by Didact | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
This year is fast drawing to a close, so I figured I’d take a few minutes to post my personal favourite posts (of mine) from this year. I am well aware that this is navel-gazing of the highest degree, and I do apologise for that. I’m not normally given to...
by Didact | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
If only… A woman finds that grabbing a bull by the horns may well end very, very badly: A female bullfighter was gored twice by the same bull while trying to kill it in a Mexico City bullring. A 1,090lb-bull named Gamusino threw Karla de los Angeles up...
by Didact | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
The last few days have been… interesting, to say the least. The house here is still in a state of disarray- though it’s mostly livable, now. Internet connectivity is, frankly, abysmal- it’s like being back in the days of dial-up. (It depresses me...
by Didact | Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
My Christmas present arrived yesterday, in the form of a plane bearing my sister. Now, there is no doubt that I love that little brat- actually, she’s not so “little” anymore, now that she’s graduated college and is out and about on her own-...
by Didact | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
It doesn’t seem to matter how many times the numbers are released- relatively well-off women in the West just don’t listen. I know it’s a fool’s errand to try to convince the willfully ignorant that, in fact, two plus two does equal four,...
by Didact | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Much easier to remember in cartoon form: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new...
by Didact | Dec 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Not even soldiers fighting in the squalor and horror of the trenches of WWI- on opposite sides: The Christmas Truce of 1914 was a brief moment of humanity amid the horrors of the First World War. But when Tommies and German troops emerged from the trenches to...
by Didact | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
The next great wave of Islamic expansion claims its most recent casualties in the Land Down Under: An Iranian-born gunman was killed, two of his hostages are dead and four injured after a dramatic and chaotic firefight brought an end to a terrorist siege at a Sydney...
by Didact | Dec 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
A new trailer for a mobile platform game demonstrates some rather important core truths about the culture of gaming: She plays Greek goddess Athena in brand new game franchise, Game Of War: Fire Age and Hollywood actress Kate Upton looks sexy in a new...
by Didact | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s a bit lower-budget than the version the Americans made. (The Didact will not be held responsible for computer screens damaged by spontaneous expulsion of hot liquid beverages. Or for underpants damaged in similar fashion.) Dear Lord, they are building me a...
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