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Tag: Stupidity

Geek Tragedy

I consider myself a fairly tame member of the geek world. I’ve never attended Comic-con. I don’t dress up. Many video games and TV shows have passed me by without my time or concern. Yet I can still hold my own in conversations about those …

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Films, kids, Learning, parenthood, Rants, Star Wars, story, StupidityLeave a Comment on Geek TragedyOctober 29, 2013 By todd

Eating Plastic

My son got a kitchen for Christmas. I don’t mean we remodeled a section of our kitchen for him or that he’s discovered how to use our kitchen properly. He received a molded-plastic play kitchen that will be taller than him for the next few …

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kids, parenthood, Rants, Stupidity1 Comment on Eating PlasticDecember 26, 2012 By todd

Fumbling the Ring: New Line Pt.2

With Peter Jackson’s second Tolkien trilogy about to hit theaters, it seems a good time to reflect on another part of my New Line experience. Like the last time, it involves Lord of the Rings, but unlike last time this is more of a cautionary …

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Film, Films, Hollywood, Inspiration, Lord of the Rings, New Line Cinema, Stupidity1 Comment on Fumbling the Ring: New Line Pt.2December 12, 2012 By todd

Unrepresented

I’m pleased to say that we’re on the home stretch. Two weeks from now the political ticker that is Facebook will quiet down and everyone can go back to inane comments and photos of their dinner. Well, actually it will probably be three-weeks from now …

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2012, America, Election, Gary Johnson, ISideWith, Libertarian, Presidents, Rants, society, Stupidity2 Comments on UnrepresentedOctober 23, 2012 By todd

You’re Doing It Wrong

As an adult we get the illusion we’ve got things together and we’re presenting an articulate and refined person to the world. I watch this in myself and others with great fascination and I’ve written before about things not being as they seem on the …

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English, kids, Learning, parenthood, Stupidity2 Comments on You’re Doing It WrongMay 7, 2012 By todd

Irrelevant

As this month has ticked by I’ve been increasingly aware of the date. Not because of any impending event or activity, but because it represents a moment for nostalgia. I’m thinking about May of 1991. Twenty years ago. When I graduated from High School. As …

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High School, Older, parenthood, Rants, Reunions, Stupidity, Success2 Comments on IrrelevantMay 30, 2011 By todd

Children’s Books

My son has just now grasped his first two clear words… Dada, and Mama. Truth be told he’s said them both for a while, but in the last few weeks it has a lucid connection to the appropriate people. (“Dada” has been a blanket term …

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Hollywood, kids, Learning, parenthood, Rants, Stupidity, writing3 Comments on Children’s BooksApril 21, 2011 By todd

I’ve been Punk’d

Celebrity is one of the things I find fascinating and infuriating about our society. People who are our entertainment have now become our idols. It’s as if the court Jester ( a slave-like role in its day) has now become the champion of the kingdom. …

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America, Ashton, Cameras, celebrity, Film, Media, Nikon, Porn, Rants, society, StupidityLeave a Comment on I’ve been Punk’dMay 27, 2010 By todd

Occupational Hazzard

The minute I saw this news story I knew I’d found a blog entry. A strange mix of irony, tragedy, and sheer stupidity converging to create fantastic commentary on the strangeness of our society. Here’s the short version: A 20 year old girl in Detroit …

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America, beauty, Media, Rants, society, StupidityLeave a Comment on Occupational HazzardMay 20, 2010 By todd

Reckless Endangerment

Life is a frustrating series of boundaries. I’ve always hated the things I can’t do, lack the talent to accomplish, or won’t find the access to attempt. And now, as a father, I will be forced into the role of “them”. I’m now part of …

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Belief, driving, Fear, Inspiration, kids, Media, Mountains, parenthood, Rants, society, Stupidity4 Comments on Reckless EndangermentApril 26, 2010 By todd

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