Meandering Monday about Patterning Manners

I just discovered Stranger Things on Netflix. First off, I will admit that I’m planning to watch the whole thing – at least unless or until it goes off the rails from seeming to have logic behind it as it does now (Season 1 episode 8 so far), to the strange feeling of disrespecting the … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about the Shortness of Memory

9-11-2001. Every time this anniversary rolls around, it seems more and more unreal that it happened. But it did. I remember I’d gone into work early, and someone said a plane had crashed in New York, and sitting at my desk checking the news online. Getting home to my family and spending the day in … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: 1984, Anyone?

The Ministry of Truth had an easy time of it in George Orwell’s 1984. They could destroy the printed word when necessary, and the past became something new – whatever was needed to justify their latest agenda. Those who were involved in changing the past were sworn/intimidated into loyalty, and didn’t just SAY that the … Continue reading →

Forecast Friday: What’s Privacy, Grandpa?

We get lots of glimpses into possible futures from books and movies. I remember in the The Minority Report how Anderton (Tom Cruise) is walking through a mall, and all the storefronts are identifying him by quickly scanning his eye as he walks by. I found this very disturbing – not because of the painful … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Willful Blindness

“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” “You can make up a lot of those. There are none so deaf as those who will not hear…” – Butterflies Are Free I think – hey, let’s pretend I actually looked it up instead of relying on a four-decades-old memory. Let’s stick with … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Perception and Reality

What makes us who we are? The experiences we have lived through (or some we have experienced through others.) Our brushes with our world – with our reality. What makes up our reality? As humans (sometimes I think I might be one), we use short-cuts for a lot of things. We have so many things … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Rules and Game-Changers

America is a nation of laws – that’s been our basic value has been since our founding. The law is blind, and supposed to apply to everyone. The law in a gaming environment is the rules. These rules are agreed on before the game starts, and these are the rules you play by until the … Continue reading →