Category: Games

  • there are days when the book is best kept shut–just keep swimming—just keep swimming–and let others debate the definition of WIN. LOSS. reality is subjective. every dreamer is a champion and mediocrity is a !#@$%*& expletive. televise this. ready-set-tell me what you see. describe where it hurts. empires are built in the span of five…

  • The smile is stretched tight across my face. Fake. Fake. Fake. A guiding light pools up around my feet. Jump in. There goes another flash of brilliance and I'm on the wrong side of the lens. Can't get any closer or else you'd be me. I didn't eat today but I'm well-heeled. I am always…

  • I see what you've done. How clever to turn pain and repressed memories into a cottage industry. Now what? Do you expect the same old monster mash-ups to keep the mobs from breaking down your door? Which, come to mention it, lay off the ringer, will you? There is no invitation forthcoming. You will not…

  • And about that darkness…it's needed to put into perspective exactly how illuminated my thinking, my philosophy really is. Can I reason out a clear path for my life by using logic and historical lessons and unbiased observations of the people I sit next to every day? I think I can…I think I can… Or maybe…

  • The undeveloped parcel across the highway was a spooky place for us kids. The trees, cedars and hemlocks mostly, sighed and groaned a lot. They disapproved of everything we did, from our bike rides through their territory to the cone wars where we aimed for each other's head. Sometimes we'd find things, like a single…

  • 10 essays have been submitted and graded by my peers. I’ve had a grand experience reading, writing, and getting to know a few of my classmates during this Coursera adventure. I’m still processing all of the wonderful resources that magically poured forth from my laptop these past several weeks. I know the lessons learned while…

  • Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, Our Modern World – Coursera Assignment 10Little Brother The abuse of power as it pertained to an individual’s rights had infiltrated all segments of society, as Cory Doctorow’s “Little Brother” showed us. Marcus Yallow and his friends got the attention of the world after the Bay Bridge bombing,…

  • Resolutions are lottery ticketshope pinned to a slip of paperdreams tied to the right confluence of digitsshake off the random and grab chance straight out of the slipstreambefore the winning combination is lost to the torrent

  •  Perhaps you’re looking to buy that rare piece of memorabilia or reasonably priced thingamajig. It’s all about stuff, really. Getting rid of some to make room for more. Out with the old and in with the new. Putting it all out there to see who comes out of the woodwork. I can see the appeal…