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Here We Go Again

Kristian Bland — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:59:23 +0000

It’s that time of year again, when the frost is melting and a young man’s thoughts turn to romance. When the birds are chirping and woodland creatures are emerging from their winter slumber. It’s also a time when Beaumont ISD is up to no good, but that’s really less to do with Spring and more [...]

Remembering Lucasfilm. Arts. Whatever.

Kristian Bland — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:57:05 +0000

The closing of LucasArts this week has affected me far more than it should have. After all, it’s just a game studio…and one that hasn’t produced anything of note in years. Still, the impact that Lucasfilm Games (later to become LucasArts) had on me in my formative years is not something I can easily dismiss. [...]

BISD: Oops!

Kristian Bland — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:30:30 +0000

So the Beaumont Independent School District is up to its old tricks again. Or some of its board members are, at least. Or maybe just the district’s attorney. Basically, it’s a giant game of, “Did I do that?” but with elections and finger pointing and just a little whining. Ok, a lot of whining. Anyway, [...]

All Your Things Are Belong To Us

Kristian Bland — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:22:46 +0000

Imagine a world where Steve Wozniak invented the first Apple while he was in high school. (Yes, I know he didn’t. But just play along.) Or how about a world where Mark Zukerberg developed Facebook in his off period between Home Economics and Gym class. (Again, just play along.) Now, imagine a world where the [...]

Survey Wars

Kristian Bland — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:24:47 +0000

A long time ago (a few weeks) in a galaxy far, far away (Austin, TX), the Rebel Alliance (the Texas Education Agency) took an interest in the goings-on of the evil Galactic Empire (Beaumont ISD). So, they recorded a hologram (wrote a letter) and sent a small R2 unit to the Legislative Budget Board, asking [...]

Magic and muppets

Kristian Bland — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:40:29 +0000

If you’re the type of adult who would strip all belief in magic & wonder from a child, you’re a vile bastard and no one should ever love you. I tweeted that the other night, after Trey let me know that someone told him Sesame Street is for babies, and that the characters are [...]

Texas: Where Any Gay Is Too Gay

Kristian Bland — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:31:57 +0000

A BISD principal shut down an entire cosmetology course to keep a gay man from taking it. Yep, everything is bigger in Texas. Even the bigotry.

The Big Easy

Kristian Bland — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:16:31 +0000

New Orleans. City of southern dreams. The Big Easy. The nightmarish land of loneliness and regret. Take your pick. As you may have noticed, I’ve been absent for the past couple of months. At first, this was due to a lack of interest in the gaming series I was writing, but quickly became about just [...]

Life Bytes: Chapter Two

Kristian Bland — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:00:09 +0000

Welcome to Chapter Two of Life Bytes. I’m not entirely sure why I’m calling these things chapters when they’re really just a series of blog entries, but I am. So deal with it. Anyway, continuing with the ‘if this was all a novel’ theme, click here for the back-of-the-book description of what this particular bit [...]

Life Bytes: Chapter One

Kristian Bland — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:00:25 +0000

If you missed the introduction to all this and have no idea what the hell is going on, there’s a brief prologue sort of thing over here. I know I promised to start this series last week, but Major Life Developments happened of the sort that require significant life changes and a much-need boost to [...]