Use the Kindle for kindling.

Amazon.com has just released their new e-book reader, the Kindle. Apparently this thing is better than sliced bread, if possible. Allowing you to read up to 90,000 books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs, wherever you are and whenever you’d like.
Here’s my question: WHY???
Why on earth is necessary, or even desired? I understand the need for mobile [...]

oh, the greatness of Twitter.

So I’m just getting into Twitter, and since I lack a mobile device with an Internet connection, I’m not sure how feasible it is going to be. But I invite you to follow my comings and goings, my pets and peeves as I navigate the world of Twitter.
http://twitter.com/whatisoutthere
(image from twitter.com)
 
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Dr. Gregory House, please pick up the nearest blue courtesy telephone

I’ve (in previous posts) extolled the greatness of Fox’s sitcom House. It seems they’re getting more new-agey by the day.
During this week’s new episode, a film crew follows House around as he attempts to treat a patient, about whom they are shooting a documentary. The lens of their camera and their black and white film, [...]

Jesus, etc.

Thanks to the inspiration of the ever-wonderful Mixtapes|Heartbreaks, I’ve decided that it is time for a new mixtape (my “current” one is dated February 27, 2007, and is starting to get a bit moldy).
As fall cycles into winter, I’m reminded of the transience of everything–nothing in this world is permanent. And, being that it is [...]

Pagans and Christians

When I was seven years old, I came up with a theory to rectify in my mind what seemed to be the ultimate problem: what happens to those of differing religions when they die? Being a “cradle Catholic,” I was brought up to believe that when I died (assuming what I did in this lifetime [...]