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Gogf

Member Since 19 May 2004
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Gogf's Blog > Horror movies indeed

Posted 31 October 2006

At the box office this weekend, the highest grossing film was the horror movie Saw III. Horror movies have taken a disturbing turn for the worse lately, shifting from traditional scariness to outright torture. While these movies are clearly horrific — both for the audience and the characters they include — the represent a paradigm shift in the horror genre....


Gogf's Blog > A message

Posted 31 October 2006

This is a message to every adult involved in Halloween.

Halloween is one of the most cherished holidays by kids in America, and every nation that is blessed with its presence. Kids love candy, and kids love dressing up, so kids love Halloween. Whether that's an addiction, a cause of an "obesity crisis," or the product of manipulative...


Gogf's Blog > Writing

Posted 15 October 2006

Despite what some of the "better" writers on the internet may lead you to believe, the goal of writing is not to convince everyone around you that you're a pretentious high-schooler. The goal of writing is to present your ideas to others in a clear, enjoyable to read form. Do people enjoy reading page-long sentences riddled with semicolons? I...


Gogf's Blog > Can newspapers survive in the era of the internet?

Posted 06 October 2006

Can newspapers survive in the age of the internet?

As a traditional paper medium, I doubt it, at least not in the popularity they are now. The proliferation of cable news - and cable news websites - means that there are now much more convenient and much more up-to-date news source alone. People can watch MSNBC, CNN, or Fox News, they can read a cable news...


Gogf's Blog > My thoughts on privacy rights

Posted 05 October 2006

The general argument for the ability to see who viewed each member's profile - be they using stealth mode or not - is that "if they don't want me knowing that they're viewing it, then they probably shouldn't be viewing it." Taking aside the fact that that logic is obviously incorrect - we DO have a stealth mode, after all -...