Results of Ruminations

Two thoughts intersect, and they fit...to a point. It's that area of friction that I'd like to uncover, but I don't know if I'll get to it or get it out. Right now, my baby is screaming his head off because I'm not patting him on the back so that he can fall asleep. Ah, the joys of parenthood. "We're Only Human" The current song that's stuck in my head comes from Jason Mraz 's latest offering, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things CD/album (CD is too specific of a term for the release of music these days, I suppose). The song is called "Only Human" and deals a bit with the idea of humanity and what that means. Taming of the Shrew The Utah Shakespearean Festival has just launched its summer season, and my wife and I–as we are wont to do for the last three years–have just finished enjoying three of the six plays offered by the festival. It was wonderful, amazing, and all of the other superlatives that you could expect from a Bardolator li...

Initial Capitulation It's truly official now: I'm part of the odiously named "blogosphere," a place where I can sign on, think aloud, and general feel like I'm intelligent because I'm on the internet (where anything therein is automatically true). So that's my initial capitulation: giving in to the trend of writing a web log. Well, if nothing else, it'll have correct spelling in (almost) every post, and the grammar will make sense to normal folk–none of this "it's the 21st century, who needs rules?" garbage. So on to my current thoughts. Metal Gear Solid Any gamer who deserves the monikers of 'gamer' is at least vaguely aware of Hideo Kojima's latest installation on the immensely popular Metal Gear Solid series. I don't doubt that it will be a huge commercial success, will help salvage Sony's flagging PS3 sales, and simply and thoroughly kick butt. In a lot of ways. That being said, I've been meaning to post small ...