Well. I'm not moving anymore which means I get to stay in Aelyria. Woohoo. Although the circumstances as to why I'm not moving are pretty ****ty. I'm not going to go into any details, I always say that but I will anyways.

Ok so I was supposed to move to Ottawa for a few months to help a new office set up. I was supposed to leave on the 16th and be there until July at the latest to help start up. I did not want to move at all and the thing was sprung on me one day without any hints...

I have one of the hardest struggles with the idea that you simply can't save everyone.

There's a passage in World War Z that outlines the account of a man in South Africa who proposed and then enacted a play to save the country from the approaching zombie apocalypse. In order to stave off and attract away the advancing horde from the more heavily-populated southern regions of the country, he publicly...

I suppose this little reflection has some basis on Ensnare's wonderfully-written little fable.

As is often my habit, these past few days I've been spending a good portion of my time on Aelyria. In Pacific Time terms, I'm usually on from 8pm to noon the next morning, with breaks for lunch and dinner my time.

I wasn't on for a good portion of today, and with good reason.

A friend of mine was arrested a couple of days ago. We used to work together, and...

Expectations.

Questions. Problems. Conundrums. Dilemmas. A puzzle box. The Gordian Knot.

People seek answers, solutions, panacea, resolution, a cutting of bonds and ties and shackles, a loosening of restraints and restrictions.

Most people generally know what to do. But telling them "why did you ask the question when you already know the answer?" provides no solace, no closure.

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Lot's wife...

A collection of my more amusing stories after a year of teaching college chemistry.

Halfway into the semester and after a dismal performance on two exams: "I didn't think you were actually serious when you said we'd have to study outside of class."

After including "bring a calculator" on the class syllabus and having stated it for...