I have an Associates, Bachelors, and Masters degree. The two undergrad degrees are courtesy of a school generally considered to be fairly prestigious. Yet, I’m more and more convinced that college is mostly a scam. Certainly there are particular fields…
On Feb 21, 1987 I walked into a frat party at Purdue and was introduced to a girl named Michelle. We were just getting to the party, and her group was leaving. A 30 second shift in either schedule and we probably never meet. If my friend John (who kn…
It’s become a tradition.
DC under ice
Romantic couples stuck home
Baby boom in fall
DC is frozen
Global warming, I think not
My wife is still hot
Valentine’s Day steaks
Not worth the big bucks I paid
Glad it was a gift.
Game Over
07 Feb 2007
Wil Wheaton has a nifty post on his memories of video arcades growing up. One cool thing about the first half of the 80s was that you could find a video game just about anywhere. Every convenience store had one or two in the corne…
Wipe the Chevy commercial from your mind. This is powerful and poignant record. John has something to say about the state of the union, and he says it with grace, backed by a twangy 60s guitar vibe straight off a Byrds album. This is easily his best re…
What if a ill timed fart started an international incident that could lead to the destruction of the earth?
John Scalzi answers that question in his brilliant new book, The Android’s Dream. It is sort of a spy chase thriller, set in a future in which t…
The scene: Buffalo Wild Wings, Fredericksbug VA. Michelle and Delaney have arrived about 5 minutes before Breck and myself. Michelle proceeds to order drinks.
Waitress: Can I get your drinks while you wait?
Michelle: Diet Coke
Delaney: Water
Michell…
Recent Books
This my favorite shot from day 2 at Harpers Ferry, because I was actually trying to capture the contrast between the upright rectangle chimneys and the elongated rectangle of the bridge. This is one of the first times in my life I actual…
I guess this shouldn’t really surprise anybody, but a lot of the kids that think they are taking honors level classes in high school, aren’t.
I don’t think this is a new problem either. When I moved from MA to Kwajalein in 11th grade (over 20 years ago…
Eon by Greg Bear: A cold war inspired epic in which humans, exploring a vast asteroid sized ship from the future in orbit around earth, get trapped there when the Russia and the US launch all their nukes at each other and destroy the planet in the proc…
