The Dalai Lama, head of Tibetan Buddhism, spoke to reporters a few days ago and made a few remarks against sex that I find quite disheartening. An exceprt:
“Sexual pressure, sexual desire, actually I think is short period satisfaction and often, that leads to more complication,” the Dalai Lama told reporters in a Lagos hotel, speaking in English [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Those words have more weight these days, especially when compared to the more prosperous moments of the past several years. I hope that all of your needs are sated, and that you want for nothing.
That being said, I’d like to invite you all to consider giving to your local food bank if you are [...]
Independent game designer and artist Edmund McMillen has released his life’s work on CD - and it only costs $10. Guys, this is quality stuff. If I could write that in blinking text, I would damn it! If you don’t believe, just take a look at the trailer below:
This is a rare find, and if you [...]
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I went to the polls yesterday, and marked my ballot for Obama. It was a somewhat reluctant vote, but I considered him the better of the two by far. I strongly believe that the Republican party has disgraced itself (to be cordial) over the past eight years, and could not see McCain as being much [...]
The Tarot can be an amazing tool for self-realization. On one hand, it is a deck of 78 cards, much like an expanded poker deck. On the other, it is a set of detailed images that are capable of making changes within the observer.
I’ve read plenty of articles and books, and the opinions differ [...]
The industrial world appears to be entering into hard times as we begin to face off with a lessening supply of easy-to-extract energy. Also, as more and more populations step up and demand that they have every right to live like Americans, it becomes much more difficult to maintain the status quo. Last year, [...]
I played my first game of Dungeons and Dragons today in honor of the late Gary Gygax. It was fascinating, and unlike any other game I had ever played. Screw video games, guys - nothing can replace the imagination of an adept dungeon master.
Our party was made up of a couple of fighters, a thief, [...]
I’ve been reading Bill Moyer’s new book, Moyers on Democracy, which once again prompted me to begin thinking about my own personal philosophy and values. I’ve put a lot of thought into it, but have never really tried to write it down in a coherent manner. I have always worried that doing [...]
A customer of ours ran into some trouble when their Microsoft database server crashed and damaged their production database. All that they were able to recover from the wreckage was the original mdf and ldf files, and had to bring it up on another server. When trying to attach this database, the new [...]
I’m a really lucky guy, and if you doubt it you may read why.