20 things everyone needs to know Ever felt you were slightly lacking in the life skills department? Let's face it, there's so much to master - and so little time in which to do it. But worry no more. Expert help is at hand. From building a fire to asking for a rise, this guide means you'll never be...
There and Back Again The soul of the commuter. by Nick Paumgarten from the New Yorker (April 16, 2007 ) Last year, Midas, the muffler company, in honor of its fiftieth anniversary, gave an award for America’s longest commute to an engineer at Cisco Systems, in California, who travels three hundred...
I'm back in the ring to take another swing. Starting with Marvel: THE DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME #3 (of 5) Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Variant Sketch Cover by JAE LEE With Roland’s consciousness trapped...
this was a colaborative story that i and my closest friend were working on for a bit. i'd write until i hit a writer's block, e-mail the file back to her, and she'd write till she hit a block, and back and forth this thing went. we tried to write it in such a way that it flowed seamlessly between...
We’re a garage band……. It must have been late 1978 in Binley Village when we began to sow the seeds that eventually grew into Riot Act. Me (Stuart Knapper), and my punky mates Archie (Stephen Ball), Wuff (Stuart Waugh), and Carl Plichta had embraced punk rock from day one (the summer of ’76)...
Before I forget, happy belated Chinese New Year to all! I didn't get to do anything special to celebrate, and I didn't have any of the necessary ingredients to make classic Chinese New Year desserts (I only had a navel orange in the fridge... that counts right? haha), so unfortunately, as much as...
I just saw (well, I say 'saw', I mean 'lived through') one of the worst films I have ever seen. No words of mine could ever convey the true terror of this horror film, so I will leave it to this online critic who while also being completely honest about just how bad this film is, is also funny too....
got this from the ny times For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk By JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small...
here's some stories i'm never EVER going to finish... mainly because i started them, then lost the will and inspiration to work on them again. then i got all caught up in what i DID write and put out (Reclaimation) that i didn't care about these anymore. if you like any of them, comment and let me...
RS India Debut - A post mortem! First of all the Indian sibling of the iconic Rolling Stone looks better produced than its US big brother. Published on a higher GSM count paper, unlike the US edition that boldly claims to be printed on 100 per cent carbon-neutral paper, the magazine feels heavier,...
RS India Debut - A post mortem! First of all the Indian sibling of the iconic Rolling Stone looks better produced than its US big brother. Published on a higher GSM count paper, unlike the US edition that boldly claims to be printed on 100 per cent carbon-neutral paper, the magazine feels heavier,...
First of all the Indian sibling of the iconic Rolling Stone looks better produced than its US big brother. Published on a higher GSM count paper, unlike the US edition that boldly claims to be printed on 100 per cent carbon-neutral paper, the magazine feels heavier, looks like a fashion glossy,...
RS India Debut - A Post Mortem First of all the Indian sibling of the iconic Rolling Stone looks better produced than its US big brother. Published on a higher GSM count paper, unlike the US edition that boldly claims to be printed on 100 per cent carbon-neutral paper, the magazine feels heavier,...
An Overview on the Mayans This week consisted of biology classes and our first courses on the Maya with Rebecca Hill, a grad student of Tulane who has done archeological work in Mexico’s Mayan ruins for years. There is a lot of info on the ancient Mayans, who lived in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El...
this is just a fic i started a little while ago. I'm debating whether or not to keep going with it during my free time, so for now I'll just post it on my blog to keep a record of it. who knows, if someone falls out of the sky and stumbles upon it, maybe i can get some feedback. anywho, here it is....
Here's some of what we've been up ta' BLOGEDY BLOG STUFF We play gigs all over really:- Dawlish, Paignton, Exeter, St Ives-cornwall, Sidmouth, Newton Abbot, Taunton, Minehead, Newton Poppleford, Torquay, Whimple, Exmouth, Kingsteignton, Seaton, Plympton, West wood Ho, South Molton, Topsham, Brixham,...
(This story took place several years ago, just a couple weeks before tom's adventure in sushi-land, as detailed last week. Names, etc, changed) Stumbling through an ancient temple with a model and some girl I work with. A friend from long ago walks by, smiling benignly. The model pouts, practiced...
Surprised by Hope Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the ChurchN. T. Wright February 2008 Part 1 We begin a series today with N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church. For more than a decade or so Bishop Tom Wright has...
Game One It's no secret that I love me some football. Love. Love enough that it meant that I dragged my ass out of a deliciously warm bed that I shared with a deliciously warm woman at seven fucking thirty this morning so that I could grab coffee before catching the bus to Invesco Field. Kickoff was...
THIS very well may have been my favorite trip since coming to Asia. ... and I believe that now, after my second trip, Japan has become my country of preference over all others on my Asian Hit List. The people are nice, every single one of them. They're REAL, they are efficient, smart, gentle,...
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