Madpoet's House of Waffles

A Quick Note on Parenting...

2008-05-08T18:00:05Z

I took my wife this last week to the latest Marvel Comics Movie, Iron Man. We had a great time, enjoyed it immensely. In fact, my wife's comment was "I wish we could buy two more tickets, turn around, and go see it again RIGHT NOW." Which prett...

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NOW I've done it...

2008-03-25T15:15:39Z

I've started an online round robin tournament... of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Join the fun at ssbbrrtt.ning.com, and follow ssbbrrtt on twitter to get updates and results. What have I gotten myself into?

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I'm the Wet Blanket at the Publishing Revolution

2008-03-17T22:31:26Z

Yeah, I know, I know. "Every party needs a pooper" and all that. Still, I've been thinking about this a little over the last couple of days, and just wanted to write my thoughts out and see if I can argue myself into some kind of rational, co...

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My First Bitstrip EVAR

2008-03-16T05:38:05Z

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I think it's supposed to make things less confusing...

2008-03-16T04:36:00Z

I admit it. I just don't "get" the whole "OpenID" thing. A lot of sites are jumping on this particular bandwagon, particularly blogs where you may need to sign in to leave a comment. I can appreciate that we want to make it easier for people to r...

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This strikes me as oddly familiar...

2008-03-13T03:40:43Z

First, read this article... I may have complained about this in the past, but it reminded me again of my third year in law school, when I wanted to join the Federalist Society... and they had zero events for the entire year. Why? Well, the scutt...

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As a father of a little girl, what else can I say but...

2008-03-12T15:02:33Z

Ho...Lee... FNARG! According to an article on CNN.com today (thanks, twitter friends for bringing it to my attention), 1-in-4 teenage girls has an STD. The statistics are even worse for African-American teenage girls, where the ratio is nearly 1...

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You realize you can delete a twitter post, right?

2008-02-26T01:01:23Z

Today, an online acquaintance of mine made a regrettable faux pas in a twitter post. No, I'm not saying who or what. But the reaction to it was, I think, enlightening. It was an immediate "Oh, CRAP! I totally didn't mean it that way!" In fact,...

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Hi, everyone.

2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm still alive, and in moderately good health. I'm taking a little time to put down some goals for the new year. Some are goals everyone does - exercise, better employment. And write a novel. I think everyone puts that down as a New Year's Res...

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Speaking of tests...

2007-11-01T21:31:47Z

The pass list for the Texas Bar just came out. My name is on it. SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! And with that, I'm off to celebrate (egads has it really been almost two months since I posted on Vox?)

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