by Didact | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Failure is something that is feared and disliked by anyone with half a brain. Your sense of self-esteem is, after all, measured by how well you succeed at doing something, not how badly you fail at doing it. Most of us try to avoid failure at all costs- at any...
by Didact | Mar 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
laidnyc wrote a very interesting post recently about his thoughts regarding an impending usurpation of the ‘Sphere by those who seek to hijack our mad little corner of the world: In ancient times, walled cities were built to protect against invading tribes. As...
by Didact | Jan 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Apparently, the entire Twihard Saga contains approximately 575,100 words in total. And yes, I do want returned to my life the five seconds or so that I spent Googling that. Which is why we all owe a great debt of gratitude to the fine people over at Cracked.com...
by Didact | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Normally I wouldn’t touch Paul Krugman’s periodic outbursts of moon-brained stupidity with a ten-foot pole. I leave that to older and wiser people (who also have the time to deal with such things). His latest NYT column, though, is literally a target just...
by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jonny H. is weighing up the opportunities and the costs of a career in investment banking versus a career as an actuary: I am currently debating between becoming an actuary and an investment banker. The earnings ceiling as an investment banker is much higher (though...
by Didact | Apr 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here at DR I’ve posted before on the nature of the game for a deep introvert. I do this both as a way to help others find their way into the game and to build my own game, such as it is. It never ceases to amaze me just how poorly understood introverts tend...
by Didact | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Pointless Divide Danger & Play posted a brief but very good take on why he is neither a liberal nor a conservative: Big Government: Liberals say, “We need a strong social services program since I am afraid of losing my job and being unable to support myself.”...
by Didact | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Normally, I delete anonymous comments out of hand. I do make exceptions once in a while- and let me reiterate, once more, that I do NOT want anonymous commentary on this blog. If you have something to say, do so under a name to which I can respond. I don’t care...
by Didact | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Courtesy of Bill Powell (and if you’re not regularly reading his blog, you bloody well should be), here is a video that shows you just how far gone this country truly is: Watching just part of this video brought to mind a list of accusations against an old...
by Didact | Mar 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Normally I would have posted some sort of weekend link list, to promote the good works of other bloggers, but the fact is that last week was insanely busy, and I’ve spent the weekend basically resting and catching up on my HALO. Not exactly a...
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