Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Just finished this one recently. His more famous work is The Da Vinci Code. Overall, a 7 (of 10). Good, fun fiction conspiracy thriller. With the same main character as The Da Vinci Code, it follows a similar formula. Somewhat predictable, but enjoyable. What brings Brown’s work a notch up […]

I have a few books and movies I need to review, so I’ll do it now during my lunch break! I think I’m going to play around with my Movable Type templates so the book and movie reviews I do will show up on the sidebar in a special listing for quick access if […]

A great entry by Greg Costikyan, a game designer whose blog I read and occasionally link to, on a new blog called Democratic Freedom. The blog’s intent is to support libertarian and freedom-centered efforts within the Democratic Party.
Now Is the Time For All Good Men to Come To the Aid of Their Country
This was something […]

Very cool! I’m disappointed this isn’t getting more coverage in the U.S.. The European Space Agency has put an ion drive-based ship in orbit around the Moon.
The cool thing here is it is a very clean, light design. It doesn’t carry heavy fuels to combust, it uses only xenon gas. It gets the electricity from […]

Ok, you may think I’m going blog happy. But to be honest, I think the blog format will work well for me for my purpose for the new blog. This new blog will be a work area for my creative pursuits, namely writing and gaming. Topics will include, but certainly won’t be limited to: character […]

Ok, I went a little bulb-happy and bought nearly 250 bulbs (tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils). I had gift cards I wanted to use, and, Home Depot had them buy 100 get 100 for free. Couldn’t pass that up I went single color (yellow tulips, yellow/white daffodils…the hyacinths are red though, cuz that’s what they […]

Every now and then I do something good at work and get recognized for it, and the praise feels good
They handed me a change request estimated to take 10 days Tuesday morning. Since it was that large (as opposed to a quick one day fix), they assigned a project manager and dedicated tester. Oh, […]

Oh my God!!! Wow! I’ve just finished my longest story to date. It is a 69 page novella sci-fi thriller. And, I think, it’s actually pretty decent. Right now it needs a HUGE amount of editing. So, don’t feel obligated to read it just yet (once I go over it though, I WILL want some […]

In a Dilbert-ian maneuver today, our management RIFed (reduction in force — laid off) two people on our team, while hiring four more. Also, one of the positions emptied out will need to be filled, the application support project manager. Thus, we’ve ‘reduced’ our team by going up a net three people. Don’t ask…I have […]

Voice your opposition to a Texas state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage (which is already illegal and does nothing but makes gays feel more hated, increase the likelihood of anti-gay violence, teen gay depression/suicide, and waste our legislators time that could be spent on more important issues):
http://www.saveourconstitution.org/