Learning how to smoke. On the outside it’s a quirky little read, but on the inside it seems to be angry. Smoking for 30 days doesn’t even come close to what most people go through as smokers. He is right about quite a few things, some of which I noticed but hadn’t really thought about. [...]

On Characters in Fiction: Eric Rosenfield makes the claim that not all good fiction has to be character-driven. Richard Brautigan would agree. And (as Eric said) so would PKD. In the Comments section on Dan Green’s post, the very first comment mentions that art is necessarily solipsistic. Is literature is limited to the perspective of [...]

Roissy tackles the freaks. I sadly worked with so many of these poor people while I was in the military. Many soldiers seek out ‘anything they can get’ simply because it is easy. Given the rapid and unforseen deployments, they are quite ready to pump and dump (provided they have any game). Many are naive [...]

Dear [redacted], Never is a long time to wait. Thanks. Now would be a great time for it, if you were here. I heard you, and I know you knew it. Too bad there was so much cognitive dissonance in the air. Bastards polluted it and now you’re hundreds of miles away. That other girl [...]

The death of the Public Intellectual 2.0 by Professor Daniel Drezner. Great read. Rehash of a tiresome subject, but more interesting than ever before.

I have no idea what is going on here, but it made me laugh.

Apparently she loves anal. Which is pretty normal, actually. The bizarre thing is a celebrity came out and said it. Some local teachers turn faculty lounge into a swingers club. At least they’re keeping their hands of the chillins. Your religion is funny. Mine is a joke. Like the freedom of the internets? The Durable [...]

Seasonal affective disorder sucks. Every year, starting in October and hitting hardest just after daylight savings rollback, I feel like shit for a while. It varies, but usually balances out sometime in January. Daylight Savings Time is bullshit and steals the sun from me. We don’t all wake up before 8, okay? And having the [...]

Ok, so it was just the illusion of a hologram. I don’t get why so many people are getting worked up over this. “OMG, they called it a hologram, but it isn’t really a hologram! Liars and dickbags!”

(Via Language Log (Via Tensor)) I’m incredibly hungover this morning, but never the less, I persevere.