I watched the presidential debate the other day. Which is to say I watched half of it, and was convinced after half of it that I had the right impression going into it. So I'm kinda wondering... Do the debates mean anything to peole who've already made up their minds? Mostly, the candidates seem to spew a lot of rhetoric in the debates, and make very few new points. The upshot is that at the end of it we've just spent an hour and a half (or forty-five minutes, in my case) listening to the candidates distill for us the key points of their platforms. Which, of course, we already knew. So, since I already know who I'm going to vote for, is there any point in watching the debate? Is the 1/1,000,000 chance that it'll change my mind worth the hour and a half of my life? Listening to the candidates try to spin everything in as positive a light as they can rather than just taking a positive, if controversial, stance just makes me kinda jaded and cynical, anyway.

'Course, I'm still gonna watch the next one, too.

Speaking of taking a stance, here's one for you: The devil is bad. That's why you should definitely sign up for the marine corps and battle the agents of evil on Mars. For those who haven't picked up on it, yet, I'm talking about Doom 3. It doesn't have the rapid-paced, space-age, unreal weaponry and scenery that Unreal Tournament 2K3 or 2K4 (or GOTY, for that matter) have, and it's not conducive to net games in the same was as Quake 3, but I give it two thumbs up for more realism, very simple gameplay, and the feeling of EVIL that pervades it. I mean, the nasty ooze crawling up the wall, the ethereal skulls flying out of the walls and possessing people, and the glowing pentagram-esque designs on the floors are pretty EVIL. I just about jumped out of my seat when my boss tapped me on the shoulder while I was playing it at work (thankfully we don't have anything to do most Fridays, so I actually had permission to be playing)... And one of those damned imps killed me. Forces of Evil: 1, Dathan: 0. I'll get 'em next time.