What is Di Mortui Sunt all About?

Di Mortui Sunt is my personal blog and it shows, the things I write about here are varied and mostly unrelated.  In an attempt to perhaps focus the blog on a specific topic and to satisfy my own curiosity I visited Wordle and had a Word Cloud made of my blog, (it’s that image up there, at the top.  The one that looks like a large grouping, or cloud, of words) two things happened as a result of this:  I found a really fun new font, coolvetica, that I will be using in documents; and two, that I write mostly about games.

The question is do I want Di Mortui Sunt to be a blog about videogaming?  As much fun as that sounds I don’t see myself contributing much to the discussion, when there are really excellent gaming blogs out there (Gamespite, Dubious Quality, Gamasutra, oh, and my own Gamestooge to name only a few) who are taking the hobby seriously.   Okay, so gaming isn’t what this site is about, what about writing?  I’ve posted my writing here and I’ve certainly talked about it here.  Since, writing is important, as is the written word, I think it’s safe to say that they are apart of what Di Mortui Sunt is.  I’ve talked about government here as well and I’ll continue to do so, as I’m involved in it at a professional level and I won’t be able to get around it

I think that I’d like to see Di Mortui Sunt have more focus.  I’m writing for myself here, but I’d like to have what I say be of some use to those who read it, even if they take nothing more from it but a smile.  Since, I’m lacking inspiration now, besides making this a blog about the lack of Gods, (the title up there says “the Gods are dead” in Latin) and everyone know we have a overabundance of atheist blogs and sites.  I’ll ask you dear reader what you think?   Perhaps a blog about being spiritual without being religious?  Or attempted at living authentically in an inauthentic culture?  Or maybe I should just rant here about the black helicopters, Glenn Beck and Area 51?  Let me know in the comments.

I’m going to keep writing about games and other things but I think I’ll find a new place to do so.

EDIT:  Light colors on a white background doesn’t work very well does it, click for the full-sized image and things will be easier to read

Reflections on Autumn

This is going to be a short but important post for me. I’ve had one of my poems published in a magazine. The Yolo Crow is a literary magazine for the California county of Yolo, where I live. I submitted one of my poems, Reflections on Autumn, in June and I found out at the end of last month that my poem had been accepted for publication and would be appearing in the Fall 2009 issue (it’s the first poem in the book.)

Thoughts on Scribblenauts…

I’ve gone back to it but each play is for a short period, never more than a puzzle or two, anymore than that and I find myself being burned out on how unimaginative the designers were and how despite all the tools at my disposal I’d only ever need a handful of them to get through the entire game. Scribblenauts is a great concept, a nice toolbox, a good first draft, but it isn’t much of a game, and definitely not a fun one.

I’m Married!

We Look Happy...

So, if you’re my friend on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, or know me in person than you already know this but I felt I had to give the moment its proper due and to document it appropriately.  On September 4, 2009, I, Jonathon Rudd Howard married Diana Elizabeth Burkart-Waco.  We had a simple ceremony done by my friend Dave Rosenberg, the presiding judge of Yolo County Superior Court at the Woodland Courthouse.  It was a simple affair but its already supplanted every other moment in my life that I once regarded as the most important.  Diana is a wonderful woman and I feel truly blessed to have found her and, somehow, convinced her to spend her life with me!

We’ve moved into a home and got a dog, all we need know is the 1.5 children and we’d be the average American family (shudder).  Things are great though and I don’t know if I’ve ever been happier.. without pharmaceutical assistance.  Diana has her own blog too, by the way, Origins of the Cook.  If I knew how to create a blog roll her’s would definitely be in it, and bonus I sometimes make a guest appearance over there (because I can cook too, Ladies.)  Diana writes about the food she cooks, I help by taking the pictures.  I can personally vouch for all of her recipes!

Now, that things have slowed down at work, I’m hoping to return to a regular posting schedule.  I’ll also be posting over at Hardcore Gaming 101 soon, I’m doing the King’s Quest games for them, as well as some misc. other Sierra games… I’ll provide links when appropriate

New Goals for my New Year

My goals for the next year!

Ending Tuesday Share

Copyright Myhaela

I’ve decided to end the Tuesday Share posts. I wasn’t getting any feedback on them, and they didn’t seem to draw any additional traffic. In the future items I find on the Internet that interest me enough will get full write-ups here. All other interesting items will be shared through Google Reader. You can see those items, as well as any comments I might have on them,  here.

From Idea to Law: Making Legislation in California Part 2

Part two of a multi-part project explaining how laws are made in California.

Tuesday Share (late) for July 21, 2009

Collection of links to stories and odd things I enjoyed over the last week.

Reviewing Goals: One Year Later

Writing down my yearly goals has been a great boon to me, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

From Idea to Law: Making Legislation in California Part 1

An attempt to explain the legislative process in California