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Friday T&A: Death Becomes It Edition

Didact — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:12:32 +0000

I am in an especially antisocial mood this weekend, having spent quite a bit of it on the road, and the rest of it bored out of my gourd at an, admittedly very pretty and scenic, office deep in the countryside. This has been one of those weeks where you kind of have to show […]

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Friday T&A: Very Strongly Edition

Didact — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:13:36 +0000

We somehow made it through another week without Ornj Boi doing something REALLY stupid and then calling it the greatest thing ever, with very strong results that no one else has ever achieved. So that is something to celebrate, I suppose. The problem is, of course, that Drumpf – or whoever it is that is […]

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Friday T&A: Black Sea Blues Edition

Didact — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 23:20:10 +0000

The Black Sea is a part of the world that most people in the West are not terribly familiar with, unless they happen to have spent some time in Bulgaria, Turkey, or the other bits of the eastern Mediterranean. It is, of course, a very historic area, and served as a major focus for trade […]

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Friday T&A: Service Resumption Edition

Didact — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:50:49 +0000

Things are slowly – VERY slowly – returning back to normal around this here patch of rants and tumbleweeds. I went straight from vacation mode to long and grinding hours at work, with virtually zero adjustment time, and that was NOT fun. Fortunately, things have quietened down sufficiently to allow for actual time to think. […]

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Friday T&A: Mordor Day Edition

Didact — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:21:22 +0000

Somewhat to perhaps everyone’s amazement, this Friday poast actually arrived on a Friday for a change. I managed to get out of Purgatory – I mean, work – a little earlier than expected, after an extremely hectic week, so I am able to start catching up on other things, which is a nice change of […]

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Friday T&A: Hop Skip & Long-Jump Edition

Didact — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 23:18:04 +0000

Just a quick one for today, as it has been a very busy and, frankly, somewhat disappointing week in many respects. It looks to be a long, dreary, and difficult summer ahead, what with two wars raging and no end in sight to the stupidity and pigheadedness behind Angry Short Fat Trump’s feikh & ghey […]

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Friday T&A: Redback Funnel-Web Drop Bear Edition

Didact — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:45:23 +0000

Nothing deep or meaningful comes to mind at this particular moment – it has been a long and difficult week, for a number of reasons, so we’ll keep it short and get straight to the closing thot to entertain us as we approach (or are in) the weekend. This here is Jayde Pollard, age 21 […]

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Friday T&A: Change Constant Edition

Didact — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:20:36 +0000

WordPress released an all-new version earlier this week. Having been away from writing for most of it, I am only now getting to grips with the changes. I have to say, the overall interface looks MUCH better. The higher-contrast colour schemes work better, it seems to be quite a lot faster, and the feel of […]

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Friday T&A: Bucc’ees Edition

Didact — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:18:22 +0000

No deep thoughts today, gentlemen, it has been a very busy week, and I got back less than an hour ago from a skiing session. Yes, in the middle of May. It was indoors, and there were not very many people about – which thankfully meant fewer than usual of the directionally-challenged yahoos on snowboards […]

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Friday T&A: Victory Edition

Didact — Sat, 09 May 2026 15:18:32 +0000

Yesterday was Victory in Europe, or V-E, Day, across much of the Western world. The norm is to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany on May 8th, because the defeated regime signed the articles of unconditional surrender, thereby marking the official end of the war. Now, because of time differences, that ended up being very […]

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