Author Archives: Thom
Book Review: Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared M. Diamond
My latest audio book has been “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies”, by Jared M. Diamond. It was recommended as a good source for authors looking to improve their world-building, and I do have to say it’s … Continue reading
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Customer service kudos
Bad experiences seem to circulate pretty quickly online. Good experiences don’t get shared as much, or so it seems. I suppose if I’d like to see that changed I could always do something about it myself. So here are a … Continue reading
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New feature!
It took a long time to get around to it, but if you look at the image in the upper right hand corner of the page, on the right side of the header, I’m no longer showing the canned pictures … Continue reading
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Show me the research
Someone pointed out one of my failings the other day. And you know what, he’s right. I’ve neglected one tenet of critical thinking: don’t blindly accept the results without first confirming the research and the methodology. Whenever I see some … Continue reading
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Ban battlespace preparation?
Now this is interesting. Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner offers some counter-information and does a little dot-connecting on the Ban Bossy campaign: Make no mistake, there is always a deeper agenda whenever a seemingly innocent campaign pops up overnight. … Continue reading
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Poor aim
Sheryl Sandburg, CEO of Facebook, along with a number of other famous women, are on a campaign to stamp out the word “bossy”. Let me just start by saying I’m not against the intention. If people are applying a double-standard … Continue reading
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Game Review: Lord of the Rings Risk
I actually received a copy of this game years ago as a gift from a friend. I played it at least once with him and his family, which was the genesis of the famous “The archers died, at least they … Continue reading
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House guests
Last spring for our cub scout den we made bird houses to fulfill one of the requirements. The design we used was one of my own, using rough-cut cedar fence boards. Since I needed to be able to teach the … Continue reading
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I know you, and you know me…
Evidently some person wrote a rather sad article on Salon about why they can’t stand white women belly-dancing. I won’t link to it, because Salon deserves no reward for publishing it. This whole PC-ness campaign has gotten so far off … Continue reading
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The Bourne Paperwork
Jason Bourne causes a lot of trouble for a lot of people. Better hide your snow-globe.
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