by Didact | Nov 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Have you ever seen a giant panda? In the extremely unlikely event that you’ve been living under a rock for the last, oh, century, here’s what a giant panda looks like: This violates several state laws concerning acceptable levels of cuteness Look at them....
by Didact | Nov 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Truth Right at this moment, fireworks are going off a few miles away at Westminster, as a tribute to Guy Fawkes. For you Americans, who are not particularly familiar with non-American traditions (nor should you be), this is a bloke to whom many of you MOLON LABE...
by Didact | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. — Quote often misattributed to Benjamin Franklin “I find your lack of cookies disturbing” Today America’s voters went to the polls in one of the country’s innumerable...
by Didact | Nov 3, 2014 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
The Iron God and I have had, and continue to have, a long and fruitful relationship. I have written many times about the tremendous value to be found in lifting hard and heavy, pushing one’s body and mind to the breaking point and beyond in the crucible that is...
by Didact | Nov 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
So there I was, with about an hour or so to go until the end of the workday and then I could start thinking about leaving and hitting the gym. I was taking a bit of a break (read: goofing off) and surfing teh interwebz looking for mildly interesting content when I...
by Didact | Nov 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
One week before I left the US for my little six-month sojourn to the warm and pleasantly sunny miserably cold, wet, and wind-swept northern realm of the United Kingdom (of Depressing Weather), I had the opportunity to see not one, but two of my favourite...
by Didact | Nov 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
My favourite cartoon show was, and still is, “Tom & Jerry”. Now that was a cartoon made by people who knew how to make violent slapstick comedy genuinely funny. The show featured some of the most shockingly violent gags ever perpetrated on screen,...
by Didact | Nov 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Among those of us who embrace a… shall we say, non-standard perspective when it comes to relationships and sex, the question of whether or not to get married is generally met with anything ranging from mild derision to outright scorn....
by Didact | Oct 29, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
A young woman and a rather liberal media artist work together to create something that is unintentionally hilarious and instructive: A 24-year-old aspiring actress has been filmed being catcalled 108 times as she strolled around New York City – even though she...
by Didact | Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Well, I’m back. Just not in the usual place, that’s all. I’m sure that the two men and the dog that follow this pokey little blog of mine were wondering where I’d been for the past week-and-a-bit. The answer is that I spent the entirety of the...
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