Happy New Year

I hope that 2009 is a great year for everyone. My thoughts, prayers and hopes go out to all my friends, family and readers. Despite our differences.
On that note -  same shit, different year. Gotta love the Middle East, since you can always predict that there will be some conflict stealing the show over there.

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Sometimes, Too Much is Too Much

And thus, the most argumentative and intolerant person in the Iraqi parliment hung up his hat because – well – that’s what you do when they want you to resign. Maybe some Senators would do well to take that to heart.
Since Obama put to bed the rumors of his involvement with the Blagojevich scandal, the [...]

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The Shoe’s on the Other … Whoa!

While attending a press conference in Iraq, a reporter threw his shoes at President Bush. While funny to some of us, it’s the ultimate insult a Muslim can direct at someone (gesturing to the bottom of your foot). Bush took it fairly well, keeping his cool, shrugging off his Secret Service and smiling. Kudos for [...]

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And Thus, Vacation Begins

And goes until January 5th. I’ll still try to get on and update this blog when I can, but mostly … I’m going to sit around, play video games and mostly veg. Because I CAN!!! Woo hoo!
Tis the season to be jorry, I guess. Gotta love video games.
So in case I don’t see you until [...]

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Why The People at the Top Matter

Today, a Senate report found that soldiers following bad orders from the top are not entirely at fault for their actions. Which makes sense – if your Administration endorses the poor treatment and rights violations of POWs and criminals, soldiers usually follow suit. They’ve been trained to go along, only thinking for themselves in the [...]

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The Post I Didn’t Want To Write, But Have To

I’ve been avoiding this since November 4th, because, honestly, I didn’t want to come off as an avid Obama fanatic. Because despite his relatively squeaky appearance and bland background, I’m not normally a fan of people who talk about expanding welfare into the unreasonable zone. Obama teeters on that edge.
So let’s get down to it.
I [...]

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Blagojevich … Try Saying That Fast 3 Times

I do believe the Illinios governor is done, despite his desperate cling to office. Everyone – including the President Elect Obama – is telling him to GTFO. Although it’s no surprise that Obama has no love for the man. What an idiot – he knows he’s being tapped for a hiring scandal and then blurts [...]

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WorldWorks Games: Been Awhile

So, I sorta knew about this awhile ago since I am part of the GameMastery crew for Paizo, but -
WorldWorks Games has been contracted by Paizo to make terrain for their Pathfinder series.
Which is all sorts of Yay! on this end. Denny and crew have been working hard for years to be relevant on the [...]

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Heeeellloooo India

Normally, I wouldn’t blog on the weekend without a special reason. So today’s reason is that my email box is suddenly filed with so many people commenting on my Pakistan entries.
If you didn’t know better, you’d think that suddenly India was allowed to use the Internet. Almost all my comments are from people with names [...]

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