by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2007 | General
I don’t generally acknowledge things like this (mostly because I don’t usually notice until much later), but it just so happens that “Stephanie”:http://erinya-dhaunae.livejournal.com/ is the “1,000th...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2007 | General
I’m reminded again of why I’ve always refused to use Blogger as a public writing platform. Apparently, the whole system is once more puking its guts out all over the web. Services were down for a while a little bit ago, and now the silly thing is telling...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2007 | General
Apparently, “Ohio State lost big”:http://www.lordjabez.net/blog/?p=253 yesterday. And apparently, it’s a “sore subject”:http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/004761.html for a lot of Buckeye fans. I’ve never really understood sports...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 8, 2007 | General
Chess is the game of kings and champions. It is an elegant game, devoid of chance, dependent only on mental prowess and strategy. It is a complicated game, involving thousands of possible solutions to capture the opponent’s King. It is a game that I love. One of...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 6, 2007 | General
“In the absence of the sun, I’ll take a full moon.” It’s funny how attuned a person can get to the cycles of the moon. I’d never really paid all that much attention to what phase the moon was in – I never had much cause to. It took...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 4, 2007 | General
Either I have a cold, cynical heart, or I have a more (ahem) refined literary palette than most people. The reason I say this is because I frequently find myself puzzled at reader reactions to a lot of stories. For example, I’ll read through a given story and...
