Ramblings

Running isn’t just bad for you, it’s bad for all of us

January 12, 2012

I started running last year to train for the Warrior Dash. It was fun and provided an excuse to get in some cardio, so I didn’t really think about the bigger implications.
I ran in ignorance.
Today, on a particularly painful run that clearly 85% of my body did not want to be doing, I realized my [...]

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The Best and Worst Condiments

December 22, 2011

I love food, in all its flavors, textures, types, and styles. I adore trying new things.
That is why I cry a little when I see someone immediately salt the snot out of a dish before trying a single bite, and there is no greater source of my tears than the  class of food products known [...]

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A Grinch’s Tips to a Nearly Tolerable Christmas

December 17, 2011

I don’t like Christmas.
I grew up in a Roman Catholic household so had it in full force as a kid, but as I grew up it started to feel made up and silly. Now I become increasingly anti-social as the 25th approaches, and have resigned myself to simply enduring this time of year and not [...]

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Choosing to Die: When suicide becomes an option

June 16, 2011

One of my favorite authors, Sir Terry Pratchett, has requested the paperwork to visit the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland and engage in an assisted suicide. Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer’s, and does not wish to prolong the suffering for himself or the people he loves. His battle has sparked a debate in the UK about assisted [...]

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The Ultimate Phoenix Geek has been crowned!

May 27, 2011

Last night I had the most amusing honor of emceeing the first Phoenix Ultimate Geek Smackdown (PUGS) at Phoenix Comicon, put on by the Horror Track and the Midnite Movie Mamacita. This was an idea Andrea and I came up with over beers one afternoon. I need to stop drinking beer. Gets me into too [...]

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The Sadness of the Raptures

May 23, 2011

Yes, someone predicted the Rapture was happening this past weekend, and in no great shock to most people, nothing happened.
I made fun of it several times, as did others, but sadly many people were sucked into this nonsense and spent all their money, spent their kid’s college funds, and even tried to euthanize their pets [...]

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Hide A Case – Silly video for a silly contest

April 19, 2011

Several moons ago I heard that Canadian Club Whisky was reviving their Hide A Case program and looking for people to compete in a contest for $100,000. Being inclined towards such things, I entered.
The whole thing was an extension of a scavenger hunt promotion that Canadian Club did back in 1967, where they hid cases [...]

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Overdosing on Homeopathy – There’s Nothing To It

February 15, 2011

On February 5 I joined the local Skeptics in the Pub to overdose on homeopathic arsenic. We did it as part of 10:23 Campaign – a global effort to show that homeopathy is nothing more than pseudoscience.  There is nothing effective about homeopathic remedies, and that can be a dangerous thing.
Homeopathy is not just alternative [...]

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The Greatest Sherlock Holmes

October 21, 2010

Moriarty is a bit of an interesting last name. It gets mangled a bit (“Mormontree” once) but not nearly as much as some. When telling it to someone, I automatically spell it afterwards by default. I’m forever removing extra I’s from various locations.  It is when I run into a Sherlock Holmes fan, though, that [...]

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The sadness of a “gay wedding”

October 9, 2010

This afternoon I will be attending the wedding of a female friend to her female partner.  It’s the first time I’ve been to such a ceremony, and it makes me sad that it stands out.
From everything I’ve seen, these two ladies just love the hell out of each other. They are absolutely adorable together, and [...]

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