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Randy Pausch is Dead. Long Live Randy Pausch!

Written by Josh in July 25th, 2008  
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Randy Pausch, the Last Lecturer has finally died from Pancreatic Cancer (the same bastard disease that took Bill Hicks 15 years ago). I've seen the lecture three times now.  I read the book.  Randy Pausch may not have been a great man but he was a good man who did a

Candles Like Abe Lincoln

Written by Josh in July 22nd, 2008  
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What if I gave my PS3, 360 and Wii to charity? What if I threw all my games, CDs, iPod and computer into the street? What if I piled all the shit in my house up in the yard and set it on fire? What if I sold my house, bought some land

86 Artists Who Need Their Own Guitar Hero or Rock Band Edition

Written by Josh in July 21st, 2008  
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The following artists and their primary influences can carry their own game edition of Guitar Hero or Rock Band similar to the recent Guitar Hero Aerosmith edition. The top five must-have Guitar Hero Editions with the songs they must contain at a bare minimum are: Pink Floyd Must Have Songs: Another Brick

Protected: “Gapless Playback”–Short Fiction (Warning! Extreme Language)

Written by Josh in July 16th, 2008  
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Rest in Peace, Tony Snow

Written by Josh in July 12th, 2008  
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I was sorry to hear that Tony Snow died of cancer today at 53 years old.  He's a fellow Cincinnatian and I was always a fan of his even-keeled broadcasting approach back when he was host of Fox News Sunday in the early years of the Bush '43s office. Tony Snow

The Death of the Will to Power and the Next Great Awakening

Written by Josh in July 11th, 2008  
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In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote a paragraph and murdered religion.  Sure, it was a slow death but a death it was.  He wrote: God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all

Pondering Greatness and Weakness on the 4th of July

Written by Josh in July 6th, 2008  
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I'm finding it increasingly more difficult to celebrate the same quality of independence that a group of extraordinary individuals meant when they pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to when on that very day, you must now forfeit your 4th Amendment rights; when on that day you are still

Ex-Lax and Trimming Bush

Written by Josh in June 29th, 2008  
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I've been in my house five years now. I have a metal shower curtain rod in my bathroom. I have metal hooks that are on that shower curtain rod. For five fucking years, I've heard scraping metal against metal every blessed damn day in the morning.

Zero Punctutation Has Weighed In on Metal Gear 4…

Written by Josh in June 27th, 2008  
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...and I'm still fugging laughing as I type this. Too true. Too funny. I finally beat MSG4 and to be honest, I enjoyed the game. It took my 36 hours to beat it and I'll wager that 18 of those hours were spent in cut scenes.

George Carlin–I Was Still Laughing When He Died

Written by Josh in June 23rd, 2008  
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George Carlin was a prophet for the common man and he died of heart failure yesterday. I saw him play here in Columbus back in the late 90's and it was a canned performance meaning the same bit he did word for word in his recent HBO special.

I Just Can’t Win for Mowing

Written by Josh in June 22nd, 2008  
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I was outside mowing the lawn today when I looked up and saw my wife motioning at me from the kitchen window. I shut off the mower and walked up to the window. She was laughing, almost in hysterics. Finally, she got the story out. My 20-month old

I Want to See Bush Shucking Tomatoes

Written by Josh in June 20th, 2008  
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I just watched the footage of the President's "tour" of the flooded heartlands and I couldn't be more disappointed in him as a leader. It was a parade of photo op bullshit as Tom Harkin cork soaked to get that disaster money. Eff that! Bush should have

The Stuff Life is Made Of and The Only Thing I Fear

Written by Josh in June 19th, 2008  
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I've been aware of the time going by they say in the end, it's the wink of an eye “The Pretender” by Jackson Browne Just recently, I put a compilation CD together for my department at work. I asked everyone what the song was that they believed defined them as a person.

The Undertow: The Difference Between the 2008 Midwest Floods and Katrina

Written by Josh in June 18th, 2008  
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The first thing to say about the flooding--before all the pundits and the Sharpton race baitors swoop in to point out the "government's response" to the flooded white northern towns compared to their response to Katrina"--is that is a cheap shot meant to obfuscate the real point. First of all, when

Crossroads of the Heart: Trying to Just Be a Good Man

Written by Josh in June 13th, 2008  
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What do you say to the guy who lead a gang rape ten years ago against your favorite ex-girlfriend? Well, I had no clue so I acted like nothing happened. He looked exactly like he did in high school. Afterwards, he went to a major local Ohio
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