Gee Thanks.

Here's an idea: When I have insomnia and am already having trouble sleeping telling me true horror stories that are guaranteed to give me nightmares is a BAD IDEA, okay?

No thx.

Neologisms.

I just saw 'afaict' used as a normal word, as if it wasn't an abbreviation of a phrase. How long before it shows up in the OED???

Ask and you shall receive.

I should have known better than to look up the "worst video game of all time" on Wikipedia. It seems that many folks thing that this is a major contender. And you can download a copy for free. Oh my.

Coffee Aroma

I have been drastically cutting down on my Coffee consumption lately. A few years ago I gave up regular drinking of caffinated coffee because I found that having any after roughly noon would keep me up all night. So, at home I usually make decaf.

Still, I was drinking one or two pots of coffee a day. Not long ago I was reading about some of the research into coffee consumption and decided to cut way back. Now I typically make myself two decaf esspresso alonge's when I get up, and stick to green tea or water for the rest of the day.

I still drink coffee outside of the house, because I've found very few places that have a non-sweet alternative to coffee. I suppose that I could frequent tea houses (I grew up drinking tea, not coffee), but last time I checked tea in such places was 2-3 times as expensive per volume as coffee.

In any case, I may one day give up my morning espressos, but right now I just spent five minutes holding my second coffee of the day, warmth spreading through my hands as I cupped the large bowl-like mug, and just inhaling the steam and aroma. That experience is one I'm loathe to give up.

And now, I suppose, I should finish writing this and actually drink it.

Money for Introverts.

Thanks to peaceful_dragon, who has recently pointed out a number of interesting articles on introverts in business, I was lead to this book on amazon: Why Should Extroverts Make All The Money? I like the sound of that. I wonder if I can find a copy at a local library or, failing that, should I buy a copy?

Just to Clear Things Up.

I just wanted to take a moment here to set the record straight:  I am not now, nor have I ever been, the communist party, the mormons, or North Carolina. Thank you.

Backbone Highway.

In a space opera RPG campaign I once devised (but was never played) one of the 'futuristic' ideas was a 19-lane futuristic highway running along the backbone of the americas. Now it looks like plans are afoot to start on the first stage of such a construction.