Well, I’m back. I guess all the writings I've been doing on the side need to be put somewhere.  So I'll start off (instead of using some of those previous mentioned essays) by a quick list.   Movies that have made me (a guy who knows most and is tired of all the movie formulas) almost cry.   1. The last supper scene in 'Signs' 2. When Carl in 'Up' looks at the photo album for the final time. 3. When Mr. Smith collapses in 'Mr. Smith goes to Washington'...

Board games are a fascinating medium and have captured the imaginations and machinations of many people. I have been working on a synthesis of drama (in the Aristotelian sense) to board games and even though it is the rough stage I will share it here. (So please comment me on what you like, or what should be changed. That would be greatly appreciated) Why do people play games? This question is loaded and can be asked as why do people need to play or be entertained? This intrinsic need is not...

This was a speech I was going to give for the Boise State speech and debate team a few months ago but decided not too (Yes, it was copied from a word processor)- Kenneth Grahame, the famous British writer was noted for saying “Monkeys very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.” Before we take a wild ride like Mr. Toad let the wind of that drift through the willows of thought. Can you imagine an infinite number of monkeys sitting around ta...

This blog is now starting out as an assigment for an online non-fiction class.  In the future however this will be a site where I can write down ideas, essays, and other writings I wish others to see - I'm not that secretive after all.   Edit at 1:50:  I'll explian a little more.  In an online writing class I am taking at Boise State University one of the requirements is to have a blog.  The assigment calls for the students to post assigments, and other writings to...