. Sad days indeed my friends. It took me a couple years to learn how to avoid the crazy people at my current job, now I have to figure out who the crazy people are at a whole new …

So this Christmas my Uncle had somehow got the mistaken impression that everyone was simply giving out money and gift cards. I think it might have had something to do with my brother asking just for money. Whatever the case, his thought was wrong, we were indeed giving out gifts …

I will be picking one of these up, just as soon as the thing is finally released.  It’s been “in development” for years, so long in fact that many of us who have been paying attention thought perhaps it might be so-called “vapor ware” (something that probably would never be …

Yeah I want to see this one.  I watched Terminator Salvation the other week and you could just tell that Sam Worthington guy was going to be the next “new” action star (even though a quick look at IMDB shows that he has been acting in movies and TV for …

We have this peculiar weather condition here in Alaska that I always end up calling “frozen fog”. I’m sure it isn’t unique to Alaska, but this is the first place I’ve ever lived where I’ve experienced it. Now I’m not sure the exact scientific name. My mom …

Yeah it's a little cold out tonight… http://twitpic.com/pucah #
Two ugly weeks in a row for Dallas, at least they won this time though. Barely. 7-6… Ugly ugly ugly. 7-3 record ain't shabby though. #
http://twitpic.com/qkt6w Ugh, working next 2 this. Guy in mask says 'no danger'. Why the mask then …