Category Archives: Random Musings
Well done, London!
Well, the Olympic Games are over for another year and a half, and the four-year countdown to Brazil begins. It’s been quite a fun ride for the past two weeks. Our family spent at least some time nearly every day … Continue reading
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Gabby Douglas’ hair? Really?!
Gabby Douglas! You’ve just won an Olympic Gold medal as All-Around Gymnast! What are you going to do now?! Fend off criticism about her hair, evidently. Seriously?! That’s the first thing that comes to people’s minds: Gee, her hair looks … Continue reading
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Death by paint
My children have discovered the other obsession that comes with Warhammer: painting miniatures. They’ve been wanting to paint some since I first started introducing them to the game, and this weekend I finally relented. Now their every free minute goes … Continue reading
Web Wanderings: Mika – Rain
I know I’ve already talked about Mika, but I’ll put up another video anyway. I like the song, but the video…well, I’m not sure about. Part of me really likes it, and part of me thinks it’s rather bizarre and … Continue reading
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Web Wanderings: Elle Me Dit
Not long ago I put out a call for more interesting foreign music to try out. My niece recommended Elle Me Dit, by Mika. What I found was a rather fun, quirky little tune with an even more fun, even … Continue reading
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Fun with comment spam
I don’t normally find my spam interesting, but this one is too good to pass up: Absolutely indited subject material , thanks for entropy. I am evidently a source of entropy now. I’ll be more than happy to keep distributing … Continue reading
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Olympics fever
By the time this is published the 2012 London Olympic Games will be nearly half over. As I discussed with someone at church the other day, there is just something special about the olympics. I don’t watch sports that much … Continue reading
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Online security and blogging
It’s my goal to be honest and open in my blogging. However, things we do in cyberspace have implications in the real world. That’s why, while I’ll try never to lie to you, I won’t always tell the truth. For example, … Continue reading
My face file (or, I am not a serial killer)
I’m not an artist. I’ve practiced drawing some, but I’m nowhere near good enough to make what’s in my head come out on paper. Yet I find it so much easier to write a character if I can see a … Continue reading
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Here’s to producers
…and editors, arrangers, engineers, layout designers, cover artists, and everyone else who is involved behind the scenes to make the artist look their absolute best. Recently on Pandora I was presented an “unplugged” version of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles”, … Continue reading
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