This past Black Friday, I purchased a High Definition television. The first thing I did was turn on a college football game. Whoa. It was an amazing image. I was blown away by the brilliance of the color, the sharpness of each player. It’s as if I could see every blade of grass, every drop [...]
Guitar Hero, like all other video games, is assumed to be a waste of time, and a creative (yet counterproductive) outlet for the stereotypical lazy American. Down with these closed-minded stereotypes! ‘What is this “Guitar Hero” you speak of?’ might you ask? It is a very simple, yet oh-so-creative concept. The player uses a plastic, [...]
There needs to be a certification process for eco-friendly families. Al Gore tells me the planet is dying, so he needs to follow that up with an objective standard of when I’m doing enough to save it. The Barker clan is a family of five. I think we’re reasonably eco-friendly. We recycle everything All the [...]
In the US people are sleeping in or just now getting up and preparing to join their families for the great annual Thanksgiving feast, on what is hands down my favorite holiday, in concept and practice. Here in Japan, it’s Thursday evening and today is nothing special. Tomorrow, however, is the national “Workers Thanksgiving Day” [...]
It’s an hour until Thanksgiving here in the Central Time Zone. What am I thankful for? I’m thankful that I’ve managed to convince a handful of friends, bloggers and other random vagabonds to poke into the Misc. Asst. lobby, check in for a second, post a word or two, and then leave. Sure, they can [...]