christopher in real life

Every once in a while, I hear somebody claim that they can control their dreams, or that they’ve been able to do it before. Because experience is so hard to argue with, I’ve always just sort of taken them at their word and thought, “that’s really interesting, I wonder what it would be like”. Last night, however, I experienced it for myself. The amazing thing is, the experience didn’t reinforce the stories I’d heard, it simply begged the question whether control within dreams is merely an illusion.

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I’ve been a huge fan of podcasts for what seems like forever. When Apple added the podcast directory it was like I’d struck content gold. Unfortunately, I’ve been stuck using iTunes for managing my podcasts ever sense. Now I’m an Apple Fanboy, but even I’ll admit that iTunes is a bloated mess. For a while now I’ve been looking for a podcast aggregation alternative, but when I switched from working on my own computer to an office supplied machine it forced me to search a little harder. By combining the feature-rich power of Instacast and the simple elegance of AirServer, I’ve found the perfect solution to my podcast consumption needs.

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I grew up on Super Soakers. I remember countless summer hours running around in the yard, filling plastic canisters, screwing them into our strangely shaped guns, manually pumping them up, and just soaking the crap out of our friends and family. It was tons of fun, it scratched that trigger finger itch all little boys have to blow people away, and it was a fun way to beat the heat. You wouldn’t think there would be much of a way to improve on the experience, but somehow Nerf found away to do it. Enter the Thunderstorm! Nerf’s new Battery-Powered, Fully Automatic, Clip-Fed, Super Soaker.

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I’ve been on a diet for close to 4 months now. In that time I’ve lost 32.7 pounds (dropping from 221 pounds down to 188.3). This post is a direct response to the general criticisms and misconceptions associated with the dietary choices I’ve been making. Ok, well I guess that isn’t entirely true. I mean, I know the worst offenders will never read this post, so I guess it can’t truly act as a direct response. I guess instead just consider it an expression of my frustration and a defense of what I’ve been doing for the last few months.

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A well executed inside joke can be a beautiful thing, but I often find that most people don’t really get the true purpose of the device. Inside jokes are meant to breed a sense of community, not celebrate the exclusion of those not “in the know”. That is why I simply don’t understand why people constantly use the term incorrectly or attempt to misappropriate the inside jokes of others. Continue Reading »