I am playing in a football tournament tomorrow in Morgan Hill. We have three 60 minute games. In the middle of the day. In the middle of the desert. Hope it’s not hot! Forecast says “partly cloudy” so it should … Continue reading →

Scott Adams is a metaphor At some point, probably about 32 seconds into my commute, it dawned on me that I had inadvertently become a metaphor for life in general. Life is half delicious yogurt, half crap, and your job … Continue reading →

I attended the PARC Open Forum today and heard Nick Yee share some fascinating insights about MMORPGS. Nick gave the presentation that I expected Raph Koster to give – also at PARC – a couple of months ago and he … Continue reading →

Ron Jeffries, on the agile-testing mailing list said The last couple of times I read it, I took a somewhat different lesson from /Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance/, having to do with one’s own level of caring, and … Continue reading →

There is a vicious cycle that repeats over and over and over. A brilliant movie is about to be made/beer is about to be brewed/tv show is about to filmed/newspaper is about to be published and the money men get … Continue reading →

If they ever plan to make a movie from a book/cartoon/comic/video game that you love you need to think carefully before going to see it. If that, let’s say, cartoon was made 40 years ago and you have ever so … Continue reading →

When I lived in Manhattan, I remember this one time when we were going to head out to Long Island with Georgina’s cousins and I was really, really thirsty. I had never been so thirsty in all my life. I … Continue reading →

Ah! So that’s ok then, Well, objectively (and it’s Orwell’s original usage), I am pro-Kim Jong-Il, There is something vaguely ironic about quoting Orwell to justify the creative redefinition of a commonly used word like “pro”.

Andrew Sullivan said As for my later comments about opponents of the Iraq war being “objectively pro-Saddam,” that seems to me to be indisputable. Sullivan wants us to believe that the conservatives who have lately been criticising the war in … Continue reading →

He and I got off on the wrong foot with his involvement in the Clinton impeachment but Linsey Graham has been nothing but marvellous since he joined the senate. Definitely my favourite senator. What I’m trying to do with my … Continue reading →