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Don't Be Ashamed. Own It.

Is it bad that I sort of read this blog so I don't have to read the celebrity mags.

November 12, 2009 at 5:44 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Caption Conest: K-State of Inebriation

Win or lose we'll still... ah heck who am I kidding...

November 12, 2009 at 5:35 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

"Dune" by Frank Herbert.

I think the plot was more about oil and ecology and some of the pitfalls of mixing religion and politics, than just about Islam (or any other religion).

What I liked about it was that it was different from any other space opera out there in that Western Civilization didn't really win the culture war in this future. You don't have a United Federation of Planets or whatever policing the galaxy, you're stuck in some kind of sci-fi/feudalism crossover territory. And so the stuff that happens isn't as predictable.

The other point the author was trying to make was that being able to predict the future isn't actually a good thing for either the people involved or society in general.

But it's not really an easy book to get into and if you don't like the sort of fatalistic take on freedom or religion or the economy you might not like the book at all. So you don't really lose geek creds as far as I'm concerned. And I've read like all of the Dune books.

November 12, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Entertaining Tombstones

Yes, but the point is that's not just any WoW geeks tombstone... that's LEEROY JENKINS!

October 30, 2009 at 1:17 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

"Dreams from My Father" by Barack Obama

Dune is awesome, but it has the problem where the author is making a world so different that it takes several chapters of introduction just to fill it out. Quite alot like the first book in the Lord of the Rings.

And I got a copy of Obama's book from The Dusty Bookshelf, but then real life took over and I haven't had a chance to read it.

October 30, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Langhorne Slim / Dawes / Tyler Gregory -- 10/28/09 at Jackpot Music Hall

I agree!

October 28, 2009 at 1:44 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Perspective

C'mon, don't hate the rodeo, hate the clowns! No seriously, some of those guys are a little weird...

September 14, 2009 at 10:24 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Saunagram: Drakkar Sauna interviews themselves about their new record "20009"

It's not just entertaining, it's edumacational!

August 18, 2009 at 3:29 p.m. ( | suggest removal )

Chicks with guitars

I agree, there seems to be a shortage of local bands that have chicks with guitars. I seem to remember The Kinetiks having a chick with a guitar (that sings, no less) and a chick with a synth. But yeah, no other groups come to mind. Soo sad.

August 11, 2009 at 11:37 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

Coming! Necropolis Glyph Guide

Yet another example of people aubsing the site in order to funnel people to their worthless external sites (and raise their PageRank). Other than the first post, this entire blog has been an example of the same link reposted in between paragraphs with questionable engrish.

August 11, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. ( | suggest removal )

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