At work I interview a lot of people. As the store manager it’s part of the job requirements. A manager must staff his store. I also do second interviews. Other store managers interview an applicant, then send the applicant my way for a second opinion. I’ve done some interviews recently where, quite honestly, I’d haveContinue reading “On Interviewing”
On Hoag's Object
No real text to share, just a nice collection of images of Hoag’s Object, a ring-galaxy some six hundred million light-years distant. Amazing stuff.
On Talking about Star Wars
I wasn’t impressed with Revenge of the Sith. Indeed, I was bored out of my skull by the film. I generally don’t tell people that, though. I manage a video game store. My customers have seen the film multiple times, and it’s not unusual for three or four each day to rave about how awesomeContinue reading “On Talking about Star Wars”
On People I Don't Resemble
This afternoon at the store I was setting up a display of system boxes in the front window. The boxes should be stacked one atop the other, but I like artistic flourishes with pyramids and spirals, so as I worked on putting together a PlayStation display the front door opened and a guy walked in.Continue reading “On People I Don't Resemble”
On Comment Spam
Today the blog was hit with 87 pieces of comment spam. Ye gads! Fortunately, none of it “got through.” Ye gads!
On a Bulletin Board
I’m in Durham at their new mall, Streets at Southpoint. I’d driven out there to pick up a few games–Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had come out that morning for the PC, and my store had sold out. The Southpoint store, though, had extras to spare. So, with new Coldplay in the car stereo, IContinue reading “On a Bulletin Board”
On the Ewok Extinction Event
Hitler. Stalin. Pol Pot. Dictators who murdered millions of innocents. May we now add Mon Mothma, leader of the Rebel Alliance, to the list? The things fans will work out. Curtis Saxton has worked out an ecological analysis on the destruction of the Death Star II in Return of the Jedi. His conclusion? The forestContinue reading “On the Ewok Extinction Event”
On Summer Fun
I have tickets to see Coldplay in September when they come to Raleigh. I have tickets to see the Carolina Mudcats baseball team on my birthday later this month. Shiny!
On Conker: Live and Reloaded
Conker: Live and Reloaded, the XBox remake of the Nintendo 64’s Conker’s Bad Fur day has gone gold. A release at the end of the month for this highly anticipated title is now assured. What is Conker? Well, it’s a video game about a fluffy, cute squirrel. A very naughty cute squirrel. He drinks. HeContinue reading “On Conker: Live and Reloaded”
On Dagobah's Dark Side tree
In The Empire Strikes Back Luke has a run-in with the Dark Side tree where he confronts his fears and has a vision of Darth Vader. In the Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy it’s explained that Yoda killed a Dark Jedi during the Clone Wars on that spot, and his evil infected the area making itContinue reading “On Dagobah's Dark Side tree”