Author Archives: Ealasaid

Check out what we did this weekend!!!! We hit up the Rock Band tour, wooo! Twon’s writeup is here. Rawk. Good times. Am now thoroughly psyched up for the actual release of the game next month.

A while back, I blogged about the 40-days-of-life campaign. Well, it’s underway (though not in my area — I volunteered to be a clinic escort, but so far they haven’t needed me. Guess the pro-forced-birth contingent has given up on … Continue reading →

The Seeker:The Dark Is Rising is full of differences from the book it’s based on. As a long-time fan of Dracula, this does not surprise me. It does make me heave a sigh and thank my lucky stars I somehow … Continue reading →

Holy crap, “Moonlight” is a terrible show. This article is right, it’s practically the platonic ideal of lousy television. Lousy acting, mediocre writing delivered in an overwrought style (and frequently in a back-and-forth patter that would be Sorkinesque if not … Continue reading →

7:05pm Woo, Peter showed up! The meetup is officially begun!

LJ is giving away money to DonorsChoose! Here’s how to be part of it: Email donorschoose@sixapart.com by 5pm Pacific today, October 1, to request your certificate. Wait for your certificate to show up in your email. Go to doonorschoose.org and … Continue reading →

I am finally caught up on my booklog.

By Barbara Ehrenreich This book is very, very powerful. I think anybody who has escaped working retail (as I have) should pick up a copy and read it now. Barbara Ehrenreich spent a month at a time working for minimum … Continue reading →

By Ricardo Semmler This book is AMAZING! Ricardo Semmler took over SemCo from his father as a young man and proceded to turn it into the most unusal workplace you can imagine. He slashed management and administrative roles, gave all … Continue reading →

By Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin This is a great book for anybody who handles money. It covers how we look at money, how we deal with it, and how to replace our bad habits with good ones. The program … Continue reading →