The big news in the world of premium television lately is that Netflix is offering more original programming. Their recent show, House of Cards, made a big splash—even though it wasn’t the first time Netflix released original content—perhaps because it was statistically likely to succeed. The two reasons why I watched House of Cards were…

Water flooded my grandmother’s grave on the day of her funeral. The warmer weather of the early spring had started to thaw the ground, and as I helped lower the casket into the vault, I could hear clumps of sod splash into the pool of water below. We stood together in the mud and cold,…

With the passing of I-502 in Washington State, marijuana is now legal to possess and smoke. I realized that all of those “Legalize It” T-shirts are now obsolete, so I’m pleased to introduce my new “Legalized It” line of products! There are two designs available: A generic version, and one specific to Washington State.

I am a contributor to a local faith and values website called SpokaneFAVs.com. Back in December, my editor contacted me asking whether I had anything to contribute, and as it had been a while since my last submission, I thought I had better put something together. Being December, I knew I wanted to write about Christmas.…

If 2012 had a catch phrase, YOLO may well have been it. The much-derided abbreviation for “You Only Live Once” was as popular in the past year as Psy’s K-pop hit Gangnam Style. It will come as no surprise that many companies and individuals have tried to profit off of the craze, but one odd case is…

In October I wrote a post on this blog giving Netflix some free advice to improve the service based on my interactions with it. I have no idea if my post inspired them, and while I suspect it didn’t, why not claim credit for it anyway?

I love open world video games, mostly because I can goof off and explore instead of actually playing the missions. As I was playing one recently, I thought about how it would be neat to play a game where the whole point is to explore the world.