When I was a tot (don’t you miss that word?) the contents of my head looked something like this:
Life was good.
Along came a second competitor for the brain’s stretched resources. By high school it was looking like this:
The Games part was compelled to cede about that much ground. It could live with the compromise as long as the newcomer didn’t intrude any further (hasn’t retreated either). What it didn’t count on was the arrival of a third competitor.
By college or perhaps earlier the contents of my head began to look like so:
This third category refers to that part of the brain which grapples with such questions as “What is the root cause of terrorism? Is it the Vietnam War or is it greenhouse gases?” and other problems of the sort that this blog used to deal with back when it was almost worth taking seriously.
Of course Games again was the one yielding this brain space, in much the same way that Nintendo was forcably made to allow Microsoft to track mud into the house after it had at last evicted Sega and learned to live with Sony.
In recent years things have even gotten this bad:
But Nintendo has had enough. Nintendo is putting its foot down and reclaming territory rightfully its.
I mention this to let you know that if blogging gets light around here, it could mean I am busy, it could mean I am not feeling well, or it could mean I am spending quality time in front of a TV set with a controller in hand.
Categories: gaming · human behavior
9/11 Linked
To Iraq, in Politics
If Not in Fact
Inspired by the above almost-Haiku identified by James Taranto as masquerading as a Washington Post headline, I thought I’d try listening to my own poetry muse for a change. Here are a few I came up with. I hope you find them pleasing to your mental ear and soothing to your soul.
Jews, Christians, Muslims
Why can’t we all get along?
The Jews most of all
Bush and bin Laden
A cycle of violence
A cycle of pain
Match made in heaven
Our love will last forever
Al Gore and the tree
Why do they hate us?
Don’t they know hate is a crime?
Live, love, and abort
Serene emptiness
Snowy field of silent white
The page will not load
Caged bird cannot fly
All men desire freedom
OJ Simpson too
Falling autumn leaves
Who will pick them up? Someone?!
Suffocating, help!
Waking in cold sweat
Nightmare of nations come true
Results in, Jeb won
So who else likes to write Haiku?
Categories: Japan · arts and entertainment · environment · media · politics
This story doesn’t sound like it could be the first time you’ve heard it:
A U.S. soldier who said his Christian beliefs compelled him to love his enemies, not kill them, has been granted conscientious objector status and honorably discharged, a civil liberties group said on Tuesday.
Capt. Peter Brown — who served in Iraq for more than a year and was a graduate of the elite U.S. military academy West Point — said in a statement issued by the New York Civil Liberties Union that he was relieved the Army had recognized his beliefs made it impossible for him to serve.
“In following Jesus’ example, I could not have fired my weapon at another human being, even if he were shooting at me,” said Brown, who plans to continue seminary classes he began by correspondence while in Iraq.
The case proves two things.
One, that the ACLU fervently believes in the adage “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” (or else they’re not out to hound Christians as much as some claim)
Two, if this were what true Christianity truly compelled us to do, then Islam damn well deserves to prevail.
Categories: religion · war & strategy
”We can take these deadites, we can take ‘em! ….with science.”
— Ash, Army of Darkness
The Den wholeheartedly endorses the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It’s well past time we realize that terrorists and tyrants will not be defeated by fighting back. They will be defeated by emissions trading. It’s so obvious!
Categories: war & strategy
Good news for gamers! There’s a new company entering the console market with a revolutionary game system that offers gaming enjoyment through use of a remote controller that the player points at the screen. As you can see from the magazine ad, they’re calling this new revolutionary game system the “Vii”. I’ve never heard of anything like this! Have you?
Will Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo be forced to make room for this new intrepid competitor?
Categories: China · gaming
