currently playing
Grand Theft Auto: 2, III,
            Vice City, San Andreas (PC)
Portal (PC) (also trying out   
some custom maps)
Portal 2 (PC)
Google Earth (much easier  
to use with a 3Dconnexion
SpaceNavigator controller)  
Dexter, Shrek Kart HD,
Plants vs. Zombies HD,  
Angry Birds Seasons/Rio,
Sims 3, West Coast Hustle
HD, Miami Vindication,   
Tesla Wars, N.O.V.A. HD,  
Warpgate HD, Sentinel 3 &
18 tower defense games
(iOS) (waiting for a Star
Castle, Starflight, Sinistar &
Venture)



currently reading
World War Z: An Oral
History of the Zombie War  
by Max Brooks.
The Prospect by Michelle
Winn.  Her first novel.  Nook.
And Another Thing by Eoin
              Colfer. The sixth book in the  
              (late) Douglas Adams' Hitch-
 
             hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
              series.
Anathem by Neal Stephen-
son.  Good read so far.
Steve Jobs: A Biography
              by Walter Isaacson.  Nook.
Star Wars Lost Tribe of the
Sith: Precipice; Skyborn;  
Paragon; Savior by John
              Jackson Miller.  Kindle.



currently watching
The Big Bang Theory
Fringe
Community
The Walking Dead  (AMC)
Cougar Town  (Scrubs 2.0!)
Parks and Recreation
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dexter
The IT Crowd  (Channel 4)
Sherlock  (BBC)
The Guild  (web)



currently surfing: news
LA Times
San Francisco Chronicle
USA Today  (lightweight)
BBC
NPR
Fark  (daily dose of snark)



currently surfing: tech
Tech News Today  @5:30p
Engadget & Gizmodo  (the
Coke & Pepsi of tech news)
gdgt
reddit
Mashable



other interests
political psychology
British politics & culture
intelligence studies
temporal anomalies
quantum entanglements
logic & epistemology
scientific methodology
postmodernism
skepticism (not cynicism)
mobile computing
FPS games
nonsense (not foolishness)
bookstores
toys & gadgets
Lego
superstructures
novelty architecture
steampunk conversions
off-world technologies
dogs
dark chocolate
tea



my almae matres
Indiana University
             (B.A., Political Science)
Ball State University
            (M.A., Political Science)
Kent State University
            (Ph.D. ABD, Political Science)



where I spend my
weekdays
MCV & Associates
Healthcare Inc.
Medsyntrix
My status
eptember
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New and Identical                                                     January 17, 2012
Sign to see the ex soon? CS (!) & Starbucks   January 16, 2012
A purely unintended happenstance and I'll see her (and per-
haps London) very soon.  This
Chocolate Smoothie was made
with mocha flavored sauce, a whole banana, milk, whey pro-
tein, fiber powder and blended ice.  Not very chocolate-y at all.
Lots of hopia                                                             January 15, 2012
Yes.                                                                             January 18, 2012
Using the Trickle app to follow my twitter stream from a distance
at my desk.  Below is another tweet example that popped up.
Different neck bandaging                                      January 19, 2012
Unexpected incision site boo-boo at the office today.  My head
didn't fall off nor did I bleed out, so there's that.  Seeing my ENT
doc tomorrow.
Lollipop & a Chinese New Year update!            January 20, 2012
You bet I got a lollipop from my ENT today.  My neck hurts!
It's the accent. Just sayin'.                                    January 21, 2012
(video: VEVO)
Yes, I'm aware this song is 16 years old.  I was still a doctoral
student then and modern British culture
was one area of study.
Smashing Pumpkins on Jools Holland               January 22, 2012
I would love to have seen this live TV performance in London
back in 1998.  This version of "Daphne Descends"
(above) has
a great change up at the 2:39 point.  Watch all three drummers.
And yes, that's Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff playing at
center.  I do prefer their sped-up live version of "Ava Adore"
(below) to the studio album cut though (see bottom video).
(top & middle videos: andyhhh; above video: SmashingPumpkins VEVO)
Early morning FNA biopsy of my thyroid          January 23, 2012
Painless but the sensation of a thin needle entering your neck is
oddly strange but exactly how you would imagine it would feel.
Trying out Hydrofera Blue this time                    January 24, 2012
As suggested by my ID doc today to speed up the healing.
McDonald's Chicken McBites                               January 25, 2012
Interesting package design with one lid that can firmly hold the
separate dipping sauce
(top pic).  The popcorn chicken itself
was small, too bready and overly seasoned with pepper.  Meh.
Wound care & Valentine's mints today             January 26, 2012
Bueller?                                                                      January 27, 2012