Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 27th, 2007
I read an article on CNN today about a newly released study in which researchers found a significant increase in narcissism among college students in recent years. I suspect they would’ve found something similar in the population at large, to be quite honest. :-)
A blog can be an exercise in pure narcissism. It doesn’t [...]
Posted in Tech on Feb 25th, 2007
I added the Now Reading plugin to my blog today. It requires a widget-friendly template and the Widgets plugin, but in general, it was very easy to install. I used to have the Library Thing plugin, but their site’s stability problems were causing that part of my page to drop out or just take forever [...]
Posted in Gaming on Feb 24th, 2007
Unfortunately, NWN2 refuses to run on John’s PC, so I’ll have to upgrade his OS to XP. We also bought a copy of Fable, but it won’t run on either of our main PCs. I suspect Fable hates my nice sound card, so I’ll have to crack the case and yank out the board.
Grr! :-)
I’m [...]
Posted in Grammar Grump on Feb 22nd, 2007
In a history book I was reading last night, the author referred to someone getting his “just desserts.” ::groan::
For more information, here’s a Snopes.com article that discusses the origins of the term. You can also read about it in the Eggcorn Database.
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 20th, 2007
In a previous post, I mentioned doing Tarot readings. I should’ve been clearer about what I meant by that. In all the years I’ve used Tarot, I think I may have done one reading for another person. I use Tarot to solve problems and to give my brain a kick in the pants, and I [...]
Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle
