The Frustrated Bunny

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Politics

Obama may not know “what it is to walk into battle” but he does understand sacrifice

I’m a confessed political junkie. As such, I have a perhaps unhealthy addiction to the CNN Political Ticker blog. This entry discusses a part of a Memorial Day speech that Barack Obama gave earlier today in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The full speech, about 9 minutes long, which is linked on the left, is worth a look if you’ve got time to spare. It’s probably not his best speech, but it is quite moving and I find it to be refreshingly genuine. However, this entry isn’t really about this speech, but about the perceptions regarding presidential candidates and military service,...

Personal / Technology

Holding out for Diablo III

Diablo II is probably my all-time favorite PC game. I, not unlike many others, have been holding out for a sequel to tie up some loose ends and give us some new adventures. Diablo III has been rumored many times, and supposedly, it was even under development at some point:

Personal

Life-changing albums

This was a harder list to make than I thought it would be. This definitely isn’t a list of what I consider to be the top five best albums I’ve ever heard — that list would differ rather significantly from this one. This list is of the top five albums that have significantly altered the course of my life, my behavior, my interests, my hobbies, my style…etc. 5. Almost Famous motion picture soundtrack This album (and the movie, too) re-introduced me to a lot of music that I had almost forgotten. While it’s probably not the greatest compilation of 1970s...

Personal / Random / Science Fiction

Separated at birth?

So I was entertaining a little flight of fancy of mine the other day, hunting down some pictures of Michael Weatherly (NCIS, Dark Angel), whom I find highly attractive, and I came across the Livejournal of someone who is a fan of Michael Shanks (Stargate SG-1), whom I also find attractive, as well as Michael Weatherly. In particular, I came across a post in which this LJ’er had posted icon sets of both actors. With the two icon sets one after another, I realized that the two actors look a LOT alike. I mean, look! (Weatherly is on the left,...

Politics / Technology

A musing on gas prices…

First of all, let me start out by stating the following: I don’t own a car. I don’t drive. I don’t even have a driver’s license. I meet all of the legal (and most of the financial) qualifiers to do all of these things, but I don’t. The reasons for this are varied and numerous, and I shall not get into them. The price of gas, however, still matters to me. It should matter to everyone, really, as it affects more than just the wallets of those poor, ignorant souls who regularly drive their land-yachts with no other passengers for...