A Slaying Song
Every year I start singing this crazy little song, and every year I add a word or two. Since nothing says "Christmas" like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I present to you my own version of Jingle Bells. Hellmouth opens wide, Read More …
Author: Marcel Gagné
Ruggedly handsome science, Linux, & technology geek. Writer and Free Thinker at Large. The "Cooking With Linux" guy. Occasionally opinionated. Always confused. Loves wine, food, music, and the occasional single malt Scotch. Long time columnist for Linux Journal, LinuxPro Magazine, Ubuntu User Magazine, SysAdmin, and others. Author of six books including "Linux System Administration: A User's Guide" and the "Moving to Linux" series of books. Promoter, advocate, and evangelist for Free and Open Source Software on radio, television, and YouTube.
The Best Christmas Game Ever
Let me tell you about the best Christmas game ever. That's actually what it's called, "The Best Christmas Game Ever" (or T.B.C.G.E.) and it comes to us just in time for Christmas. This game is available for Android tablets as Read More …
The Perfect Necklace for Chistmas
This little germ comes from France's "Le Grand Journal" on Canal Plus where Doria Tellier is Miss Météo (the weather girl). Part of her show, in addition to giving French viewers the weather, is providing some entertainment only just barely Read More …
My Writing
I've been writing professionally for nearly 20 years, although I've been writing for a lot longer than that. As far back as I can remember, I've been writing stories, and somewhere in my twenties, somebody convinced me that I should Read More …
Thoughts on December 6, 1989, and the Montreal Massacre
On December 6, 1989, Marc Lepine, age 25, walked into l'École Polytechnique in Montreal, entered a classroom and separated the men from the women. Then he started killing people. When he was done, 14 women were dead with another 10 Read More …
Uncommon Cure for the Common Cold
Next time you have a persistent cough due to cold, I recommend that you try eating a chocolate ice cream cone. The best thing about a chocolate ice cream cone for a cough is that if it doesn't help, you've Read More …
My Personal War On Christmas
December is just around the corner and the the annual rhetoric around the holiday season is starting to heats up. Yes folks, it's the whole "War on Christmas" thing. Particularly popular with the FOX News crowd, insecure Christians of every Read More …
Rememberance Day, 2012
Lest we forget . . . I've published a variation of this post for the last few years. If it sounds familiar, you'll understand why. But remembering the past is what this post is about and as we approach this Read More …
Slavery in the Bible
Chrstians, as I've said more than once, are largely hypocrites, and I consider this an exceptionally good thing. Those people who would hold the Bible up as the perfect word of God and ask us to consider each word and Read More …
To all my freedom-loving friends, drink up!
Yes, they are beer coasters. I got them at one of the big Linux conventions, many years ago. Yes, there used to be such things.