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A FB friend asked me to read one of Food Babe's posts before discounting her–This is the result
In a conversation on Facebook, I was asked to read a post or two from Food Babe before categorically dismissing her. Since I’ve only really read snippets here and there before, I decided to drop my de
A Few Words on Political Correctness
Earlier today, I saw something posted on Facebook that got me thinking. It was this image , and it’s definitely worth checking out. I have a few different thoughts on this subject, but more importantl
The Truth about your contribution to Climate Change
I've got something that bugs me literally every time I see a post idolizing Elon Musk for doing something green or praising some idiotic law, and it’s simply this: 98% of all of this effort is f
Site Outage
Under the subheading of ‘Why is this hard?’, I decided to transfer my domain to a new registrar, going from SOPA-loving, outage-prone Godaddy to what seemed to be highly rated (and much cheaper) 1…
“Happy Holidays, now buy my fitness/nutrition book”
If you follow any fitness or nutrition blogs, you’ve probably seen this kind of message posted. You may have even been unlucky enough to get an email or twelve from some fitness person hawking whateve
Want to know what’s wrong with education?
Some of you are aware that my career (and a large part of my expertise) is currently focused on perfecting education, however I almost never write about it in my blog, or discuss it in normal conversa
Linux and Networking: Too Much Fail for One Configuration
So, this is a problem that I've spent a day or so working on at work, and it goes like this… A router (Linux, running ZeroShell ) is configured with three interfaces, as shown in the follo
Injury Update: Now with more MRIs!
Take heed, boys and girls, here there be some foul language. Turn back if you offend easily. Well, now it's settled: I've officially fucked myself up good and proper. As I told my office m
ChAoS & PAIN: Go Fucking Feral #2- A Shutthefuckup Salad With A Side of Extra Rants
A little more militant and crass than I would have put it, but pretty much dead on I think: ChAoS & PAIN: Go Feral Pt. 2 Be warned, this site is NSFW!
Three books that destroyed my ability to enjoy standard Sci-Fi
Three books that I have read in recent years have completely eliminated my ability to enjoy your typical space-opera sci-fi. And believe it or not, I think that's a good thing. Here's the
Android vs. iPhone: A review
First, an introduction for those of you who don't know me personally. I have had the iPhone for about 2 years now, and despite it's flaws (which are numerous), I have always said it was th
Review of "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown
I don’t normally review books, but this one I have to get off my chest. I’ll put the summary right up top for those who don’t want to read the whole thing: This book is a horribly unimaginative way to
Drakensang "The Dark Eye" Review
How to start….. let's begin with the pros…. 1. German RPG system. Something like Die Swartz Auge. I honestly can't be bothered to learn the German pronunciation, but the system
Amazon.com is the Devil
WARNING: This is an angry rant, and probably should not be read by anyone who is easily offended or dislikes swearing. You have been warned. In the "things that really annoy me" category,