Entries from Outshine tagged with 'nontech'
Lyrics to Into the Air, by 2Spaces
So I love the song "Into the Air" which is by 2Spaces, featuring Viktor Ginner, and produced by ROMi. I wanted the lyrics, which for any typical song are generally scattered across so many Web sites that a person can...
Some footage from Aaron & Patty's wedding
Some footage of the toasts at my sister's wedding is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bODbXDJyo or here: ...
Strangers We've Become
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Liberation Theory
Seeing things as a difference of brain power is freeing. I had never really considered that option for most of my life. Instead, I had just assumed that "human intelligence" put everyone at roughly the same place. It made differences...
Presidential election
I’m still surprised how many states are heavily in favor of the Republican party’s candidate. To me, it’s like the party is saying, “Hey, we exhibited terrible leadership over the last 8 years, so elect us for better leadership.” That...
If it's wrong to love the vlog brothers, I don't want to be right!
I want to have John and Hank Green's babies. What's that you say? I'm a heterosexual male who is already happily married with kids? Well, yes. But John and Hank read books, and talk about politics while making Ze Frank...
This man has the same beliefs I do.
Personal responsibility, community support. Reduce taxes by trimming the budget and reducing bureaucracy. Restore our standing in the world. Barack Obama....
It's time. I'm getting the Planescape tattoo.
For a long time, I've been impressed with the tattoos on Platter's Planescape site. After years of wondering if I really want that tattoo, I've decided that waiting almost a decade to decide is probably long enough. I do want...
Dungeons & Dragons 3.t, revised bonus spells
This is my third homebrew rule revision to Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, which I'm calling the 3.t edition. Today's rule revision has little to do with speeding up gameplay, but has a lot to do with lengthening the game day. ...
Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch recently gave a presentation titled, "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." What makes the presentation amazing (aside from how entertaining it is) is that this is a man who was staring down cancer. He knew it when...
Reggie to the Wii: "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out!"
There's a discussion happening over at the RPG Codex about the Nintendo Wii and the terrible, terrible showing that Reggie Fils-Aimé (Nintendo's president) gave at this year's E3 gaming conference. Reggie has gone from revolutionary to nanny in just four...
Pan's Labyrinth
I just finished watching Pan's Labyrinth, by director Guillermo del Toro. I understand now why he received a 20-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. I decided to watch the movie because I had heard that Guillermo del...
Who is dangerous to America?
Below is a quote from a post at Slashdot. The discussion had veered into a debate about terrorism and the responsibility of Congress & the President versus the voting public. What do you think? Is he right? Is he wrong? ...
Diablo: new saved game, druid
I was excited about the new Diablo 3, and I found myself playing a round of Diablo 2 for nostalgia's sake. I played a druid, got him up to level 9 and finished the "find Cain" quest. Importantly, I never...
World Ambassador, Matt Harding
Thanks Matt, for helping to chip away at the cynicism I feel toward the world. I'll offer a translation of the song's lyrics below the video....
I'm Voting Republican!
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Dungeons & Dragons: 4th edition review
Over at Enworld, I posted a quick review of the 4th edition D&D Player's Handbook. I wanted to put that here, as my "stake in the ground" about my feeling regarding 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons. Here's my review. The...
You're a great man, Joseph Richardson
I hope that when my time comes, I can be half the man you were....
Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright
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The National Debt for the USA, by year
I don't remember where I found this – maybe on Digg? In any case, it's a very interesting image that shows how much debt was incurred by the USA, every year. The image is a link that leads to a...
The horrors of tanning spray!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Check out more of these uh... (cough cough) very cool guys!...
Is love a feeling or a commitment?
Imagine my surprise a while ago when I was reading a discussion about the Lord of the Rings books, and suddenly the topic veered into the nature of love and marital fidelity (give it a minute to load before you...
Who's the comedian?
I like this photo a lot. I hope the kid didn't get into too much trouble. The photo links to the site where I originally found the image. The site has some other good photos, plus this photo at a...
My favorite poetry discussion
I was doing some ego surfing just now and I stumbled across this old forum thread about poetry by yours truly. The real discussion continues for about 3 pages after my inital post (as linked). It's a very old thread,...
Top 5 cool things in Platter's Planescape: Torment pages
Planescape: Torment is probably the best role-playing game ever made. Don't let the word "torment" throw you off – at its core, this a bittersweet game about regret and forgiveness. Platter was a guy who hacked Planescape: Torment (in a...
Finally, I have to leave this here.
For roughly two months, I have kept a tab open in my Firefox Web browser. It contains one of the saddest Web pages I have ever seen. I do not mean that the code or design or CSS is wonky. ...
I thought this was funny. Or sad.
It's a photo of the San Francisco Golden Gate bridge....
Wow.
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Getting back to healthy, weekend 11
I lost nothing this week! My photos look better, though....
Why is one belief better than the other?
So, over at RPG Watch forums, there is this interesting discussion titled, "Why is one belief better than the other?" What's interesting (aside from the fact that it's taking place on a gaming forum) is that it hasn't sunk down...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 10
This is odd. I lost weight this week, but in my photos I look fatter. What's up with that?...
Wow. Just.... wow.
From the comments over at Cliff Schecter's site: My large (90+) extended family are mostly poor white East Texas evangelicals. And they love, love love Bush. They would make him president for life if they could. At a recent family...
Alias, the TV show
I finally managed to put together a succinct explanation of why I disliked the Alias TV show so much. Beware, spoilers ahead....
Getting back to healthy, weekend 9
Holy holiday luck! I lost weight, but by everything that is good and righteous, I should have gained weight. I ate terribly and failed to work out. I have to admit that the only thing that kept my weight down...
Planescape
Hi friends. This is just a quick note to mention that I have put up an archive of Platter's Planescape Torment site. His site was the premier place for info on the Planescape video game, but it has been offline...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 8
Merry Christmas! I lost weight!...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 7
Talk about cutting it close! I almost gained weight this week! In fact, on Thursday, I was at 191 pounds, 3+ pounds higher than last week. But I kept working out, and tried really hard to eat well, and by...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 6
I am surprised that I lost weight this week. I indulged in a few treats; I only had a couple salads and otherwise ate big meaty, bready meals; and I skipped exercise a couple of times. But I did do...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 5
Chalk this up to brute force overpowering gluttony! I lost weight, but I also fell back into my old bad eating habits (a little). How'd I lose weight? Extra workouts! Let's take a look at the photos....
Getting back to healthy, weekend 4
The Thanksgiving surprise! You would think the holidays would have killed any chances of me losing weight, but I lost weight anyway. At one point during the week, I was down a lot! However, by the time I weighed myself...
Getting back to healthy, weekend 3
Week 3, the big disappointment! My ongoing experiment to lose weight just as John Stone did takes a turn for the worse. Watch out, these photos will hurt your eyes....
Getting back to healthy, weekend 2
OK, it's not really the weekend anymore. It's Monday night as I write this. But I weighed myself yesterday, and I got the photos done tonight, so let's get this thing done....
Getting back to healthy, weekend 1
A long while ago, I saw the John Stone Fitness photos. Back when I first saw the photos, he had only been working out for a year, and at that point, I really liked the results. Nowadays, his recent photos...
Diablo 2 Barbarian
Just a quick note, my kids & I played Diablo 2 over the weekend, and there's a new barbarian added to the Diablo 2 saved games section of this site. You can link to it from the left-hand navigation. He's...
Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Back in 2005, when I started a topic on predictions for the seventh and final Harry Potter book, I had no idea that the predictions would be so accurate. If you used that link without reading the whole sentence and...
Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix
I took my kids to see the new Harry Potter movie today. Not more than 3 or 4 minutes into it, my daughter turned to me and said, "This is not like the other Potter movies." And that was an...
My wife's site is online!
After years of postgraduate schooling, my wife finally got her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology (it's the equivalent of a Ph.D. with the exception that the final paper is not as massive). For the past two years, she has been interning...
Some lolcatz 4 u
If you don't know what lolcatz are, you can look up the Wikipedia article, or visit i can has cheezburger? As an English geek, I am fascinated by the rules of this language – it is broken English, but it...
Digg blowout: whiney kids or something more?
I'm sure a lot of juveniles were indeed acting their age, but I'm not certain that's the full story. So I would like to submit a counterclaim.
Graphics for Gravel
Mike Gravel is a passionate speaker, running for the 2008 Democratic Presidential ticket. I've not yet decided who to vote for, but I feel that it's a travesty to exclude him from the debates. I'm also surprised to find that...
Reign Over Me, Reviewed
My wife and I recently saw the movie Reign Over Me, starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. It's a drama about two college roommates who reconnect years later, during a chance meeting. Both men have become fathers, although Sandler's character...
Aaaand I'm in the market for jobs!
Hey family & friends, I just wanted to make a quick announcement. I've wrapped up my contract job, and I've decided to seek full-time employment. No more contracts for now. So put me in touch with companies near San Jose,...
Shooter, reviewed
A friend invited me to see Shooter yesterday. It earned some very mixed feelings from me. On the good side, the shooting was interesting. There was a lot of talk about shooting from a mile away, and the difficulties with...
Let's Get It Started!
It took longer than expected, but I have finally torn down and rebuilt almost my entire site. I have this new blog, and a content management system for all the other pages – things are looking good! There are a...
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