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Virtual Reality Tank Guy
I love the virtual world of Second Life. If you are feeling lonely, it’s a great place to meet people, make friends, find romance, have fun and pursue interests in art/music/religion/culture even if you can’t or won’t leave the comfort of your own home. I hate it when it’s referred to as a game, because…
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Palliative Measures for Fame
When Diana married Prince Charles, I was a junior in high school. All the girls around me were starry eyed and envious of her. Not me. I couldn’t imagine a worse fate than being thrust headlong into the public eye with no respite for the rest of your life. No privacy. No quiet. No way…
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Here I Am
When I was a little kid, my self-esteem was so low that I actually thought that when I was out of people’s sight, I no longer existed for them. Kind of like my own personal Schrödinger’s cat thought experiment, I had to be observed to be sure I was actually alive. Needless to say with…
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Confession: I Can be a Sick Puppy.
No, I don’t pull the wings off flies or flash people from under a trench coat, but apparently I AM the only human being willing to admit that, yes, I DO slow down to look at traffic accidents. So feel free to blame me for every traffic jam you’ve been in since about 1970. I…
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Really?
The other day I was driving home from work and I spotted a house I’d never seen before. I must have driven past it a thousand times, and yet I’d never noticed it. That kind of rattled me. I mean, this is an entire HOUSE. How do you overlook a house? And if I’ve missed…