Current Events
The Fitna Controversy
If you haven’t been reading the news lately, Dutch MP Geert Wilders has released a 17 minute movie called Fitna, which means ’struggle’ or ’strife’ in Arabic. Fitna is causing a lot of controversy around the world because of its extreme anti-Islam stance. On the heels of the Muhammad cartoon controversy, Islamic extremism [...]
NIN: Leading a Musical Revolution
For those that don’t closely follow news of the music industry, you might be surprised to hear that the industry as you know it - as it has been since the very first record was sold to a consumer - is in its death throes. Traditionally, artists have recorded their music in a recording [...]
Microsoft Keyboards Suck
More of a short rant than anything resembling a big blog post. About two months ago I bought a Micro$oft wireless keyboard and mouse set, model number 700, and it sucks royal ass. Do not buy this thing. The mouse drains the two AA batteries in about three weeks (when it works), [...]
Going, Going…
Let’s face it, love it or hate it, America - as a culture, as an empire - is not what it used to be. In fact, as a fan of entropy, I have to agree with one - and only one - of the many ranting diatribes that Muslim fanatics spew toward America - [...]
Greg’s Gone… For A Bit
To celebrate the birth of our Lord Santa, myself and the lovely T will be spending the holidays in Vietnam. Come Christmas Day, we’ll be northwest of Hanoi, hiking in the rice fields of Sapa just a few kilometers from the Chinese border. We’ll be back in Thailand in time for the new year.
Have a [...]
A Hero No One Knows?
I was talking to some Canadian friends of mine recently who here for a visit, and was slightly shocked at their ignorance of the recent Burmese ’situation’. The fact that we Canadians take pride in being a bit more worldly than our ignorant cousins to the south (not all of them, of course, it’s [...]
