Modern Lust
J.B. Philips: Modern man has a lust for full explanation and habitually considers himself in no way morally bound unless he is in full possession of all the facts.
21 Jan 08
J.B. Philips: Modern man has a lust for full explanation and habitually considers himself in no way morally bound unless he is in full possession of all the facts.
Ugh
Well, it’s been a long week. My computer’s hard disk died last Monday, so I’ve been unable to update this blog. Not quite true. I could have updated it, but didn’t feel like editing the files directly on the website. Wouldn’t have updated the newsfeed anyway. This was the last of several misfortunes: my heat […]
15 Jan 08
Well, it’s been a long week. My computer’s hard disk died last Monday, so I’ve been unable to update this blog. Not quite true. I could have updated it, but didn’t feel like editing the files directly on the website. Wouldn’t have updated the newsfeed anyway. This was the last of several misfortunes: my heat […]
8 Jan 08
No outdoor adventure this week. Instead, an inner adventure. I’m two days into The Five-Day Course in Thinking, a book Edward De Bono wrote forty years ago. Isaac Asimov wrote the Foreword. It’s a malnourished paperback, barely a hundred pages long. The edge of the pages are that odd dusty Martian red that seemed so […]
3 Jan 08
Imagine a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game with… …no elves or dwarves. …an emphasis on player skill instead of level grinding. …a vast, completely original world that the game encourages you to explore. …the ability to hire shopkeepers, guards, and any other NPCs to automate things …active GMs who regularly interact with players. …quests tailored […]
Middleburgian Adventures
This week’s adventure: a trip to Middleburg. Adventures are never sure things. That’s part of what makes them adventures. Each trip carries with it the danger of total failure. “Failure” means “nothing new,” in this case. I drove down to Middleburg, stopped just inside town, and walked around. I’d been there once before, for a […]
29 Dec 07
This week’s adventure: a trip to Middleburg. Adventures are never sure things. That’s part of what makes them adventures. Each trip carries with it the danger of total failure. “Failure” means “nothing new,” in this case. I drove down to Middleburg, stopped just inside town, and walked around. I’d been there once before, for a […]
This Was Christmas
This was Christmas: parents, the house I grew up in, a big tree, the dogs, and comfort. Peace and perfection.
26 Dec 07
This was Christmas: parents, the house I grew up in, a big tree, the dogs, and comfort. Peace and perfection.