Non-Commital Commitments, IPF³ Launch Pad & Swag Store… Launch

To fulfill the first section of the title:
I said I wanted to write one post for every day in July so as to be a true NaBloPoMo person, but, as my loyal readers (if any) will be able to tell the passers-by, I have not been faithful in this particular quest. I concentrated on more [...]

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Hung on a Comma

I’ve been reading in Eats, Shoots & Leaves lately, brushing up on my punctuative skills, learning a lot of history of how punctuation came to be, and laughing hysterically so much so that Julie Dog has stared at me in a concerned sort of way several times. While reading this delicious book, I have found [...]

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IPF³ Idea: Public Domain Publications

I was listening to There Will Be Rest with Julie today, and it suddenly occurred to me that we should publish on IPF³ works whose copyrights have expired (or ones that never had copyrights in the first place). This means that, in addition to entirely new and unique content, we will also periodically publish short stories, [...]

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Everybody Deserves a Sam

While I’m on such a spiritual high after writing about my non-imaginary friends, I thought I might share a thought that was brought about by a dream I had this morning.
Before waking up this morning, I was immersed in a dream that encompassed West Jordan Middle School, the carnal world, and Sean Austin (who I [...]

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“Imaginary” Friends

The other day, I read a bit of text that was not written by a friend but was posted by a friend. Despite our many similarities (the tendency to speak of splatteration and world domination, the avid use of sarcasm, the similar interest in fictional literature, the vast use of imagination, the intellectual wielding of [...]

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The Notice In Bolded Red Type; a Bit of IPF³ Trivia

My faithful fifteen or twenty regulars (if that) will notice a nasty and glaring mistake of red type on the sidebar to the right where a peaceful frog once resode. (Those of you Fascistbook readers ought to click on the link above the comments saying “View Original Post.” I have a bad feeling that people [...]

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Exercise Your Faith, You Dog!

(Or, as the British would say, “excercise.” That does look better. Sigh. Seeing as how there are a wide variety of British spellings that I still do not have an understanding of, I shall not use British spellings so as to not mix both the American and the British and look foolish. What is more [...]

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Forgiving Oneself

A person constantly hears a myriad of people, especially in our culture, saying that sometimes the only person condemning him or her and holding that person responsible for past acts is the very person him or herself. I think this is more prevalent than most people take it to be. Everyone has done things in [...]

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All the Theories of Science

It did my heart well to read a scientist’s discussion take the following course, even if he is an imaginary scientist:
‘And why not?’ asked my uncle, in an extremely sarcastic voice.
‘Because all the theories of science prove that a feat of that sort is impossible.’
‘Oh, so all the theories prove that, do they? What wicked [...]

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Isn’t it About Time?

I hate television, but this commercial is probably my most favorite out of the entire history of the abominable device. Of course, I’m not sure that this ever aired on television seeing as how I haven’t watched more than thirty seconds of it as a passerby for the better part of the last seven or [...]

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The Death and Burial of R.D. Blackmore

R.D. Blackmore, frog, died in late 2008 under a hope chest in Mama’s room. His decayed and dry husk was found among dust bunnies and other creatures under the hope chest in about March, 2009, and an autopsy showed that he died from lack of food and moisture. The poor frog sat atop Jordan Spencer’s [...]

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Elitist Attitude

I have a justifiably elitist attitude about my Madrigals:
We were the best, we are the best, and we will remain for eternity the best group of Madrigals West Jordan High School (and any other high school, for that matter) has ever witnessed.
Period.

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Fievel Goes West: Masterpiece

Fievel Goes West has been one of my most favorite movies since I was four. Even through all of these years, I still love the little mouse’s imagination, determination, and set of adventures. I watched it tonight for the first time in years and found myself laughing hysterically at almost every turn– especially at Tiger, [...]

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Author’s Pride

I believe that authors by nature have a certain vanity about themselves, and to be a likable human being, the author must first get over himself and his talent, if applicable. I find this vain pride in myself, and it even reveals itself exponentially beyond the surface that I often sense, and I am surprised [...]

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Wasting Time on Middle School Children

Today I was criticized by two middle-school people about my punctuative use of a dash. A stinking dash after saying “P.S.” to amend my sentence. For example: “I really like your coat buttons today, Peter. PS– I think Sister Smiltonmel’s coat buttons are rather nice, too.” Though not acceptable in many types of writing, it [...]

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Writing on Demand

Sometimes I simply cannot write on demand. Try as I might, the writing juices are dried up, perhaps. Perhaps I’m being too immersed in this Idiosyncratic Protectional Field³ business? I usually didn’t appreciate being forced to write pieces for teachers at school, particularly if I didn’t like a particular teacher much. Essays were of the [...]

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IPF³ Forthcoming

See the video. Be inspired. Be excited. IPF³: Coming soon.

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The Car Analogy

It seems that everyone compares everything to cars so as to make insightful analogies, but I heard today the first one that I actually liked. It brought a smile to my otherwise horrid-looking face and got me thinking.
Tangently speaking, “this got me thinking” is a phrase that only tells other about how much the person [...]

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Review: Linux Mint 7 is Glorious

I recently finished a review I had been working on for a few weeks for OSNews. It’s about my experience with the new release of Linux Mint 7: “Gloria,” and how it runs on my netbook (the EeePC 1000 HE). As it turned out, I would recommend this system to non-nerds, though I’d have to [...]

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I Periodically Hate Humans

Why does the advertising algorithm on Fascistbook assume that, just because I’m a male, I’m interested in looking at ugly, horrid, disgusting, obstrusive, scantily-clad women? Just because men are by nature this way doesn’t mean that I am! I absolutely hate it! I feel like sticking my fist through my CRT monitor, through my wireless [...]

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Eedie & Roobix Dithering Ideas (On Second Thought: The Future of IPF²)

Since my roles as opinions editor, back page editor, technical guru, and comic designer for the West Jordan High School JagWire have now ceased, I sometimes find myself wishing I could draw a few comics again of my beloved and favored monkees: Eedie and Roobix. I’ve been kicking a few ideas around in my head [...]

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Google Has Grown a Voice

Today while writing, ironically enough, an article about Google’s Apps (including Gmail) finally losing the beta tag (a very monumental step for Google and its users, I’ll have you know– that beta tag has been on Gmail for the past five years), an email appeared in my inbox saying that I had recieved an invitation [...]

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The Search for New Authors

Though I’m quite content as it is as the sole author of IPF² for now and have been for the past several years, I’m one to look ahead. About six months ahead of this current time, I foresee two years in which I will be absent from being able to write for IPF². In such [...]

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The Declaration of Independence: Man from Devil

(In short: a document detailing, in general, the wrongs Satan has attempted to accomplish, and then a declaration stating that he has no power over any man or woman who does not give it to him, that we, as human kind, are free from his bondage if we will only hearken unto the voice of [...]

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Intrinsic Influences, Volume IV: A Kindred Spirit

The time has come for the fourth installment of “Intrinsic Influences,” theseries in which I detail those people in life who deserve a monument. Today’s subject is the first human in the series who I hold very dear and who (I hope and belive) still holds me dear as well, unlike previous influences who were [...]

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