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Do We Really Have to Execute People in December?

I'm against the death penalty. Long ago, it may have had a purpose, but we can protect society just as well without it now. Things like super-maximum security prisons and true life without parole sentences have rendered it unnecessary. More people now support sentences other than the death penalty , primarily life without parole, for first degree murder, than support the death penalty. I can certainly understand its rationalization: executed people are incapable of committing further crimes, escaping, etc. But what I can't understand at all is why are some executions performed in  December? December is the holiday season; it's supposed to be a time of joy. How is it fair to the families of those executed to execute someone in December, especially if the murder they committed was not in December? There are eleven other months to performed state-sanctioned killing. 2017's last execution was on November 8, a record for the past thirty years*. In fact, no executions hav...
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Scary TV Closing Logos

Most of us remember some TV closing logos that are a bit scary. As adults, they're typically not scary, but imagine if you were 7 years old seeing them on TV in a dark room! The CLG Wiki covers this subject as well. I will be comparing my rating to that of the CLG Wiki. Here's the scale I use: 0-4 - None 5-9 - Minimal 10-29 - Low 30-54 - Medium 55-84 - High 85-100 - Nightmare Viacom V of Doom  (Used 1976-1985) My rating: 68 / High. CLG : (~50-90) Medium to nightmare (most variants) One of the most well-known scary logos out there, and I'm not going to lie, it's pretty rough. The music combined with the big "V" zooming in is pretty unsettling. It's not a pretty "V", either. Screen Gems S From Hell  (Used 1965-1974) My rating: 32 / Medium-Low. CLG : (~40) Around Medium (most variants) This is another very well known scary logo. It's far less scary than the V of Doom, though the Moog synthesizer is a bit unsettling. Still, not...
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I've ridden 35 roller coasters in my life. Here's how I rate them.

I first got on a roller coaster on May 10, 2007, Greezed Lightnin' at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Of the 35 roller coasters I've ridden:  27 still operate in their original locations.  One has been re-located and re-named. One has been converted from stand-up to floorless, with the same track. 5 are completely gone.  Here's my ratings: 90-100 - A - A must-ride. 80-89 - B - Worth your time, a good roller coaster. 70-79 - C - An okay roller coaster.  60-69 - D - Not very good. 0-59 - F - Don't ride this one. A bit of advice: If you're scared of roller coasters that go upside down (like I was in 2007), don't be. Inversions are fun as heck. Thunder Run - Kentucky Kingdom - 85 / B Short, but quite fun. Ridden 2007 and July 18 and 19, 2018. Twisted Twins - KY Kingdom - 90 / A  This was an excellent, peppy wooden coaster. Though its replacement is even better. Ridden 2007. CLOSED 2007, DEMOLISHED Road Runner Express - KY K...
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Games I Played Growing Up: The SimCity Series

I'm 25 years old, and for 22 of the years of my life I've played some game in the SimCity series. To this day, I still play SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition. It all started back around 1996, when I got Sim Town, a now-obscure spinoff of the SimCity series targeted at young children. Here's a review of SimTown (warning: strong language) and in it the reviewer says that it is limited in scope. He does have a valid point. This is not a game for adults. There's just not enough in it to keep our interest; heck, children today would probably get bored with it. But as a 3-4 year old in the mid-late 1990s, it was A LOT of fun. I'm not sure of how long I played SimTown for. I largely skipped the first two entries in the main SimCity series, at least initially; however I have played them all at some point. When I got back into SimCity, it was around 2002, I was about 9, and SimCity 3000 was the latest entry in the series, having launched in 1999. At first I couldn't figure ...
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The Curious Case of Odyssey Indoor Paintball

One of my hobbies is to look at pictures and videos of abandoned buildings. Seeing what's left behind long after use - and maintenance - of a building ceases is often awe inspiring. In most buildings it takes decades for decay to become severe enough before collapse. Of course, that's assuming they are in sound structural condition at the time of abandonment, and are not demolished or the victim of arson or severe vandalism. Odyssey Indoor Paintball began life as Tittle's Supermarket circa 1972. The supermarket closed at an unknown date and the building became Odyssey on May 25, 1998. Odyssey Indoor Paintball is listed as " inactive " since September 5, 2001, meaning the arena likely closed on or before this date, probably at some point in summer 2001. It was finally demolished in 2016. Here's Odyssey in 2015 . Shocking, isn't it? Most of the roof and some of the exterior walls have totally collapsed. The interior is basically a debris field. This is a...
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