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This week’s edition of Rolling Stone has a great interview with Julian Assange, if anyone’s interested in reading it.

The Pirate Bay posted a press release. I thought I’d share. I can’t say I entirely disagree with them on this one.

I’ve had a lot of time on my hands lately and between my birthday and Christmas, I’ve come into a slew of new games to pass the time. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Space Marine is a part of the Warhammer 40,000 gaming franchise and, while this is really my first delve into that setting, the [...]

In the January 19, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone, there was a small sidebar article about how artists, specifically The Black Keys and Coldplay, have chosen not to have their latest albums available to stream on Spotify. The article (“The Black Keys, Coldplay Say No (For Now) to Spotify“; page 17) quotes The Black Keys [...]

It was recently revealed on the blog of Press Democrat columnist, Chris Smith, that my hometown newspaper, The Press Democrat, is being sold as part of a package deal to Halifax Media Holdings LLC by the New York Times Regional Media Group. This has come as a bit of a shock to some and to others, like myself, not very much of a surprise.

  Note: I found this image online. Credit goes to whomever created it originally.

One of the things I do that drives people around me nuts (one of many, I know) is downplaying my birthday or, really, any gift-giving event. I think it comes across as some sort of ploy to make me seem like I really don’t like receiving gifts. On the contrary, I LOVE getting presents. Who [...]

A number of years back, my parents lost their jobs within a week and a half of each other and moved to Boise, Idaho. Since then, it’s been a struggle to save money to make the long ass drive there and back, while juggling work schedules, holidays and extended family. For a number of reasons, [...]

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Yikes! Having been pinned, face down to a gym mat in junior high P.E. wrestling class, breathing in that noxious aroma, I think I’ll be staying away from the McRib: “But it’s still a little disconcerting to know that, for example, azodicarbonamide, a flour-bleaching agent that is most commonly used in the manufacture of foamed [...]