It's very windy. It's very snowy. Well, it isn't quite snow either. It isn't rain, though, nor sleet. It isn't even ice. It actually looks like tiny little pellets of whiteness, short of like that obscure type of packaging peanut that is tiny, round, and sticks to everything. Apparently this is called grapple. So I looked it up online and received this answer:
"It is caused by the partial melting of a snow flake that refreezes before reaching the ground. Not too uncommon but not seen in
I was reading through an old interview* (well, not that old) with Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn), and there was a quote that really struck me. I decided to share it with everyone:
“You’re, like, It feels like it’s either black or white. Either I’ll just, like, devote my life to trying to do good, or I’ll do nothing. But, there’s an in-between area. It doesn’t mean you should do everything, or can, as a citizen, or a family person, or a friend, or whatever. But, just do something. You’re on your hon
I was browsing through the forums today, and I saw something that made me unhappy:
Now, why does the Twilight Disk look like that? In my opinion, the Twilight Disk should look more like this:
(It would need some better photoshop work, of course.)
But seriously, a Twilight Disk without Edward Cullen? That's like making a Narnia Disk without Peter Pevensie!
(That is -MX-'s signature in the image, by the way.)
Saturday, a staff worker for the college arrived in Alumni Hall with her cleaning supplies to scrub off the grime and germicals left by the bustling, sometimes less than considerate college students that use the bathrooms on the first floor. On this day, however, she had more than the usual to sanitize - for along with the normal dirtiness, there was a filth greater than any natural process written on the walls.
I can't repeat most of the language here, but the specific words aren't as impor
Some of you may have noticed that the title to the OGD has been changed from "Official Greg Discussion" to "Official GregF Dialogue". OMG, TWGE!
No, the world is not going to end. We can still call it the OGD, and the name is actually an improvement. The word "discussion" has misled some people to believe that they are allowed to post randomly in this topic, crack jokes about Bionicle-related content, and carry on two or three sided conversations while everybody else is searching through t
On how many college campuses can you go out of earshot of all human activity, immerse yourself in nature, and see not only deer, skunks, and salamanders, but also coyotes? Yes, I mean -on campus-. There are some, I'm sure, but only a handful, I'd expect. Even colleges in remote areas tend to be either too developed or own too little private land. And even those in contact zones with larger fauna tend to have enough students and faculty to deter the activity of such animals except in the dead
Here is an excerpt from something I was writing. I was plowing away, and this idea struck me as rather fun:
And despite the musings of some thinkers and the professions of some philosophers, time, from the human perspective, perpetuates in a precisely straight and unbroken line. The only apparent shift or imperfection lies in speed: how quickly time appears to have been or be passing, which can vary from person to person, location to location, and, incidentally, time to time.
A
Until yesterday, I had never actually played American football before; in fact, I'd only ever thrown a football once in my life when my cousins and uncles were throwing one around at Thanksgiving and it somebody made a ghastly throw that landed near me. I put down my frisbee and lobbed it back, the football wobbling in the air like an erratic top. And yet somehow I found myself out on Whitnell Field playing a "pick-up" game with some people, mostly guys from around campus. I wouldn't have pla
The Meaning of Life
The prospect of discovering the answer to life was what had initially drawn James to the project. He considered himself a man of philosophy, and, naturally, this led him to the penultimate question: “What is the meaning of life?” (The ultimate question, of course, is: “How can I make money off that?”)
The answer to that last question was actually answered before the first. For even before James began work on the project, he was informed that he would be paid millions
On February 10, 2005, I got a a little PM from mfuss903 asking if I would like to join the BZP Support Team, becoming one of BZP's new staff members. Back then, I had about 3,500 posts and about a year's experience on this website; most of it was in the S&T Forum. I was not well known outside of that S&T circle, and I remember quite a few comments wondering who exactly this new ST was in the promotion topic. More people knew Shannara back then, as he had already become fairly famous f
I still maintain that I get better material for quirky stories and occurances during the school year, but I have recently stumbled across another curious subject: my cousin's cats. He owns three, and they are all indoor cats that live in his two-room apartment at a boarding school dorm. On top of that, two of them of weigh over twenty pounds. (Surprisingly, his home actually smells decent.)
The two main coons are name Calvin and Hobbes, and the other, a normal-sized white mut-cat, is named
Last night (or, this morning, rather), I had two very pointed experiences that I am fairly certain will stay with me for years to come. The first occured at a friend's birthday party, but that's a story for a later date. I only mention it now becasue it was at that party that I learned that Alice wanted to go to the Harry Potter Party at the bookstore a few towns north. Hardly anyone wanted to go beacuse it was so late, there would be a long line, and it would take ever so long to drive all t
This was initially just a neat little idea I had for a content block, but it became something a little more interesting.
As many of you who visit S&T frequently by now probably know, there are two new S&T Fact Team members. This got me thinking: We have a BZP Staff History Topic to keep track of official staff, but what about the "non-comissioned staff" like S&T Fact Team members? They have an added responsibility, and they do put in extra time for BZP, so why not have a place t
Anybody here who has sat through an entire AP course and grueling, four hour test knows what I mean when I say that AP is a strenuous experience for high school juniors. This past year, I took both AP courses that my school offers for juniors (yes, it is a tiny school without much variety, but that's another story).
The first that we tested for was AP US History. My teacher was great, and one of the best people I know to quote, but we had to blast through a 32 chapter history book (1,022
I was in a curious situation today. My parents are away, but the cats were out of food. In fact, the one cat was attacking me during the night for not feeding him enough. I dislike that. Anyway, my mother had left me with a grocery list (which included cat food), and a note that she'd reimburse me for everything I bought. There, at the bottom of the list were four interesting words: "what else you want."
This meant that I good go to the grocery store and buy whatever snacks I desired wit
That's right! He just hit a two-run home run in the MLB All-Star game in San Francisco. But here's the kicker, it was an inside the park home run. It was the first ever inside the parker in MLB All Star history. That's awesome. Ichiro is magical. Case closed.
EDIT: The icing on the cake: Ichiro is the All-Star MVP in the American League's 10th straight All-Star win.
It's that time of year again! The sneak peeks are up for the Fall 2007 series of Games Workshop LOTR tabletop battle game miniatures! I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person on BZP who is this elated every time a new GW line comes out, but I really don't care. This is my passion in a tangible form.
Gondor in Flames is basically a convergence of The Battle of Pelannor Fields (which followed Harad up until the said battle) A Shadow in the East (which covers the Easterlings and Khandi
I can't post right now, so I'm doing a little house cleaning. Right now, I'd jsut like to give an update on the short stories I promised to write this summer. This is also an update specifically on this blog entry.
Anyway, I've written two stories so far, one about 2,000 words and another about 2,800. They are both glimpses into the "Great War" that occured back in the 50s FE in my ficitonal BZP universe. The first which I'll be posted is an idea I came up with before the guest star idea,
My town has recently been through some major turmoil (actually, things aren't completely fixed yet) within its school district and higher government, and it inspired me to write up a quick blog entry about one key word that is integral (at least in my opinion) for a democracy to function correctly.
Communication. Almost all of the problems in my town's current crisis relate directly to a lack of communication or else a misunderstanding of what was stated. Back in 2001, our school district f
No, I have not forgotten my promise of small updates about the Prussian Village .
Anyway, I have written a number of outlines now and have a few smatterings of text, including a three-chpater, 70KB document that seems to be the main story. My sister has started drawing pictures, as well.
And that's where this little update comes in:
Prussian creatures
The idea has really branched off from anything realistic, becoming rather like a fantasy story. There are mogwots, castabrine, wocks,
Tomorrow is my History final, which should be cake compared to the rock that was the AP test last month. But still, our class has been studying for it. Over the weekend, we were given a set of 50 multiple choice questions to go over as if it were part of the actual exam. On Monday, we went over them as our class, reading each question and shouting out answers.
Derek, who sits at the opposite end of the lengthy rectangle table which we sit around, didn't do the problem set, nor did he bring
Wow, it's been awhile.
Anyway, to the story. Six months ago, the former anchor of my school's "Morning Show" (now a Freshman in college) came to visit during his winter break. We were all very happy to see Sam, and he was asked to be the head anchor for the day, just like old times. He complied with pleasure and did the show.
During the opening seconds, when he's suppose to announce the day's lunch, Sam decided to tell us that we were having strawberry shortcake as a dessert on the si
Not quite an anecdote, but I thought this would be a good spot to post this as well. I have just posted the 16th of 30 chapters in my BZP-related Epic An Insidious Demise. It's received some good reviews, and I think it's probably the best novel-length story I've ever written. Plus, the idea has a load of background... Which brings me to...
Fleshing out that background. I wrote a short story a little while ago (yet to be posted) that was set in the oft-mentioned past of BZP. This past i
Because I am an avid Tolkien-freak, I of course had the Children of Hurin on pre-order. However, because I'm currently reading Cold Mountain, I have to wait to pick up this next great story. So, no, I haven't begun reading Hurin yet, but I have done one very important thing: I've smelled it. Have you ever smelled a new book? It is wonderful. There is a crisp freshness that playfully nips at your nose. It is a plea for reading. The words are waiting patiently for your eyes to bring them in
