Monthly Archives: December 2007

Tom Kratman's A Desert Called Peace

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Pete

What a way to start the New Year! I received several good reads for Christmas, and my recent trend of slacking off in the reading department is no longer acceptable with all of the reading goodness arrayed before me. I’ve started … Continue reading →

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Television/Film Presentation of the Year Poll

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Pete

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Television/Film Presentation of the Year Nominees

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Pete

The nominees are: Heroes – A bona fide cultural phenomenon, Heroes began to disappoint midway through the fall, recovering nicely by tying up some backstory, introducing a new villain, and ending on a cliff-hanger. Tim Kring says that the latter … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Pete

Are Allah and God the same? Malaysia says no. I tend to agree with Malaysia, but for vastly different reasons. The ultimate man-bait is used to entrap a Columbus, OH firefighter. Note that I said entrap; in no way do … Continue reading →

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Peace and Islam – The Biggest Con Job in History

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Pete

If you haven’t heard already, Benazir Bhutto is dead. She is a former Prime Minister of Pakistan, scion of a family known for leadership in that country’s government, and until recently, had been living in exile due to charges of … Continue reading →

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The O’Leary Letters

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Pete

In an effort to follow the advice of both my agent and some editorial comments that I received, I’ve asked Kate to do a special series of pieces that are set in the universe of my novel Loss of Innocence. If … Continue reading →

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TF2 Griefing – Part Deux

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Pete

Again, this is only funny because I wasn’t on the server…although the trivia thing looks pretty hilarious.

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The Shepherd's Story

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Pete

I posted this last year, but judging from traffic reports, I have a lot of new readers who likely haven’t seen this story.  I tried to envision what it would have been like to be a shepherd on a night just … Continue reading →

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Post-Mortem on the Computer Build

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Pete

Crossfire seems to be working. I’m seeing just over 12K on my 3dMark06 score with Crossfire working, and just over 8500 without. That’s not a huge improvement, but it puts me firmly in the realm of the 8800 GTS cards … Continue reading →

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The New System

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Pete

It posts; Windows Vista installed without a hitch (although it gave me no information or status about what is was doing and how long it would take). Driver installs were also somewhat slow and cludgy, but once I got the … Continue reading →

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