Entries Categorized as 'Soapbox'

Flagging Craigslist

Filed under Soapbox on September 26, 2007
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I thought about adding an update to Burning Bridges, or posting it in the comments, but this deserves a post of its own.
Shortly after receiving an profanity-filled, sarcastic email amongst the responses to a craigslist ad I posted for a logo for Eternal Warlords: Arena, I received notification from CL that my ad had been [...]

Burning bridges

Filed under Soapbox on September 25, 2007
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I placed an ad on craigslist last night for a designer to create a logo for Eternal Warlords: Arena. As a former graphic design student, I tinkered with some concepts, but ended up with neither a direction I liked or the time to pursue it further. We’ve worked with students and recent grads on a [...]

Community kills the game

Filed under Soapbox on September 12, 2007
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MSN’s Game Zone introduced Catan Online about two years ago. For those not familiar with the board game Settlers of Catan, read my review. I played Catan Online throughout the free preview, but didn’t sign up for the Premiere Pass, mainly for financial reasons.
For my birthday, I got an annual subscription to Catan Online. I [...]

Mandatory diversity indoctrination

Filed under Soapbox on September 10, 2007
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There’s not a lot that boils my blood more than being forced to spend the day in a diversity class. Unfortunately, I work for the Department of Human Services, and the director recently announced that all DHS employees will take “cultural competency training” over the next 18 months.
I’m not a proponent of multiculturalism, and I [...]

Larry Craig reconsiders

Filed under Soapbox on September 5, 2007
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Occasionally, I’ll turn on the news while I’m eating breakfast to check the weather. When I did so today, I caught the story about Larry Craig’s “intent” to resign. My political cynicism tends to make me apathetic about these things. Anything he does now just reads as spin, whether he’s “guilty” or not.
What really interests [...]