I have 4 followers on Twitter (my Twitter page) and 9 (fans) on Pownce (my Pownce page) and I haven’t made any updates on either site. What’s up with that? I think I’ll have to start using whichever service reaches 20 followers first. I mean, I’ll owe it to them, right?
A man spends 10-20 hours every day with a woman in a virtual world. He “marries” her. Is he cheating on his flesh and blood wife? Of course he is. He may not be having sex with his virtual mistress but marriage is about a lot more than who you have sex with.
Sitting alone in [...]
I’m bemused and delighted. I’m not sure if it’s the way they talk about something without actually saying it, their smiling faces, or their over-the-top sincerity; but whatever it is, this site makes me happy.
Clean is happy
In the United States, copying a DVD can get you up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. At least, that’s what all of my legally rented Netflix DVDs tell me every single time I watch them. For fun, I thought I’d see if that punishment was reasonable by surveying the California penal [...]
You know you’ve really “made it” as a species when you can waste time on narcissistic pursuits (like blogging). Food and shelter? Don’t bother me with trifles. I am posthuman. And just think: after a year of filming, they might even be able to edit together 90 minutes worth watching!
(Then again, does “decadent, crumbling empire” [...]
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