April 16th, 2008 by cybrpunk
The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape.
OK, honestly… who has a problem with this type of sentence? Who thinks that a person who rapes a child deserves anything less than the most brutal and painful torment and death that can be conceived by [...]
March 23rd, 2008 by cybrpunk
Have you heard about the 6 year old girl who died from complications to surgery after a swimming pool accident? I can’t imagine how horrible that must be for her family but how about what happened to her? The article says the injuries were caused by “intestines were partially sucked out by a [...]
March 19th, 2008 by cybrpunk
I just saw a notice that legendary author and theoretical scientist Arthur C. Clarke has just died at the age of 90. He was in a hospital near his home in Sri Lanka which is off the coast of India (and not too far from my location). This will be a very sad [...]
March 5th, 2008 by cybrpunk
I just found out from Yoshi that the legendary Gary Gygax died today (yesterday here in Hong Kong) at the age of 69. If you’re not familiar with the name, you may have heard of Dungeons & Dragons that Gary helped to create. Gary was also the co-founder of the now defunct TSR that was [...]
January 23rd, 2008 by cybrpunk
The first thing I see in my e-mail this morning when I wake up? Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York City apartment yesterday. The same Heath Ledger that starred in Brokeback Mountain and was cast as The Joker in the upcoming Batman movie The Dark Knight.
Filming was already well under way [...]
December 5th, 2007 by cybrpunk
I started writing again the other day. No, not on the zombie series. [Well OK that's not entirely true. I did do a little work on The Killing Fields at lunch today.] This is another new story line. Something along the lines of a children’s book. For adults. Because of all [...]