Category: rant
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They Watch Everyone
I’ve been thinking about the intersection between the US surveillance state and local surveillance. It is easy to ask questions about how much someone local is able get away with on probation. It’s harder and much more deeply personal to ask how much surveillance we will permit. When a person skirts the law and we…
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My pants still don’t fit…
Since I left Walgreens I have been sitting more and moving around less. Naturally that means I’ve gained a little weight. I’ve also been drinking a little beer everyday for probably a year maybe more. This means that all my extra weight is around my middle. I have 12 pairs of pants with a 36…
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Both Sides of the Coin
There’s a character in Morrowind who helps the player and the boss of the game so that he comes out ahead no matter which of us wins. He calls it “rubbing both sides of the coin.” It’s a phrase that has stuck with me. On the one hand I would like to have integrity, but…
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Not Garbage Day
The truck didn’t come today to pick up the garbage I put on the curb. In retrospect I shouldn’t be surprised. When there’s a holiday everything gets moved forward to the next day. I just wasn’t thinking when I put garbage out last night. Memorial Day bumped it until tomorrow. It’s not garbage day.
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Map Editor
I’ve been playing a lot of Colonization Classic. I like exploring. I like founding new colonies. I don’t like fighting with random maps. Some maps just don’t have enough land. That’s apparent pretty quickly. Some maps don’t have the right diversity of land. That takes longer and more exploration to decide. And some maps after…
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Holidays
Memorial Day weekend is here and my biggest concern is getting everyone in the house before night fall and crazy partiers race through darkened streets. I’m relatively certain the boys won’t jump in front of traffic. I am less convinced that the cats know better. Ether just came in a few minutes ago so everyone…
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Chastity
The rule in The Church is exclusive relations between a husband and a wife. Premarital and extra marital sex is out. Self service is not allowed. Porn is forbidden. And The Church won’t sanctify committed homosexual relations. But we aren’t Catholics or even Episcopalians. Impure sexual thoughts are not sinful and only become so if…
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Attention
The house is quiet but not my head. People want my attention. Sometimes that’s difficult. Sometimes I want theirs. It seems like that is difficult for almost everyone else. Attention takes energy. Complaining also takes energy. I try not to complain, but when people want my attention it is often to complain, so I hold…
