Archive for April, 2011

Another Nightmare

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

I had another of my nightmares. This one was worse than usual. It started in the kitchen in my house, where there were some dirty dishes on the counter. Someone was there with me (I don’t recall who exactly). I decided to put the dishes into the dishwasher. I went to put a glass into […]

A Convenient Lie

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

In a forum today, a troll had a genuinely interesting question: What if vegetables had feelings or felt pain? How would the vegans cope? I know, huh? Makes you think. Of course they’d cope somehow, right? You can’t eat rocks. But the answer to me was immediately obvious. Most people can’t imagine not eating meat. […]

Kindle, it’s not just a book. But is it Treason?

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

I won’t buy a Kindle because Orson Scott Card is a big bully. Kindles are supposed to be so much more than a book. Web browsing, messaging, and most notably updated annotations from the author, embedded advertising, and of course Amazon can delete any book at any time remotely. Sure, you can’t really loan your […]