"The unexpected becomes expected."
Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, History, Science and any Other Irreverant Topic.
Thinking About Reviews. I think about ways to guarantee my reviews are always increasing in quality, and briefly talk about the strange backlash that sometimes happen when a review gets reviewed.
Five Gifts To Be Careful About When Giving. My personal advice on what sorts of gifts make better gifts than others, and when to be careful with the whole gift giving thing.
On Doctorow v Le Guin, On Copyright. Some of my thoughts on copyright are located here. Also several of my ideas on what is wrong when some of the book crowd starts acting as though bookstores are closing due to piracy.
Copyright Ups and Downs, an archived and slightly annotated journal entry detailing a few steps forward and a few steps back, sort of a snapshot of what was going on March 2008.
The Walmart Effect. While I never shop at Wal-Mart, it is interesting to question the pluses and minuses that Wal-Mart has brought to our society.
A Question on Lawsuits. I have some serious problems with the way most lawsuits are handled. This lays out most of them.
Thoughts on Compulsory Military or Civil Service. Reasons why it may not be a bad idea, and might actually be a great idea. I have a lot to hash out before it feels complete, though.
A Smartass Talks about Inventions and Black History Month. I point out that several growing ideas of about who invented what is wrong. Sadly, this overshadows the real contributions a lot of these guys did.
Scenes from a Backwards Universe. Where I muse about what works and what is weird with our universe, by showing how it works backwards. Also just a mental exercise in mirth.
A Smart Ass Looks at Alternate Dimensions and Their Impact on the Court System. I play around with the notions of alternate universes.
Which is More Annoying? My play on the "Would You Rather?" games with a slightly different question instead.
Against a Fine Tuned Universe
I discuss my take on the anthropic principle, and the general ideas of why I do not think the universe was fine tuned for us.
It Is (Not) In the Bible
A collection of oddities
The Slippery Slope of Pascal's Wager
Where I point out some flaws.
Why do Christians hate Evolution?
Not that I can speak for anyone, mind you, but doesn't precisely stop me, now does it?
*For those curious about what the hell these little short bits are, they are mostly me playing around with irony of various bits, kind of comically at times and kind of poignantly at times. Takes these with a fair pinch of salt, if you catch my drift.
I hate funerals.
I hate wakes more.
There will come a time where I will have been to dozens, I am sure, but I have sort of stopped going to them. So, I offer, in brief (and for no real purpose), a rundown of the deaths I have witnessed.
The first death I went through was my Grandma Bolden, or Emma. I didn't go through the death of the man I am named after, William Bolden, because he was already dead.
I have, since then, seen all my other other grandparents and step-grandparents die but one, my mother's mother, Grandma Wiggins, or Elizabeth.
I have seen two uncles die. I liked one but don't remember much about the other. The weird thing is, the one I didn't know much about is Uncle Bill (as in William, as in named after the guy I am named after, or maybe I am named after him). The other one is Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim was nearly the last funeral I could stand to see. I just couldn't take it any more.
Then came the death of my brother David's father in law. That one was rough, too.
My dad nearly died, but didn't. Of course, this story has a continuation...
Troy Jenkins was once my best friend, and his death has left me thinking about a lot of things. Thinking about Troy Jenkins is a half-ramble about what sort of things. He was one of the first to die in Iraq. He died still thinking that we would find nuclear weapons designed to kill his children. I do not know if that makes him lucky or not.
Amy Walker died on June 2, 2006, marking my second friend to die.
Sarah's step-grandfather Keith Kittle died September 10, 2006.
...Now for that continuation. June 5th, 2007, my father (Charles Robert Bolden) died at age of about 72. That's a good life to live for a man, and he was well loved and generaly well cared for. Goodbye, and goodnight, you cranky old man. I miss you.
Stephen Colbert's White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech: Half-politically commentary, half-spoof; funny (though some have complained it was overly mean).
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