The little hamster that runs on a wheel to power my brain? He’s really tired. I wore him out today. I wrote a lot, the hamster got a lot of exercise in, and he’s tired. I think I made him run so fast and so long that he overheated the axle on the exercise wheel.Continue reading “On a Tired Hamster”
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On Magnificently Mental Musings
As some of you know, I have a theory about where Russell T. Davies, henceforth RTD, is taking Doctor Who before he’s done next week. My theory is that it involves RTD pressing a Reset Button on his way out the door. The reasons are both narrative and personal. It lets RTD have his spectacleContinue reading “On Magnificently Mental Musings”
On 2009 in Review
I’ve seen this here and there on friends’ blogs. What did they write about on the first day of each month in 2009? What does that say? Let’s take a look at my 2009, just from the first day of each month. January — On Stratfordians, Oxfordians, and “The Brain of Morbius”. A post comparingContinue reading “On 2009 in Review”
On Writing Macro Code For Work
Last week the publications at work went to press. I’ve always referred to this week as “Hell Week,” though for the most part it’s really not that bad. Maybe I have to stay late on Wednesday, but that’s not such a bad thing; I unplug the headphones on the computer speakers, crank up the subwoofer,Continue reading “On Writing Macro Code For Work”
On Being Pure Poetry
Short, terse, unfriendly,Yet sometimes quite emotive;I am the Haiku. What Poetry Form Are You? And if I weren’t Haiku, I would be the Triolet. If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.I’m odd, but it isn’t compulsive.I’m the triolet, bursting with pride;If they told you I’m mad, then they lied.No, it isn’t obsessive. NowContinue reading “On Being Pure Poetry”
On Beatleology
Beatleology: A Magical Mystery Tour To Discover Your Inner Beatle. It looked cute. I plunked down the money. The result I got wasn’t especially surprising. If you’ve known me long enough, you’ll know where I fall on the Beatle Personality Scale. What was surprising is that I seem not to have a Minor Beatle Sign;Continue reading “On Beatleology”
On Secularism and American Demographics
I’m going to come back to this — Andrew Sullivan on “The Coming Age of the Nones.” Sullivan writes about an article in US News about the growing percentage of secularist Americans, and how the non-religious may number a full quarter of American’s population two decades out. There’s a part of me that welcomes moreContinue reading “On Secularism and American Demographics”
On This, That, and the Other
I’ve been wrestling with a Middle English text. Specifically, the Middle English translation of Prose Merlin from the French Lancelot-Grail Cycle. Why? Because while I’ve been working my way through the Lancelot-Grail Reader, I found something summarized in the excerpts of the Merlin there that I needed more details about. Fortunately, the Middle English ProseContinue reading “On This, That, and the Other”
On Merlin’s Second Season
Somehow I missed this, the Merlin season 2 trailer: I’m going to need to find a “source” for this starting this weekend….
Still More on Rich Santorum’s Second Act
Sometimes, I have ideas that are just scary. Like SAURON-PAC. Which, after a perusal of the FEC website, I’ve decided needs to be named Draft SAURON-PAC. But what does that acronym stand for? Draft Santorum — America United, Redefining Oliphaunt Nationalism Political Action Committee Draft SAURON-PAC, according to the notes I scribbled on the trainContinue reading “Still More on Rich Santorum’s Second Act”