Obligatory Turkey Day Post – 2021 Edition

Almost let the day end without sharing this old gem of a clip from the animated series Invader Zim. It’s an, at this point in my life, mandatory tradition to share this clip in some form online as my little way of “celebrating” this holiday. This is also a chance to post to say, yeah, …
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This Steve Jobs Quote Perfectly Fits How I Feel About Life

I only just realized that today happens to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs. In realizing this I began thinking to how in the past few years I’ve gone from seeing him in a purely negative light to, while not ignoring his human faults, seeing him as a kind of inspiration. …
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I Just Can’t Do The Online Gaming Discussion Scene Anymore

I’ve been thinking quite a bit recently about my time in the online gaming scene — especially the past 2 or 3 years — and I’ve come to realize I simply can’t do it anymore. The scene has become virtually nothing but a might-makes-right popularity contest where passion, knowledge, and logic mean nothing — do …
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How That Day Felt

Today is September 11th, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It was an event which still affects me mentally in some ways, even with my passive experiencing of it and 20 years having passed. As I mentioned in the article yesterday it was a world-changing moment for everyone. That particular day, …
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The Last Normal Day Of My Life

For all of us in life, there are defining moments which create a permanent before and after period in our lives where, from that point onward, something is forever changed. For me, one of those days was a Monday many years ago. I was a Junior in High School. Keep in mind that here in …
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I Started A Phone Company. No, Seriously.

All the way back in October of last year I wrote an entry called “I’m a Phreak” where I laid out what my most recent extreme interest has become — the old telephone network of the 20th century, and all that entails — the history, the technology, the stories, the rise and fall of The …
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