http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot Occasional thoughts, rants, and ramblings from the mysterious mind of yours truly... okay, fine, it's a blog. Shut up. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:22:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hmm. A little dark around here. Hard to read. Wouldn't want to have to get used to this. Here. And everywhere else. Alright, maybe I'm half-assing it. Okay, I'm definitely half-assing it. Still... Edit (1-19-12): Ah, all better now! Seriously, though, SOPA and PIPA must die. :doitnow: http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2012/01/18/dark You know what's amusing? Adults who feel personally offended by the mere idea of independent children. I recently reread Alex's piece from 2007 about that old show Kid Nation (which I wrote about a few months later), and how, before the show ever aired, adults got all up in arms about ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2012/01/05/offensive-independence Happy New Year! Oh, look, another holiday conversation! New Year's Day: Welcome 2012! Christmas: Yay! New Year's Day: Another year is upon us! Christmas: True. Except, well, why you? New Year's Day: What do you mean? Christmas: Well, every date is a year after itself. Why start with you rather than like March 1 or something? New Year's ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2012/01/01/eight-days-later And... here we are! 2011 has run its course. Let's review! January: Unapologetically Fierce -Nothing like a 7-year-old's birthday party at a sports bar! -Missed New Year's Eve skiing but I'll get up there some evening. -Liberty's restaurant says anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. -FFFFUUUUUUUUUUU- -Uh oh! Big snowfall at afternoon rush ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/31/fearless-2011 Now for a growed-up, snack-packy edition of... YOU SUCK!!!! Jell-O. And they're little Temptations pudding advertising. See, the idea is that it's not like their other desserts (somehow). I mean, it probably still contains the exact same ingredients. But somehow this one isn't for kids. They're not only saying so. They're forbidding ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/30/temptations And now, an executive directorial edition of... Here's to You!!!! So I raise my glass and say, "Here's to you, Alex Koroknay-Palicz!" This may seem awfully strange considering I absolutely blasted him in some recent entries. So, okay, maaaaybe this is also out of guilt. Alex absolutely drives me insane. I don't think that ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/29/nah-hes-alright You know when a year has the same calendar as another year? I was born on a Friday, so whenever my birthday lands on a Friday, that year's calendar matches up (or mostly matches up if a leap year) to the 1983 calendar. Hey! My birthday was a Friday this year! So ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/28/calendars Does this offend you? How about this? The whole site is in Verdana, but maybe I'll switch the whole thing to this. Or I'll switch the whole thing to this. Decisions! Decisions! Decisions! Which one shall I pick? Contrary to popular and inexplicable opinion... Neither one is really all that bad! This has its uses. As does this. Yet there ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/27/fontastic Now for a juvenile, literary edition of... SHUT THE HELL UP!!!! People who are all like "we've got to get kids reading!" There's been ads for James Patterson books on TV, and some recent ones start off with "James Patterson gets kids reading!" Because he's apparently written young adult lit now, so it ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/26/getting-kids-reading My world is changing. I'm rearranging. Does that mean Christmas changes, too? - "Where Are You, Christmas?" The days leading up have kind of sucked. Christmas is about joy and hope. I see much ahead that is uncertain. Today and yesterday have been okay. Even through it all... Still with watching the Christmas Eve ... http://www.eightminefortress.com/surewhynot/index.php/2011/12/25/feliz-natal