| Facebook is a Killer |
[Aug. 10th, 2009|05:57 pm] |
I never post on this Livejournal thing anymore. No one replies, maybe that's why... I even post controversial stuff, too. Maybe that's why.
I'll probably just post everything on Facebook from now on. At least, while it exists. Last time I checked, the owners were drinking themselves into a stupor trying to find a way to make some money off the blasted thing. Twitter is even worse. Of course, let's see me post my normal type of stuff on Twitter. What a waste of time. |
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| Fundamentalist to Atheist Continuum |
[Apr. 18th, 2009|12:44 pm] |
The Fundamentalist to Atheist Continuum
What separates how a fundamentalist thinks from how an atheist thinks? What are the stages in between and how does one transfer between these stages? These are questions I'm going to attempt to answer in this article.
The Continuum:
Fundamentalist -----> Apologist -----> Moderate -----> Spiritual -----> Atheist
People can move back and forth across this continuum during their lives, but movement from the left to the right is far more common than movement from the right to the left.
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| A Farewell to Castle Reshka |
[Jan. 23rd, 2009|01:19 pm] |
A Farewell to Castle Reshka
I was 18 when I first opened the RPGCE Message Forums. At the time I was an IT intern at Cypress Semiconductors. Now I am half-way through 26. It has been almost 9 years since I first set out to create an online community in the growing message board crave of the early 21st century. Since then, many changes have taken place in the internet world. MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and other social networks have replaced the simple message boards and chat rooms that dominated the internet almost a decade ago. On a more personal scale, those who I first formed Castle Reshka with have moved on in their lives.
I think my original goal was to create a community of amateur game designers. Sadly, with nothing else but a message board, that ideal soon dissolved. Instead to take its place was a thriving community of diverse people, many of whom were still interested in games and gaming. As time moved on, games became less of a focus, but the community still thrived.
We enjoyed the company of not only RPGCE members, but To Far Away Times members for many years. Later, friends of members began to join more and more. But, as often happens online, people began to disappear as their real lives began to take more and more priority. Without a word, Castle Reshka slowly became empty. Looking back, this message board has been gone for years already.
I want to thank everyone who was a member for contributing to a major part of my life, and the lives of other members as well. Castle Reshka had a larger impact on its members than I ever imagined.
An era has come to pass now as I shut Castle Reshka down. A new age has already well begun to take its place, and though it will never truly replace Castle Reshka, it will bring in new joy and new drama into our lives. All things come to an end, after all, and we must become accustomed to enjoying things while they last as we get older. Castle Reshka will always be a fond memory for me. Let us remember it in its glory as it was in its prime and not dwell on its decline and eventual demise. All things, even life itself, share the same fate and we must be thankful for the brief moments in which the brilliance of life and community bring us joy and happiness.
I wish everyone the best in their future endeavors, and I ask all of you to remember your days at Castle Reshka happily and stay in touch with each other.
- Shaede Reshka (Kevin Stearns) |
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| An Atheist Perspective |
[Dec. 12th, 2008|08:19 pm] |
This article was originally written on Facebook, and details how I have come to define what it means to be an atheist and what atheism really means. It also clarifies some misconceptions about atheism. This writing is much less severe than the previous one and is something that I think would be a valuable read to anyone who is unsure of what atheists stand for.
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| An Ancient Evil |
[Dec. 5th, 2008|09:58 am] |
The following exert is taken from a note I made on Facebook.
Warning; Not safe for everyone. I am not responsible for anyone who decides to be offended, but feel free to comment.
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| Street Dates |
[Nov. 11th, 2008|09:21 pm] |
7-11 broke the street date for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Didn't they learn after the lawsuit they are currently in for breaking the street date for Gears of War 2?
Either way, I got my copy early. Hurray me! |
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| Election |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|10:47 am] |
Record numbers turned out to vote this election year.
This is rather frightening, honestly, as most of the people I've met throughout life have no clue about how government works or even what the president does. Most people are not aware of the current issues and have no idea how they would like to see them addressed. A record number of these people just voted and we're celebrating. Great.
As for me, I left the presidential vote blank. I didn't like any of the candidates. The only one other than Obama and McCain who would have stood any sort of chance seemed to be Bob Barr, but I detest him is much as the other two. I felt frustrated that, once again, I was removed of the ability to choose between different candidates. There was an illusion of choice at the ballots, but no honest choice. So I suppose it doesn't really matter how educated or ignorant the masses are. Our system is set up with enough fail safes to where we really only get to decide what skin color or age our candidate is, rather than the issues they represent. |
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| Hawaii - Part 2 |
[Jun. 14th, 2008|11:27 am] |
Filling in one of the missing sections. I now have almost all the pictures from this day. Still a few more need to be made, including the snorkeling. This is the scuba diving adventure!
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