One of the authors I follow (John Scalzi) has a great post on his blog this morning.  I encourage you to go visit his page – the comments are often as entertaining as the posts.  (John often replies to the comments, so it is fun to follow an authors thoughts and comments through those as [...]

Well I missed my noon posting yesterday as a result of being out with the start of a cold.  Not getting any writing done last night or the night before didn’t help me keep up.  However, I am back today so all is well. Well I think it is time for a followup on my [...]

This is a fun thing… 50,000 words in a single month. I started last year, but dropped the ball fairly quickly and never got back on track. I have high hopes for this year.  I have been working on getting started on a writing project with Ede for a while.  My thinking is this will [...]

I just finally managed to get my hands on this book.  I ended up power reading it. Brisingr or The Seven Promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular is the third book of the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, following the books Eragon and Eldest. It was released on September 20, 2008. The title means [...]

One of the questions I get from time to time goes a bit like this: “Jake, where do you find this stuff?”  That typically is a reference to a blog I linked to, news article, etc. The short answer is – I read. A lot.  I use Google Reader to subscribe to many different blogs/websites/newspapers/etc.  [...]

Ok – I got a kick out of this one.  A dude is driving a brit car around germany and apparently speeding up past the cams and posing a muppet in the passenger seat.  (Which would be the drivers seat to those of us who drive on the right (read correct) side of the road.) [...]

Came across this one this morning – and it is scary. The Constitution reflects a fundamental flaw with this country?  I am pretty sure that the duly elected President of the United States of America swears to uphold and defend the Constitution. Do you really want to elect a guy who (we will ignore the [...]

You have got to be kidding me. The Treasury Department is considering buying equity stakes in insurance companies, a sign of how the government’s $700 billion rescue program could turn into a piggy bank for a range of beleaguered industries. How far will this go?  The spending has to slow off somewhere.  It seems to [...]

Over on the “Because it really is personal” blog, there is an excellent example of my issues with wealth redistribution. It really goes to the heart of what is wrong with the “we need to tax the rich more” mentality. She calls it “Barstool Economics.” Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer [...]

From the topic, it is a safe bet that once again I am going to cover politics here.  The subject line is easily answered quickly, yet deserves a longer post.  It really boils down to firming up my political standing and moving from a passive political roll back to a more active roll. Back to [...]