Zeus, Redefined
I’ve closed off the God Poll. I figure everyone who was going to vote has done so by now. The results were spread out pretty evenly. Out of a total of 18 responses, they fell like this:
Which answer below most closely matches your beliefs about the existence of a supreme intelligence?
(4 votes, [...]
Never Did Give Nothin’
During my vacation, I finally got around to watching the SciFi Channel original miniseries Tin Man. The series is billed as a “bold reimagining” of the Wizard of Oz and the credits say it is based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum. I think I was hoping for [...]
Crash Into January
Be careful what you wish for…
I knew that if I complained long enough about having nothing to post about, something would happen. Well, it did. I had a very close encounter with a stopped RTD bus on a slippery road yesterday. The bus wasn’t damaged and luckily it had no passengers; the driver [...]
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I should just cede the daily posting contest to Steve. This is essentially a space filler blog entry; a quickie so that I don’t lose ground. I don’t know if I’ll have time later today to do something more detailed/interesting. I wasted most of the day so far reprogramming my Pronto remote [...]
Component Switching
How I’m spending my Christmas vacation…
As expected, there was more snow today. Luckily I’m still on vacation and I didn’t have to be anywhere. As I mentioned back in this blog entry, I ordered an Onkyo TR-SX605 receiver. I ended up getting a refurbished unit direct from Onkyo for a total of $305. [...]
I Am Not Beowulf
I am not really Legend either…
There was a break in the never-ending snowstorm cycle today, so I went out and saw the IMAX version of I Am Legend. I got to the theater only a few minutes before it started and was surprised it wasn’t sold out. There were lots of seats left. I [...]