March 2011
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The Arrow of Time
A change is occurring. I’m 31. But as I’ve always claimed, I’ve aged at around three times the normal rate since becoming a dad. Meaning my actual age is closer to 43. And I’ve started to notice things. Things that aren’t as they were. I’m not sure when it started, but it seems that Mrs Ben and I have started listening to Radio 2 in the morning (I quickly switch...
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Entropy
I’ve been watching the BBC’s spectacular Wonders of the Universe. In the first episode Brian Cox says viewers might be depressed by his explanation of the inevitable end of the universe. (That’s proved by ‘entropy’, the second law of thermal dynamics, which explains why matter will always inevitably descend into disorder and chaos). The backdrop to this – we’re...
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“I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that...”
– Christopher Hitchens (via ageofreason)
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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by...”
– Seneca the Younger (via ageofreason)
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Comforting →
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Fukushima No.1 plant
My ex-girlfriend’s granddad was one of the last living survivors of the Nagahashi bomb. The youngest of nine siblings, he survived when the Americans attacked because of his brothers and sisters, all of whom jumped on top of him. Once the storm had calmed he crawled out from underneath their bodies and was rescued.
I desperately don’t want a third chapter in Japan’s...
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Pile Of Shame
Obviously I likes playing games. But I genuinely also feel duty bound to make sure I play all the latest games. Hence, the Pile Of Shame - games that I’ve either not played or simply not played enough of. They even get their own special shelf and everything:
Dead Space 2
Fight Night Champion
Dragon Age II
Mass Effect 2
Half-Life 2
Operation Flash Point: Dragon Rising
Eat Lead
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Easy Normal Hard
Right, so here’s a thing. I love Cave games. They’re widely recognised as some of the toughest games in the world. Totally unforgiving. Play. Die. Play. Get a tiny bit further. Die. Repeat.
Yet when it comes to action games, I nearly always play on easy. It’s not that I don’t like the challenge. It’s just that time is precious and I want to experience it all...
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Forums
Think I’m gonna tell the lady in newsagents later that I think she’s ugly and shit at her job (via an anonymous note, obviously).
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What to do with 'media bullshit'? →
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Things I like more than tea
There aren’t many things that hand on heart I can say I love more than tea. Twelve, in fact:
My family
My iPhone
Possibly football
Smoking
Maybe video games
Being clean
Being warm
Being flat
The Internet
The Next Generation
Darth Vader
Eyes and hands and things that one needs if one wishes to play games
Genuinely, that’s it. I like tea.
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