Brian's Rant-o-Rama Brian's Rant-o-Rama Eclectic rants and ramblings from the mind of a disgruntled whole-brained cranky but honest man. Discussions range from interpersonal cowardice and weasel behaviour to music to writing to the software industry, and everything in between. Articles
How the West was lost, Part 3: Circling the drain
2008-01-11 00:16:00 It's easy to be an empire when you're the only show in town (and the new kid on the block). But just try to keep up the same old act for more than a few decades, and see how hard it is to stay ahead of the competition ... when you're the same old tune, people stop dancing to it and go listen to some other song and dance. Such is the fate of the stage act known as the West ern Empire. More About: Lost , Part , Part 3
Anatomy of a security breech
2008-01-08 00:15:00 Some devious little mind tried--unsuccessfully--to use my guestbook as a launch to a series of script-based security breech attacks on visitors to my guestbook. I reverse engineer how they tried to do it. I suppose I should warn people that this is a particularly boring blog entry today. More About: Security , Anatomy , Anatom
How the West was lost, Part 2: The wheels come off
2008-01-05 00:44:00 Moral rot or liberation from restricted paternal ways? Regardless of how you think of it, it is the litmus test of where our empire is headed. Good or bad, the wheels are rattling loose. More About: Lost , West , Part , Wheels
How the West was lost, Part 1: Coming apart at the seams
2007-12-27 20:22:00 Western fester. I don't really know how bad this is, in the grand scheme of things, but it's not exactly a secret that the Whole (White) Western World is shuddering and shaking under the weight of its own infrastructure. We built this monster to protect us and keep us warm at night, and now we are lacking the resources to keep feeding it as it grows bigger and more powerful. Just like Rome. Just like Byzantium. Just like Ancient Greece. Just like Babylon. More About: Lost , West , Part
So now I look back and try to figure out ... Why?
2007-12-07 19:51:00 Everyone acts weird, or as though I'm being a big bad wanker about it. And I gotta be honest here ... I'm not so sure about my motivations myself. More About: Back , Figure
Of Mensa tests and self-confidence: At least I'm smart enough to try
2007-11-23 02:15:00 Attention Dwayne Dicks: You were right, man ... you were right. More About: Smart , Mensa , Confidence , Tests , Mens
This is just plain nuts! Windows Vista Headaches 4
2007-11-16 23:50:00 Day 4 of my experiences with Windows Vista . It took them 6 years to make THIS? More About: Windows Vista , Plain , Nuts
Windows Vista Headaches 3
2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 3 of my experiences with Windows Vista . My mood finally darkens at the end. More About: Windows Vista , Headache
Windows Vista Headaches 2
2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 2 of my experiences with Windows Vista . I'm trying to stay open-minded and positive about it. More About: Windows Vista , Headache
Windows Vista Headaches 1
2007-11-14 02:00:00 Day 1 of my experiences with Windows Vista . Nothing I can't handle, I'm sure. More About: Windows Vista , Headache
Laptop luxury
2007-10-31 23:32:00 Just some idle chit-chat to remind myself I still have a blog. More About: Laptop , Luxury
Blood-spatter
2007-10-16 21:01:00 It's hyphenated when you mean it like an adjectival modifier. More About: Blood
Tile death do us part
2007-10-09 22:00:00 Tile jokes crack me up. I tile my bathtub with my little trowel. More About: Death , Part
The world won't tell you how great you are
2007-09-25 01:11:00 Talent, quite frankly, means absolutely nothing. What a shame that it took me until age 40 to truly understand that. More About: World , Great , The World
The high-speed pursuit of happiness
2007-09-20 21:32:00 I make a confession about some squiddly motorcycle riding I did last March. See? It's taken me 1/2 a year to admit it. So, like, that should tell everyone how guilty I already feel about it without getting jumped on for it. Huh? I mean, come on! Everyone does it at least once ... GROUNDED? Are you serious? How could you do that to me? What about the prom on Friday night? But EVERYONE is going to be there! You are so unfair! I hate you both! More About: Happiness , Speed , High , High Speed , High-speed
Grumpy Bear unloads fish and berries from the truck and into his cave
2007-09-12 20:34:00 So Grumpy Bear has finished his move from this website to www.metaphormountain.com and he is ready to start living there. He'll be back here from time to time, and you are, of course, always welcome to go visit him in his new cave. More About: Fish , Truck , Berries , Cave
My move to Metaphor Mountain
2007-09-07 02:41:00 Pack yer trunk and hitch up the wagon, Martha. We're headed for Metaphor Mount ain . Yeehaw! More About: Move
The process prigs
2007-08-30 03:09:00 Twit: A clever idiot educated beyond his/her intelligence. More About: Process
The Long Road to the Sea: Ride 'em Condo!
2007-08-24 05:42:00 What's mine is yours. More About: Ride , Condo , Long , Road
'But he's got nothing on ... -er- nothing that isn't beautiful, that is.'
2007-08-08 01:50:00 Something's rotten in the state of denial. More About: Beautiful
Drum kit in the living room
2007-08-03 01:50:00 The neighbours must love it ... More About: Living , Living Room , Drum , Room , Ving
Stealing music and artistic promotion: Take it like a man
2007-07-26 01:15:00 Ah, the glitz and glitter of the rock star lifestyle involves orange stains on the keyboard from Cheetos and brown stains on the mouse that I really don't want to know the source of. More About: Music , Promotion , Like , Ealing , Stealing
A consumer report
2007-07-19 22:58:00 Research into the best value for your buck. It's just not about a product we spend a lot of time talking about. More About: Consumer , Report , Cons
Three (more) little Ninjas are we
2007-07-16 03:15:00 I went on another motorcycle group ride to Harrison Lake. More About: Ninjas , Three , Litt
404 huh? Mis-type THIS!
2007-07-10 21:30:00 You know those 404 errors that tell you how it was all your fault for typing the URL wrong, when all you did was click a link? Dontcha just hate that? More About: Type
The Six Million Dollar Man vs. The Terminator
2007-07-07 01:45:00 ... like, wouldn't it be, like, f*cking AWESOME if the Six Million Dollar Man had to fight The Term inator ... ? ... like, who do you think would win? I think the Terminator would totally break Steve Austin's bionic ass, but my buddy Dylan says Steve Austin would, like, seriously f*ck The Terminator up ...
Brushing the teeth of a wonderdog
2007-07-03 05:15:00 Woof! Woof! Slather some of that beef-liver toothpaste on the brush and go to work on an exceptionally well-trained dog's teeth. It's never a normal moment in my life. More About: Teeth , Shin
The Siren's call of MMORPG
2007-06-26 20:35:00 World of Warcraft beckons to me, and I strain at the ropes that hold me to the mast of the real world ... even Odysseus couldn't resist THIS temptation forever ... More About: Call , MMORPG , Siren
The toccata of innocent privilege
2007-06-22 00:12:00 Charles Marie Widor wrote the theme song to some early scenes. And now, from the middle of the movie, I've started playing a futile game of tag. More About: Innocent , Inno
Quick, say something fresh and relevant
More articles from this author:2007-06-18 23:43:00 Quite frankly, it feels like I'm running out of steam. More About: Quick , Relevant , Fresh , Something , Thing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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