Therefore, be it resolved…

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Typically, I don’t waste a lot of time on making New Year Resolutions. I don’t like the groupthink aspect of considering this the only time of the year to take stock and make promises to myself. However, this year I’ve finally started to make some realizations about long-term life goals and smaller steps necessary to [...]

Questions about 2007 Meme

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Taken from Buffyannotater:  Behind the jump for being long and completely unnecessary…

Places of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

2007 was another year in which I never ventured beyond the borders of our great nation under dog. Despite the fact that I feel like I was constantly on the road, I didn’t actually visit that many different places. So, the list of places I stayed at least overnight or longer… Washington, DC* (three times) [...]

Movies of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Continuing with the review of the past year, a run-down of movies I watched in 2007. For the purposes of keeping the list simple, I’m only including movies I saw in a theater. It would be madness to capture all the DVD viewings as well. Pan’s Labrynth  Zodiak  Spiderman 3  Shrek the Third  28 Weeks [...]

Books of 2007

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

For the third year, I present… Books I read in 2007: Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan)  Freakonomics (Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt) King Rat (China Mieville) The Lions of Al-Rassan (Guy Gavriel Kay) Ysabel (Guy Gavriel Kay) The Price of Nothing: The Darkness that Comes Before (R. Scott Bakker) The Warrior-Prophet (R. Scott Bakker) The Thousandfold Thought [...]

Top ten list of top ten lists you don’t want to read in 2007

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

‘Tis the weekend for year-end top ten lists. I love how random and unnecessary many of these are. I’m working on a few of my own, however, I’ve had some ideas for top ten lists you won’t want to hear from me… 10. Top ten poops of 2007 9. Top ten reasons to make a [...]

My 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007

Friday, December 7th, 2007

I’m watching the Barbara Walters special on the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 and finding myself, well, bored with the selection. So I’ve decided to put together my own completely subjective list. In the sake of fairness, I ruled out close friends and colleagues because, while they are fascinating to me, I doubt anyone [...]