On Being Vulnerable
Posted on December 26, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
As my childhood fades into a pleasant memory, people often ask me what I miss most about it. Summer vacations, Pokemon Cards, and Mr. Softee are high on that list, but give me a moment to speak, and I’ll go on and on about what I really miss – being invincible.
Yes, I realize it was [...]
‘Twas the (Penultimate) Night Before Christmas…
Posted on December 24, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
Sorry folks, no profound thoughts today – just the random happenings of a random day.
“When something is lost, something greater is returned.” I suppose when the great wordsmith Terry Pratchett wrote this, he was telling us to look for the good in the calamity of our life. However, if you’re as disorganized I am, that [...]
Vay Kay in the Sunshine State Part 2: Animal Kingdom
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Photography, Travel | Leave a Comment
Would you believe that it’s been nearly a month since I spent that blissful week in Orlando? I’d been meaning to write about it sooner, but with so many interesting books and other topics over the past month, somehow it’s been all too easy to get sidetracked. But better late than never, eh? Without further [...]
Read More..>>Quick Picks: Grace: a Novel
Posted on December 16, 2008 - Filed Under Books | 1 Comment
There have been only two books I’ve managed to read cover-to-cover in the span of a single day. Grace, by Richard Paul Evans, is the second, having devoured my entire Saturday. It’s a Christmas tale, yes, but not one that will leave you feeling warm inside; about an America past, where dark secrets were buried [...]
Read More..>>Book Review: Nation
Posted on December 15, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
As a Gaiman, Wolfe, and Tolkien fan, I’d always meant to try something by Terry Pratchett, but it wasn’t until Cory Doctorow’s glowing recommendation of his newest novel Nation that he finally made it onto my radar. And he’s going to stay there a while. If you’re a fan, you probably bought and happily devoured [...]
Read More..>>One Day for Human Rights – One Signature to Make a Difference!
Posted on December 10, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
If you know me personally, or are acquainted with the articles I’ve written for this site, you’ll know that I’m pretty nonpolitical, and for good reason.
This issue transcends partisan politics and any administration.
If you take a look at just about any news site, you’ll see examples of human rights abuses every day - child labor, [...]
Blackbird: An African-American Internet at Last?
Posted on December 9, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | 1 Comment
Yesterday, 40A, Inc created quite a stir in the online community with the release of the Blackbird web browser – an African American web browser. Yes, you heard correctly. An African American web browser. Like Flock, it’s a customized version of Firefox, featuring, among other things:
A scrolling “Black News” feed
A “black search engine”, by way [...]
Vay Kay in the Sunshine State Part 1: We See Sea World by the Seashore!
Posted on December 8, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Photography, Travel | Leave a Comment
A little less than two weeks ago, I got to escape the bone-chilling cold and rain of the Wicked City for some fun and sun in Orlando, Florida. Would you believe that their autumn consists of many picture-perfect 70+ degree days, punctuated with only a few chilly evenings? If you couldn’t guess, I had a [...]
Read More..>>My Tweetabix Interview!
Posted on December 5, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
If you can’t tell from the giant, curious-looking bird on my sidebar, I love Twitter. Not only is it loads of fun broadcasting my random thoughts on the internets, it’s a great way to brainstorm and swap ideas with people you’d never otherwise meet.
The Twitter community itself is deliciously diverse, and Richard McKay is cataloging [...]
Book Review: An Evil Guest
Posted on December 5, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing | 1 Comment
If you’re a Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan and you haven’t heard of Gene Wolfe, all I can do is shake my head – from Book of the New Sun, to The Wizard, to his many short stories, you’ve been missing out on some of the best genre writing out there.
But perhaps even more intriguing than those classics [...]
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