Quarter-life Crisis?

I’m having a bit of a crisis. I’m on the tail-end of a vacation from work. Tomorrow is my first day back. I feel like I am betraying myself by working for someone else. I have an abundance of contempt for authority. I tend to work much better under my own terms. I find that I am inclined to do things for myself I would not do or would half-ass under someone else’s direction. Read the rest of this entry »

Entertainment Alternatives

Many people find one of the most frightening aspects of ditching TV is what to do with all that extra free time. I have compiled a list of possibilities to give comfort to those thinking of taking the plunge. Read the rest of this entry »

The Atheist Condition

I find it sometimes difficult to recount how I have come to a particular conclusion. My memory seems to have a very aggressive strategy in place to insure I keep space open for important memories. If I come to some conclusion, I will often subconsciously wipe from my mind the factors that got me to that point. Once I have reached a conclusion or made a decision, it is much less important the factors considered to get there. This can be troublesome when I’m trying to explain my position or when I come across new information. As such, this post may be a little disorganized as I will probably remember things as I go. Read the rest of this entry »

Tweet

I’m trying Twitter which allows you to tell people what you’re doing. It has been called a “micro-blog.” Each post can be no more than 140 characters. I’m also trying their desktop app, twitteroo, which helps you keep track of people even when your browser isn’t open. Come on and join! It’s free to join. Once you join, follow raddevon to get updates about what I’m doing for the blog before you see it online! I’ll also tell about other stuff I’m doing, and I’ll check out what you’re doing. See you there!

Link: Organics Going Mainstream

Pastured a-plenty

The rising popularity of organic foods is encouraging and troubling at the same time. The fact that people’s health and that of the environment is of growing concern to the populace takes one step toward restoring my faith in humanity. It’s wonderful that people care about issues like BGH, pesticides, and genetic modification of plants. Conversely, this means big corporations want to get a piece of the organic pie. Producing foods organically is more costly than through conventional factory farming. The easiest way to please the customer and keep costs down is to pressure the USDA to relax standards.

Edit: Still more scariness about organic food!

No TV

I have been free of television for three years now. I have been, at times in my life, a total TV freak. When I was a child, I watched TV every night as I was going to sleep—not to mention the hours of viewing before bedtime. I have been a gamer since childhood which further cemented my attachment to the television. I have found that, since that time, I am more productive, I am more creative and devote more of my time to creative outlets (such as this blog!), and I spend less money. Read the rest of this entry »

Resurrect: 7 Tips For Returning to WoW

I recently decided to give World of Warcraft another shot after a two-year hiatus. I liked it before, but a number of circumstances prevented me from playing. It took a little while to get acclimated again. In fact, I’m still nowhere near where I was when I left although this is only my third day back. Here’s what I’ve learned about coming back to the game: Read the rest of this entry »

Link: Slap Some Sense Into These People

Rose & Camellia via Joystiq

A wacky flash game in which you slap your female adversaries so as to garner their respect—by leaving them in a crumpled red-cheeked heap on the floor.

The Philosophy of “Selling Out”

I have a difficult time defining the line at which an artist has “sold out,” but, of this I am certain: it is categorically damaging to the integrity of the artist. Ironic, isn’t it? How can something be certainly bad if I don’t really know what that something is? The answer is in the fact that I do have a loose conception of “selling out” which is admittedly in perpetual flux. I would now say that “selling out” in terms of a musician would be signing to a major record label. It sounds pretty arbitrary, but it really isn’t. What it may be is based on false conceptions of the nature of the music industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Nerds ♥ Games: Part 2

I’ve been working on cleaning up the blog a little bit. For those of you reading from Vox, check out my new site at RadDevon.com to read the stories straight from the source. Don’t worry. I’ll still be cross-posting to Vox as well for the time being. Sorry for the delay in posting the second part of this series. In this chapter, we’ll be doing bad stuff with hamsters (no, not that bad) Here comes more gaming weirdness! Read the rest of this entry »