The Empire was right
I first started watching STAR WARS seriously as a teenager, and got to be an avid fan of the series, for many years. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, I consumed vast amounts of the Expanded Universe...
Friday T&A: Rubik’s Cubics Edition
Yes, this one is late again, and this time it is due to the stupidity of your host. You see, I was feeling grouchier than usual yesterday - due in no small part to somehow tweaking my back again...
Monday morning helljumping
Well, it's Monday again, and if I can somehow write that without sounding despondent and bored at the same time, then that alone will be a minor victory for the day. Days like today are just a...
Sunday Scripture: Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and...
Escalating up the escalations escalator
The phrase, "escalations escalator", was first coined sometime last year by Alexander Mercouris, whose videos I consider a daily must-watch for a powerful (if prolix - but look who's writing)...
Friday T&A: Celiac Edition
Gents, have you ever had one of those days where you had grand plans to do all sorts of useful and impressive things, and it all came down to taking a 2hr nap on the couch? Well, that was pretty...
When Goliath’s spear defeated David’s sling
Now that the dust has settled from the Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus, the Iranian response with drones and missiles, and the Israeli counterstrike with a drone attack...
Monday morning Custodes controversy
Coming back to work after a nice long vacation is never, ever fun. You know you have done it right, though, when you have forgotten at least one of your various login passwords - which is precisely...
Sunday Scripture: The Lord’s Covenant with David
17 Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” 2 And...
Friday T&A: Climate Cooling Change Warming Edition
Let's start by doing that most British of all things - talking about the weather. Here in Moscow, we are currently experiencing gale-force winds and unseasonably cold weather. In Dubai, they just...
Monday morning missile mayhem
Yes, this is late again, and yes, I'm still on vacation, and yes, my schedule is not entirely my own. Being in Russia, it is difficult - and sometimes impossible - to access Western websites easily....

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