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has begun a series of posts about the HotB game she’s running–and I’m playing in!
I had a ton of fun–even though we only played a few hours on Friday–and we’ll have even more fun next Friday!
Night before Obama flies abroad, Rice bars embassies from aiding candidates
The night before presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) left for Afghanistan, Iraq and Western Europe for a tour of US bases overseas, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a cable to US missions forbidding them from holding events for presidential candidates or arrange meetings for them.
Rice issued no such cable prior to foreign excursions by presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
What is Love?
“Nature’s way of tricking us into having babies.”
A brilliant discussion of the biology of love. What it does to our brians, how it changes our thinking, etc.
(Not a) Game Design Seminar Episode
Babalon is Riding the Beast…
… and the End of All Things is nigh…
The Watchmen Trailer looks…
(It’s apparently playing before The Dark Knight. If I had known, I would have waited.)
Rush + Colbert = Win
Go to Colbert’s Website and watch the whole episode.
“One of us!”
“One of us!”
“One of us!”
Bush Administration Tries to Redefine Contraception as Abortion
It’s not a joke.
See, there’s this invalid argument technique called “the slippery slope.” You’ve heard of “give ’em an inch and they’ll take a mile?” That’s the slippery slope. It’s a bad way to make an argument. Most of the time.
Not this time…
The New York Times reports that the Bush Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is drafting a rule that would place new restrictions on domestic family planning programs. While current law allows health care providers and professionals to refuse to provide abortions based on their religious beliefs, this provision would threaten the funding of organizations and health facilities if they do not hire people who would refuse to provide birth control and defines abortion so broadly that it would include many types of birth control, including oral contraception.
Yeah. It’s not a joke. For years, pro-choice advocates have been saying “give ’em an inch, they’ll take a mile.” This administration has redefined words to avoid admitting they’ve comitted crimes against this country’s people, against it’s ideas, against humanity.
And now this. And it’s not a joke.
Demonstration in Misunderstanding
I received an e-mail recently from a very kind and enthusiastic fan of my work. As usual, e-mails of this kind are one of the only rewards a game designer has, so I was flattered.
But there, in the middle of paragraphs of shameless praise, was this:
I caught a piece of your live journal that piqued my interest. It was about the homosexual being against God. Well, facts are facts, and there is in fact more than one homosexual animal in public. Hell, we even have a set of penguins somewhere in the United States that are gay, refused mates and have reared their own penguin-childling.
I assume he’s talking about this post, but I don’t understand how he came to a “John is anti-gay” conclusion.
I just don’t understand…
Catholic Church = Full of Win
In a clear response to dwindling membership and recent public relations fiascos, the Catholic Church has announced a new policy for funerals.
If you want to attend your mom’s funeral, you’d better sit down, shut up and let the priest do all the talking.
“… specially composed poems and favourite songs are in breach of the diocesan regulations.”
That’s the way to win converts!