Archive  »  August 2007

Running Bores Me

25 August 2007

I’ve given up. I’ve tried running as a means of exercise for about four years now (albeit very irregularly), but it just doesn’t do it for me. It’s so boring. Someone who runs regularly needs to explain to me how they keep from getting bored while making their rounds, because so far, [...]

The remaining half of this year should prove to be a groundbreaking season for the gaming industry. For anyone who doesn’t follow the news (I recommend Gaming Today), the months between now and the holiday season will see the release of what should be genre-defining, genre-blending, or genre-innovating titles (Alex crosses his fingers). [...]

Classical Conservatism

11 August 2007

I would probably be considered liberal in regard to my opinions on most issues of some political relevance, and that would seem to suggest a similar kind of thinking in other respects too. Well, no; obviously, the human brain is not so simple. When it comes to classical music, for example, I am [...]

An Army of Godless

3 August 2007

At first, it would seem that being atheist lends itself to a weird ideological niche. Relatively speaking, atheism is a newer movement with a smaller and more dispersed membership. It’s not really organized or institutionalized, and not because atheists dislike organized religion (some do and some don’t care), but rather because—and this is [...]