We have reached 2000!

As of right now, Akismet has protected this site from 2000 spam comments! I’m not sure if that’s since I first installed WordPress or since the move to the upgraded webspace that forced me to rebuild the site, but anyway – let’s celebrate!

The Joys of Swearing

I’m currently busy with Phenomenon 32 and other stuff, so enjoy Stephen Fry’s wonderful remarks on the subject of swearing, and the silliness of those who object to it.

The Romans thought their Empire would last forever.

Meanwhile, the mighty forces of peaceful Europe and the Obama-changed United States are fighting for the good of the people of Afghanistan by killing as many of them as they can, banks are growing more powerful than ever before, and huge amounts of low-wage workers are constantly having their rights …

100 Little Curses

While I realize that one shouldn’t feed the trolls, sometimes I simply can’t help it. And so I would like to dedicate this video to “J.H.”, the sociopathic user who wasted my time with absurd arguments unconnected to observable reality and went on to offend myself and my wife. Enjoy! …

Not again…

I woke up this morning and my back hurt. It got worse as the day went on, moving upwards to include my neck, and by now I can barely raise my head. This is extremely annoying and has kept me from writing the long post about the Fantasy Filmfest that …

Stickin’ it to the Man

Sometimes my faith in humanity is suddenly restored. We’re currently seeing some films at the Fantasy Film Fest, and the three films we saw so far have all been surprisingly awesome. They also all share a common and incredibly important subject matter: standing up to the powers that be. As …

Calming down.

So, yes. A combination of seeing Black Dynamite at the Fantasy Film Fest and words of wisdom from Gregory Weir have helped me to feel a little better about the Wikipedia thing. The edit was made by an unregistered user who didn’t do anything else – perhaps the same person …