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Everybody’s Gotta Have a Thing

October 22, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

After spending 24 hours doing something that I thought I unconditionally loved, I came to several conclusions, and I hope to have them all sorted out soon. Unfortunately, playing video […]

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Getting Ready for Insanity (full disclosure)

October 19, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

I won’t beat a dead horse or anything. If you know me, you know I’m gaming for charity this weekend. This is my donation page. The important thing for me […]

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Digital Footprints

October 18, 2012by the0therbk 1 Comment

Using social sites with a phone is an interesting thing, especially when your phone is your GPS, your work email, your calendar, your camera, and your entertainment. One of the […]

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Charity Gaming

October 17, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

I’m taking part in Extra-Life 2012, gaming for Children’s Miracle Network. I will start gaming on Friday the 19th at 9:00pm, and I won’t stop until Saturday the 20th at […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Gaming

October 16, 2012by the0therbk 1 Comment

Where is the Jesus of gaming? Why don’t we have spiritual guides, telling us which games to play and how to play them? I don’t mean some moral, bible-beating bastard […]

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The iPad: Crack for 2-year-olds.

October 8, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

This past Christmas, we got an iPad 2. Our son, who wasn’t quite 2-years-old at the time, loved to look at stuff on it. We would show him pictures, videos, […]

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NaBloWriMo 2012
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A Hung-Over Rant about Verizon

October 7, 2012by the0therbk 1 Comment

I was greeted this morning by that familiar throbbing head that always hangs around after a night of being able to drink adult beverages. It over-stayed its welcome… Then when […]

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Shopping: the Real-Life RPG Grind

October 6, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

Anxiously, I leaned forward in my seat, my hands falling to their natural resting-place on the keyboard. The timer clicked down, and I knew that my window of opportunity was […]

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Technology that Actually Helps

October 5, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

We get so caught up in the latest and greatest tech gadgets that it’s a good idea to revisit some of the applications of technology that actually help. In earlier […]

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Vibrating Legs and Uncontrollable Twitching

October 4, 2012by the0therbk Leave a comment

A few months ago, my wife and I moved from our home of 11 years, and once again, I found myself in a brand new city with only remnants of […]

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