There’s been a lot of talk over the past few weeks about government power and the nanny state and how dangerous a world government would be. As I’ve stated in prior posts, I’m a libertarian. This means and I hate and distrust government with a great deal of gusto. However, this does not mean that I am blind to one glaring reality about humanity: over time, we organize from smaller groups into large ones. As a Libertarian,...

I like making things. This may sound a bit childish. After all, who doesn’t like to make something out of nothing, but with my recent experiments in construction, I find that I really enjoy working with tools and wood in my hands. (pause for school-boy giggling) I’ve not done anything truly complex. Everything is constructed of rectangles, no fancy curves (other than my highly inaccurate wood cutting). So far, my faux-carpentry...

There is a combination of consumables in which Shawn should never, ever eat together lest he kill me, the cat, the dog and several of the neighbors children from the death gas which leaks out of his butt. Those three in no particular death order are: Coffee, ice cream and milk. It doesn’t matter how many hours pass in between consuming them, so long as Shawn has had them in a single day, then all of us within the house are doomed to...

Several moons ago I was watching one of the many little viral internet videos of Blood Elves, a race of characters from World of Warcraft, doing their high-class little Brittany Spears dance. This was well before Shawn got himself his second pair of glasses. From behind me, I hear Shawn ask, “What–what is that? Is that a–That looks like a bear bleeding spaghetti from its vagina.” It’s hard to describe the...

It’s when you’re in the car with the bumper stickers of your teh suck!11one!1 and your skill in reading has increased by 1 point that he becomes animated in his discussion of John Williams and no matter what people say about him, he did a brilliant job with the score of Star Wars. It’s when he leans over to hit the CD button and play, telling you how awesome this part is right here, and that you should listen because it...