by Didact | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am really quite mystified as to why this is even the slightest bit controversial… A group of Arkansas teachers will carry firearms when the school term resumes this September, in an attempt to deter gunmen who target schools. The decision to train and...
by Didact | Aug 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Give them this as a gift! I first came across this idea on an episode of Top Gear (henceforth known as “the greatest TV show of all time”). I strongly recommend handing this over to your vegetarian (and especially Vegan) friends to help cure them of...
by Didact | Aug 16, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Recent events got me thinking about why so many people have so much trouble getting what they want out of life. I’m sure you’ve seen this plenty of times- and you’re probably guilty of it yourself: someone sets a goal, decides that he wants to do...
by Didact | Aug 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
To extroverts, the introvert is a very odd creature, who seems fundamentally wrong in some strange and often intangible sense. Extroverts find it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to contemplate the idea of spending time completely by themselves, in isolation...
by Didact | Jul 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I realise that I’ve written on this subject before, but now might not be a bad time to revisit it. It should be plainly obvious to anyone with half a brain that lifting restrictions on women serving in front-line combat is a spectacularly stupid idea. It’s...
by Didact | Jul 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vox’s recent post, included in my linkage for the week, regarding the rather thorny question of whether it is permissible to strike women who attack you, makes for some thought-provoking reading: First of all, there is nothing more intrinsically wrong about...
by Didact | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Tom Cruise” and “deep characterisation” are not phrases that sit easily in the same sentence. Truth be told, I’ve always had a tough time shaking that mental image of Tom Cruise as the cocky, brash, extroverted ace fighter pilot that he...
by Didact | Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
At a Krav Maga class a few weeks back, the Master Instructor seemed to be having a rather bad day and got a bit snappish at several of us for making the same mistake over and over again. He stopped us all and proceeded to give us a short lecture, and I’ll never...
by Didact | Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Captain Capitalism’s recent post on not having to game really hot women who happen to be friends jived very well with an interesting experience I had one night this week, out drinking with a few co-workers to see off a fellow co-worker who had left the firm...
by Didact | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leadership skills are generally not associated with deep introverts, and rightly so. However, the special subset of introverts known as INTJs, or Sigmas, or whatever you want to call them, have the ability to become very good leaders- the odd thing is, though, that...
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