I promise... this isn't just a geography joke.  Like many Americans I tend to watch the State of the Union Address each year, followed by the response from the other party.  While I'll try m

 

  There is an old axiom that most everyone is familiar with: "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it."  This holds true as much for massive corporations as it does

 

 As a geek I enjoy discussing and participating in geeky things.  Over the course of my brief tenure on this blue ball of ours, I have geeked out in some interesting and not so geeky places.The obvio

 

 As an avid gamer I have a voracious appetite for learning new games.  I am always up for learning a new board game, RPG, card game, miniatures game, or video game.  New versions of games are also a

 

 Here in the States the news has been particularly heinous as of late.  When this happens it can make things that are interesting or even positive get lost in the tidal wave of woe.  This could be ex

 

  Movies are a great source of knowledge, and occasionally this information carries over from one movie to another.  Such is the case with Liam Neeson.  Lesson 1) do not mess with Liam Neeson's famil

 

 A few weeks back you probably remember Google plastering a black band across its logo (as if it were mourning the loss of Caesar) and sites such as Wikipedia shutting down to fight SOPA and PIPA (not the futu

 

 As in Super Bowl XLVI…the game that is considered to be a national holiday.The game that draws more than 100 million viewers (Super Bowl XLV had 111 million viewers).The game that asks for mi

 

 There's a phrase I generally dislike, perhaps for its cutesy abrasiveness about reaching for the moon because if you fail you'll be among the stars.  The phrase is just catchy enough to be used b

 

 One thing most folks in the US are familiar with is the high rate of repeat Adult Offenders that return to jail (67% rearrested and 52% re-incarcerated according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics).  Re