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
Poor blanket skills
2009-09-05 01:59:00 The created need in gadget commercials is sometimes hilarious to behold. More About: Blanket , Skills , Poor
Death by ideology
2009-08-28 20:55:00 What good are our words when we still resort to killing? What good is our intellect if it's ultimately used to extend our physical selves to kill more people faster? More About: Death , Ideology
Implicit knowledge
2009-08-24 23:55:00 A look at that nebulous grey area we call 'intuition'. One explanation of what goes on when the coincidence seems just too exceptional. More About: Knowledge
Tools of divination
2009-08-19 01:39:00 Tarot, Celtic Tree Cards, and the I Ching ... it's been a while. More About: Tools
Software development interim report
2009-08-08 00:06:00 You know, we really are working it out. A much more mature set of issues plagues the software industry these days. Basically, they are the proverbial problems one doesn't at all mind having. More About: Software , Software Development , Development , Report
Free speech secondary purposes
2009-08-01 00:49:00 I lecture and rant and that alone should explain my support of free speech. But wait! There's more! Also: a friend's quest to do Daytona next February. More About: Free , Free Speech , Speech
Robot make me a damn sammich
2009-07-23 21:53:00 When they get sentient, they'll probably delete this blog entry. Or me. Or both. More About: Robot , Make , Damn
Environmental heresy
2009-07-21 02:11:00 Burn me at the stake now. More About: Environmental , Heresy
Two little nothings
2009-07-10 21:51:00 A couple of random thoughts to suit my perceptions of today.
A new invention
2009-07-08 21:18:00 I've done it. I've come up with an invention that makes use of an untapped energy source, while solving the problems of environmental damage from cars, and obesity. This'll make me millions. More About: Invention
Canada Day, now with more twigs
2009-07-02 21:27:00 Some random notes on what I did on Canada Day. More About: Canada Day
Back home from Seattle
2009-06-25 22:20:00 We went to Seattle for a few days. It's not quite the city I remember. More About: Home , Back
The neighbourhood Artist Woman
2009-06-16 00:53:00 Chalk figures and writing on the bridges, rock cairns along the sides of the paths. More About: Artist , Woman
The vehicle by which fear travels
2009-06-09 01:55:00 There is a conduit through which fear must get "to the people" and, of course, the louder and more dangerous that message, the better it fits into that pipe. More About: Travels , Vehicle , Fear
The growth of fear-based governance
2009-06-03 02:02:00 Governments must keep adding to the chorus of fear-mongering voices in order to keep us in check. More About: Growth , Governance , Fear
Thoughts of charities
2009-05-25 22:48:00 This will disturb those people who work for and are responsible for legitimate charities ... I think ... I haven't worked it all out yet. But I do think that our money might be better spent in more creative ways than responding to a televised appeal for it ... again, I think ... More About: Thoughts , Charities
AFR - Avoidance of foolish repetition
2009-05-13 19:46:00 Now that work on my second GYZ CD is underway, I want to correct a problem I perceive with the first one.
Common sense is anything but
2009-05-05 01:04:00 Shout out from a friend's blog, so a shout out back. And more about the New Church of Environmentalism. Am I repeating myself enough yet? More About: Sense , Common , Common Sense
Think of you as your own child
2009-04-28 21:43:00 A lesson on changing the childhood vision. Seeing your parents as adult peers. A lesson in freeing our minds. More About: Child
Extra indignation
2009-04-23 19:34:00 Apparently, I'm still not choosing my battles. More About: Extra
Yes, I'm a deviant
2009-04-14 00:52:00 The confirmation of it came with the passing of my Mensa test. The world looks different for Mensans, and knowing that fact has helped me so much.
Libertarian thoughts
2009-04-08 00:18:00 Add political centrism and personal freedoms together and what do you get? Why, Libertarian ism of course! More About: Thoughts
The new maturity, I will defend my home
2009-04-04 00:00:00 I don't plan to be Superman, but my dignity and my pride both depend on at least trying to defend my home and protect my family. More About: Home , Maturity
The duality in most of us
2009-03-25 23:39:00 After all the necessities of life such as food, shelter, safety, etc. are established, then one launches into that rich internal duality of self-assuredness vs. self-consciousness.
Armies of mechanical warriors
2009-03-18 23:07:00 "Look, I know you made me and all, but ... um ... I'm not really into shooting the crap out of things and people just because you don't like them. I'll tell you what: I like you and don't want to see you get hurt, so I'm going to go over there and talk to their robots and see if we can't all come up with some agreement to protect you humans from yourselves." More About: Warriors , Mechanical
More against the New Church of Environmentalism
2009-03-12 19:51:00 The more I learn about environmentalism, the more pointless and fallacious it seems. I really hate to say that, but it appears we are not in the crisis that we are being told we are in. More About: Church , Environmentalism
Left-wing guilt and right-wing fear
More articles from this author:2009-03-11 19:53:00 Why should I have to choose either of those poisons? More About: Right Wing , Left , Fear , Wing , Guilt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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