Not Fixing My Arrhythmia
I am back from Seattle now. Back to cold, wet, snowy Juneau Alaska. My trip did not fix my Arrhythmia like I and everyone was hopping. I have officially stumped the doctors at Virginia Mason and told that what I…
Fixing My Arrhythmia
I will be heading down to Seattle next week to fix an arrhythmia of my heart. It was discovered a month ago during a doctors check up here in Juneau. What happens is that every now and then my heart…
Steve Jobs Quote
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would i want to do what i am about to do today?" And whenever the…
Herbert Simon Quote
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume…
Dungeons & Dragons Introduction Video
Yesterday I was looking at the Wizards of the Cost website and discover a new link "New To D&D Videos". They have a great YouTube video on that page called "Introduction to D&D". It is one of the better videos…
The iPod Dice Tower
I have no clue what the HELL came over me or what possessed me to do this. I feel like I had a real 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' moment. You know the scene where Richard Dreyfuss is eating…
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
The same NPR article that made me what to read "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" also had a link for an older NPR peace on "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?". Gotham City is plagued with crime and…
Do Dice Matter?
I don't know. But when I watched the following videos found on the GameScience website it's hard not to drink the Kool-Aid. Being a Dungeons and Dragons player, and Dungeon Master, it's a scary thought to think that all the…
‘Reading Rainbow’ Reaches Its Final Chapter
'Reading Rainbow' Reaches Its Final Chapter Reading Rainbow comes to the end of its 26-year run on Friday; it has won more than two-dozen Emmys, and is the third longest-running children's show in PBS history — outlasted only by Sesame…
Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?
Not long ago I came across an NPR article about a special hardcover edition of "Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" In 1986, DC Comics decided that Superman's dense 48-year history had grown too confusing for new readers.…