Now Reading
Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
Current books:
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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Back Up
We… well I… am back up for another year or so. Plans: More updates on the kids. More Star Wars the Old Republic news/views. iPad app reviews. We’ll [..]
Post Launch Thoughts on SWTOR
During the Thanksgiving Day weekend I gave my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Since then the game launched, and is undergoing its weekly Tuesday morning [..]
Newt… and Christians
Apparently, Newt “Lets Return to the days of child labor” Gingrich is no longer running for President of the United States, but Emperor, since he plans on ignoring [..]
Hopefully in SWTOR Friday
Well, not that they fixed my pre-order registration issues (I still can’t post to the official forums, but that is a fairly minor annoyance at least until I [..]
Sidd and laughter
Okay, time for a non-SWTOR related post… I haven’t updated things about Sidd and Ari for a while, so I’ll do a few updates. Ari is in second [..]
SWTOR – After Launch
Like most MMOs, Star Wars: The Old Republic will need new content after launch to keep players in the game. World of Warcraft regularly adds Content Patches. These [..]
UPDATE – SWTOR Preorder Woe
UPDATE 3 (14 Dec 11pm EST) – The issue has been resolved. I just got an email saying thank you for registering your Pre-Order Code. Thank you to [..]
SWTOR Legacy Names
So now serious thought has to be given to a Legacy name. Posted by: James Ohlen “This build has our first iteration of the Legacy System! At its [..]
Game Moments that Stick with You – Zaalbar kills Mission
Back on the old original XBox is where I played the predecessor to Star Wars: The Old Republic came out, the original Knights of the Old Republic. It [..]
SWTOR Digital Copy or Physical Copy
Update: I pre-ordered the digital edition. So I’ve been wondering if I should pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic by going to Best Buy/Game Stop which might have [..]
My Daily SWTOR Blogroll
These are the Star Wars: The Old Republic sites I follow every day (well… a few times a day usually). Ask A Jedi Darth Hater Old Republic.net Republic [..]
Star Wars: The Old Republic 60-Day Game Cards Available
The 60 Day Game Time Card are finally out for Star Wars: The Old Republic so that people can give the gift of time for the game. I [..]
My Thoughts on GamePro’s Review of Star Wars: The Old Republic
The folks at GamePro gave a video review of Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’ll let you check it out before I rip into them… at least the [..]
More Thoughts on the Star Wars: The Old Republic – UI
Rather than edit my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic post, I’ll carry on with more thoughts and opinions in newer posts. I recently read, Working [..]
More Thoughts on the Star Wars: The Old Republic – Light Side/Dark Side
During my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I noted that: You can gain light or dark side points as the game progresses depending on choices [..]
Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic
Well, this past weekend was the stress test for Star Wars: The Old Republic. They let an apparent 1.5 to 2 million people download a near finished version [..]
Fox News Viewers Answer Wrong on More World Affairs Issues than All Others
Fox News viewers know less about world affairs than viewers of other news broadcasts… not really shocking news, which is probably why they brought in a comedian to [..]
On the Lies from Fox and the Tea Party About How Regulation Caused the Financial Meltdown
A nice simple explanation on how it wasn’t regulation or the government that caused the world wide financial meltdown but was in fact the banks, as any idiot [..]
Wishlists Updating for the Holidays
It is nearly Christmas (and soon after the kid’s birthdays) and time to start updating the wishlists. Remember, if you buy something on this list, buy it online [..]
Why Occupy Wall Street is Right
Like many political posts, this is more or less not finished and may be revised as I go along. There is a popular fallacy in the mass media, [..]