...tagged ‘stupid laws’

Scrab-bab-ulous

Turns out that Hasbro is suing the dudes who made Scrabulous, and our sturdy friend Facebook has taken the bend-over-and-smile measure of locking down the application from anyone in North America using it. That means if you go to play Scrabble(R) today you’re stuck using the version with the real wooden tiles stashed in your closet. I could never remember to check my game status anyhow (and all my notifications are off because I was getting sick of having that constant flow of random email from Facebook bouncing up in my dashboard notifier all day long) so, I haven’t really played in a while anyhow and can’t say I’ll shed too many tears over its parting. It seems to me, however, that Hasbro has taken [...]

We Are All Soon Criminals

About five years ago when we were living in the urban sprawl of Vancouver our apartment was burglarized. We were suddenly very alone and vulnerable. It wasn’t the stuff, so much. It was rotten-to-the-core feeling of being helpless and insignificant. It was the sleepless nights. It was waking up at all hours from any small noise in the hallway wondering if those footsteps would stop in front of our door. It was the haunting words of the police officer who, despite a fairly good lead on a suspect, was unable to assure us that much of anything could be done. And nothing ever was. Those who take have power over those who abide. And it was right then that I decided a few things in [...]