http://rousselle.com/allan/ An Online Journal. en-us journalus@rousselle.com Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:40:10 -0800 http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000645.html So, I hear people talking about how they prefer their sodas of choice to use the sugar recipe instead of the high fructose corn syrup recipe. Given that sugar and HFCS are pretty much identical, chemically, I was curious as... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000644.html There was this little meme that ran around Facebook a while ago that challenged people to: "Quick! Name 15 books that have stuck with you!" I resisted for a long while, but then finally decided to go ahead and play... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000643.html Like Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Abraham Lincoln before him, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a powerful writer whose words transcend the time and place that they were written. Listen to the words of this speech. It astounds me that... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000642.html Well, I foolishly posted a comment all-too-quickly on another blogger's site today, and now I'm going to have to babble for a bit to try to clarify what my muddled mind tried to squeeze into a few short sentences. ("Alliteration... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000641.html 1984. Junior year at high school. Someone (I don't recall who) had brought a Santa suit on the last day of school before winter break. "Anybody wanna be Santa?" "Sure, I'll do it." I put on the costume. Now, keep... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000640.html Just a quick note: It's customary for many folks in the US to take stock this last weekend of November of what we have to be thankful for. (Our Canadian friends do it a month and a half earlier. Something... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000638.html Many moons ago, I worked for a well known software company based in Redmond, WA where I was a software designer, creating feature specifications for their flagship office productivity suite. At one point during my days at the aforementioned software... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000636.html Now available in bookstores... both brick & mortar and online: The Trouble With Heroes Edited by Denise Little Also available from Amazon.com and BN.com. My story is the one about Jason and Medea... unless, perhaps, it's really about a sports... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000637.html I very much enjoyed the writing of the "re-imagined" Battlestar Galactica series that ended it's run earlier this year on the Sci Fi channel. The series was dark, sure, but it was a classic epic journey that displayed more nuance... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000635.html A couple weeks ago, family from out of town converged upon our Big Red House, and I decided to trot out an oldie but a goodie that I only prepare on special occasions. A good friend from my grade school... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000634.html Sorry I've been away from the blog for so long. I've been dealing with the daily grind. You know how it goes. While I've been otherwise occupied, some goobers decided to smash a 1959 Chevy Bel Air into a 2009... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000632.html Before Andrew turned one year old, Nolan turned four. His birthday (and party) were in mid-April; I've been meaning to post pictures ever since, and am only now getting around to it a few months later. Sorry, little guy! His... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000629.html Now available in bookstores... both brick & mortar and online: Swordplay Edited by Denise Little Also available from Amazon.com and BN.com. My story is the one about Custer ("Last Man Standing"). Buy early, buy often, and enjoy!... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000633.html My father and my uncle. Both of my grandfathers. My brother-in-law. A good friend of mine from high school. Several good friends of mine from college, and those who I met later in the workforce. They served our country by... http://www.rousselle.com/allan/archives/000631.html I recently got in touch with a writer friend of mine on Facebook who noted I'd listed among my interests, "Prestidigitation." He is a very skilled writer, and expert at economy. He wrote me a message that is the epitome...