A Year of Disasters The year was dominated by a global pandemic, but that was not the only disaster that faced us. The year opened…
Geeking Out with Jeffrey Harlan
Category: News
I won NaNoWriMo. I didn’t write 50 thousand words, but as far as I’m concerned, I won.
I wrote 42 thousand words, and finished the first half of my novel. While working a grueling schedule that frequently saw me pulling 50-60 hours at work each week. Plus finding time to spend with my wife. And I still managed to crank out 42 thousand words. That’s a win in my book.
Aron Eisenberg has passed away. The cause of death has not been released. Eisenberg, 50, was perhaps best known as Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from 1993 through 1999. Eisenberg’s wife, Malíssa Longo, announced his death on Facebook on September 21.
World News
The year started on a high note, with the unveiling of the first bionic hand capable of a sense of touch outside of a laboratory environment in Rome on January 3rd. Just ten days later, however, a false alarm sent out to cellular phones over the emergency alert network about an incoming missile attack in Hawaii caused widespread panic. A month later, a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left seventeen dead, but inspired several of the surviving students to become national leaders in their fight to prevent such tragedies from recurring. Also in February, the U.S. Olympic team brought home twenty-three medals.
Searching through the news on teh Interwebs, I came across this little gem: Man In Court For Allegedly Having Sex With Underage Teen CORPUS CHRISTI…
It was with dismay that I read the headlines this morning, which informed me that the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8. The proposition, which…
I got back home at about 4 p.m. The fire’s moved on toward Chino Hills and Diamond Bar. My house is fine, but several others…
So, yeah, there’s this big honkin’ fire literally blocks from my house… I’m at a friend’s house now, since I live in the mandatory evacuation…
An appeals court in California has upheld that Blogs can be just as legitimate a news source as more traditional media outlets, and are thus also entitled to the same protection under the law. Thankfully, someone actually read the Constitution (specifically, the First Amendment).
Y’know… I said this years ago when the British government outlawed and seized everyone’s guns… it was just a matter of time until they went after swords & knives…