by Jim Stitzel | Jan 3, 2012 | General
I just bought a new winter coat. I’ve needed one for a while, as I’ve pretty much worn all my others to rags. Hazards of farm living, I think — everything gets worn out for farm work eventually. The coat I bought doubles as a farm coat and an office...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 12, 2008 | General
I learned a little something new this morning that got me to thinking on an interesting, tangential rabbit trail. The origins of the lost city of Atlantis mythos can be traced back to the philosopher Plato. He was teaching a lesson on the topic of the ideal society...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 9, 2007 | General
Source: Halo Articulated And one more with a graphical aid. Am I strange in thinking that if someone asks you how you are doing, the least you can do is give them an honest answer back? Or in thinking that if you ask someone else how they are doing, you anticipate a...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 27, 2006 | General
Here’s one I don’t really get. I mean, I ‘get’ it, but I don’t ‘get’ it. I keep my ear to the ground for Halo-related videos – machinima, montage, etc. A lot of these videos get posted up on public forums – i.e. a...
by Jim Stitzel | Oct 31, 2006 | General
Is it just me or does it get increasingly more difficult to vote each election cycle? I don’t know how it used to be 20, 30, even 100 years ago, but in the last 9 years, since I became eligible to vote, it seems like the political demagoguery has become even...