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Ipad Impressions

100 WPM — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:21:57 GMT

First impressions of the ipad on NYT. http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-first-impressions/ Read More......(read more)

hosting game notes on Obsidian Portal

100 WPM — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:00:18 GMT

I've been using Obsidian Portal to track campaign notes for my Saturday 4e game, its going pretty well, though its hard to stay on top of it and keep it updated. Read More......(read more)

Update - Success

100 WPM — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:29:00 GMT

Well kind of success, they sent me a coupon for buy 1 get 1 for 3.99 Anna and I enjoyed dinner there last night for a pretty decent price. :) Read More......(read more)

Open Letter to Chevy's Fresh Mexican Grill

100 WPM — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:09:52 GMT

I sent this letter to Chevys. I got one coupon email too many trying to get me to buy something I flat out don't want, when they have something I specifically do want. I just wanted to comment on your coupons. Most of the time your coupons are absolutely...(read more)

Compromise is not the answer to all problems

100 WPM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:30 GMT

Science is not a democracy. Science doesn't have compromise. You make the best decisions with the facts that are available. Period. Thanks Read More......(read more)

Socialism vs Capitalism an Email Exchange

100 WPM — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:11:27 GMT

This was a little email exchange I thought I'd share, with my coworker who always is arguing his extreme fiscal conservative capitalist agenda. From: John Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:56 AM To: Richard Mathis Subject: Econ wisdom I imagine this story...(read more)

7/17/09 crazy coworker

100 WPM — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:32:47 GMT

Nick's diagram showing how cats are like cars Read More......(read more)

My problem with Shadowrun

100 WPM — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:16:13 GMT

I know a lot of people who have liked the concept of Shadowrun since 2nd or 3rd generation (I'm one of them, I still have my 2e book). The setting is awesome, and while I think people who take their "real world characters" and toss themselves...(read more)

Message to Social conservatives

100 WPM — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:55:06 GMT

So at this point, with another social conservative in the news for an extramarital affair, you, if you're a social conserative, must be wondering how this happened? How is it that these individuals of such high moral standing find themselves in affairs?...(read more)

One down, about 20 to go

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:48 GMT

I passed my first test for school Tuesday. Scored 81 out of 85 on the CIW Foundations cert. Most of it was information I knew so it is no biggie. Now I've got to focus on my communications classes for the rest of the term. I'm about right on schedule...(read more)

Research Papers are totally worth it!

100 WPM — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:26:04 GMT

2004 Fed study entitled, “Are Home Prices the Next Bubble?” Starts here “Home prices have been rising strongly since the mid-1990s, prompting concerns that a bubble exists in this asset class and that home prices are vulnerable to a...(read more)

Summer in Portland

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:29:43 GMT

Ah, it is a balmy 80 degrees out. We had a short heat wave for about a week now it is back to overcast and cool. I love the summers here. I've been fairly social lately. Went to the rose parade here in Portland last weekend. Sam has a little scooter now...(read more)

How I color a dndorks.com comic

100 WPM — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:04:12 GMT

New Dndorks comic today! http://dndorks.com/comics/6_10_2009.aspx Arthur Saves the Day Part 2. And I thought I'd write down my coloring process, in case its useful to someone. The instructions assume a competency with photoshop, I'd be happy to explain...(read more)

6/9/09 my gf the doll serial murderer

100 WPM — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:51:50 GMT

This is the kind of stuff I find randomly strewn around my apartment Read More......(read more)

Drama Rant

100 WPM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:10:24 GMT

Occasionally I need to rant so I can stop thinking about stuff, so feel free to ignore the following rant. I hate drama. Drama isn't something that ever just happens, its created by humans, and its generally a complicated situation mostly involving worthless...(read more)