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Ipad Impressions

100 WPM — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:21:57 GMT

First impressions of the ipad on NYT. http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-first-impressions/ Read More......(read more)

hosting game notes on Obsidian Portal

100 WPM — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:00:18 GMT

I've been using Obsidian Portal to track campaign notes for my Saturday 4e game, its going pretty well, though its hard to stay on top of it and keep it updated. Read More......(read more)

Update - Success

100 WPM — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:29:00 GMT

Well kind of success, they sent me a coupon for buy 1 get 1 for 3.99 Anna and I enjoyed dinner there last night for a pretty decent price. :) Read More......(read more)

Open Letter to Chevy's Fresh Mexican Grill

100 WPM — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:09:52 GMT

I sent this letter to Chevys. I got one coupon email too many trying to get me to buy something I flat out don't want, when they have something I specifically do want. I just wanted to comment on your coupons. Most of the time your coupons are absolutely Read More......(read more)

Compromise is not the answer to all problems

100 WPM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:30 GMT

Science is not a democracy. Science doesn't have compromise. You make the best decisions with the facts that are available. Period. Thanks Read More......(read more)

Socialism vs Capitalism an Email Exchange

100 WPM — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:11:27 GMT

This was a little email exchange I thought I'd share, with my coworker who always is arguing his extreme fiscal conservative capitalist agenda. From: John Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:56 AM To: Richard Mathis Subject: Econ wisdom I imagine this story Read More......(read more)

7/17/09 crazy coworker

100 WPM — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:32:47 GMT

Nick's diagram showing how cats are like cars Read More......(read more)

My problem with Shadowrun

100 WPM — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:16:13 GMT

I know a lot of people who have liked the concept of Shadowrun since 2nd or 3rd generation (I'm one of them, I still have my 2e book). The setting is awesome, and while I think people who take their "real world characters" and toss themselves Read More......(read more)

Message to Social conservatives

100 WPM — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:55:06 GMT

So at this point, with another social conservative in the news for an extramarital affair, you, if you're a social conserative, must be wondering how this happened? How is it that these individuals of such high moral standing find themselves in affairs? Read More......(read more)

One down, about 20 to go

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:17:48 GMT

I passed my first test for school Tuesday. Scored 81 out of 85 on the CIW Foundations cert. Most of it was information I knew so it is no biggie. Now I've got to focus on my communications classes for the rest of the term. I'm about right on schedule Read More......(read more)

Research Papers are totally worth it!

100 WPM — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:26:04 GMT

2004 Fed study entitled, “Are Home Prices the Next Bubble?” Starts here “Home prices have been rising strongly since the mid-1990s, prompting concerns that a bubble exists in this asset class and that home prices are vulnerable to a Read More......(read more)

Summer in Portland

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:29:43 GMT

Ah, it is a balmy 80 degrees out. We had a short heat wave for about a week now it is back to overcast and cool. I love the summers here. I've been fairly social lately. Went to the rose parade here in Portland last weekend. Sam has a little scooter now Read More......(read more)

How I color a dndorks.com comic

100 WPM — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:04:12 GMT

New Dndorks comic today! http://dndorks.com/comics/6_10_2009.aspx Arthur Saves the Day Part 2. And I thought I'd write down my coloring process, in case its useful to someone. The instructions assume a competency with photoshop, I'd be happy to explain Read More......(read more)

6/9/09 my gf the doll serial murderer

100 WPM — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:51:50 GMT

This is the kind of stuff I find randomly strewn around my apartment Read More......(read more)

Drama Rant

100 WPM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:10:24 GMT

Occasionally I need to rant so I can stop thinking about stuff, so feel free to ignore the following rant. I hate drama. Drama isn't something that ever just happens, its created by humans, and its generally a complicated situation mostly involving worthless Read More......(read more)

WWJD - where christianity and christ part ways?

100 WPM — Fri, 29 May 2009 22:47:20 GMT

So I'm sure many Christians that are involved in the Prop8 nonsense in California are feeling very happy for themselves. They might feel they've done something great to save the morals of the community or something. But I wonder if they've thought about Read More......(read more)

Thank you for the free tax money, but ok, lets get sensible now.

100 WPM — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:32:52 GMT

So normally when something is unfair for people somewhere else, but good for me personally, I just count my blessings. But when it comes to prostitution, though the legal existance of it here in Nevada and not elsewhere means that Nevada might get extra Read More......(read more)

The new V series

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:04:54 GMT

Those that remember the 80s (or have chosen not to block it out) know of a mini-series called V. It is now out-dated and cheesy but it was acclaimed during its time. (It should be noted that much of the stuff in the 80s was out-dated and cheesy). Anyways, Read More......(read more)

Warning - contains politics

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:26:29 GMT

I've been talking with my friend Richard a bit on politics and the disappoint we've had with the parties. Richard use to be Republican and while I still claim it I'm more independant in my leanings as well. The Republicans have gotten away from their Read More......(read more)

Wow, GOP continues to implode

100 WPM — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:45:36 GMT

I'm kinda shocked, the economy is staggering, we have some of the best new changes in government within my lifetime, and the GOP is squabbling and continues to implode. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/19/steele-threatens-quit-rnc-undermines-funding-authority/ Read More......(read more)

The GOP consistently disappoints me

100 WPM — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:28:00 GMT

So I don't know why, I still like to think one day I'll want to be a republican again, but I think this entire generation is done for me. I was reading about Schock and I was thinking "huh, maybe we need young members of the GOP to freshen up the Read More......(read more)

Back to School (minus Rodney Dangerfield)

Site Smith Scott's Daily Thoughts — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:22:31 GMT

I started my first class this last week. It isn't quite a real class but an intro to the whole online learning process. It basically layouts how you will be receiving assignments, assessments and testing. It also covers the various communities and resources Read More......(read more)

Nice Summary of Online Play tools at dndorks.com

100 WPM — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:04:02 GMT

I posted a nice big summary of all of the online playing tools over at http://dndorks.com/ It explains the different tools I've added recently, a bit on their current state of functionality, as well as some info on how people can help post bugs and such. Read More......(read more)

4/25/09

100 WPM — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:45:06 GMT

not sure why phone randomly posted this pic to my LJ, its one of my family members from decades ago that I took in my grandfather's house. Read More......(read more)

What "is" their job anyway?

100 WPM — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:25:56 GMT

I think about politics alot. I also think about "meta" politics alot. Tonight, on the way home from work, I started thinking about who we vote for, why we vote for them, and whether we are voting for people for the wrong reasons. When we vote Read More......(read more)