Put up yer dukes. Continue reading
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Continue reading
If you shopped at a Target retail store in the US between November 27 and December 15, 2013 using your credit or debit card then you should demand a new card from your bank no matter what excuse your bank gives. Here are the simple reasons why. Continue reading
Note: This is a reprint from 2011, but cartoons are always happy. Continue reading
About six months ago I wrote an article detailing how to make a good Free To Play MMO. One of the games I singled out as what not to do was the recently released Marvel Heroes. Calling its launch a disaster would almost have been an understatement. However, rather than pack up my things and go to some other imaginary online universe, I stuck it out. I saw a huge amount of potential, and I’m pleased to report that my faith has been rewarded. There have been some growing pains, but I finally feel comfortable recommending Marvel Heroes, and here’s why.
So everyone gets a Christmas Eve present, yes? Continue reading
The liberal elites at the New York Times want to point out to you that you talk funny and have put together a quiz to help you sort out where your dialect comes from. Take the quiz and post your results. Continue reading
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Canada and the United States are in many respects two very similar countries. Founded as white colonial settler societies, both are now developed capitalist democracies, with functioning multi-party (more or less) politics. In some very important ways, though, Canada and the US are very different countries. The United States has developed a national attitude of rugged individualism, premised on distrust of government and the notion that everyone can succeed and climb through society if they work hard enough. Canada is much more communitarian, turning more to society as a whole, with an attitude of trust in, and deference to, government. Why is this? What made our two countries so similar yet so different?
The other day I was cleaning out our cabinets and I found two little purple potatoes from the fall. Purple potatoes! They’re one of my favorite treats of the autumn. It was like a little gift from October. Since they were such a treat, I decided to pair them with chroizo that I’d bought for a Christmas batch of Paella.
And because I already had Spain on the brain, I decided to make a frittata that had the feel of the Costa del Sol. Continue reading