by Didact | Jul 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
It would appear that the Half-Blood Princess is riling up the locals in Ye Olde Englande: Most of us haven’t a clue whether those sisters-in-law get on or how close they are. But their joint outing today to the royal box presents Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, with a...
by Didact | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Anyone remember this classic fake Mac ad from the late 1990s, or whenever it was? Using an Apple computer is not quite the exercise in slit-your-wrists levels of retardation and user-unfriendly asshattery that is WinDOZE 8 and 10 – largely because the latest...
by Didact | Jul 8, 2018 | Christianity, Uncategorized
The Hagia Sophia at night As I mentioned a few times recently, I spent most of last week in Istanbul, Turkey. It was an… instructive trip, in several different ways. Here are my thoughts about what I observed of the city, the people, the architecture, and...
by Didact | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, “We don’t know how lucky we are.” And the Cuban stopped...
by Didact | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Friend, reader, fellow extreme introvert, and badass guitar player Carey got in touch the other day and mentioned that he and a friend had started up a graphic design side business. I figured that, since some of my readers undoubtedly are always looking out for good...
by Didact | Jun 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
For those of you who like good coffee… you don’t go to Starbuck’s anyway, so you probably will not feel much sympathy for the fact that one of Seattle’s biggest success stories is now discovering just how stupid it is to give in to the howling...
by Didact | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Spotted along the I-40 in the great and wonderful state of Texas. Having visited said state several times in the last ten years, all I can say is… AMEN, REVEREND! See, here is the problem. Whether we like it or not, Texas is inexorably turning blue. And that is...
by Didact | Jun 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of...
by Didact | Jun 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Posting has been light this week as I have been traveling in Russia. I was in Moscow on Saturday, then took a fast train to St. Petersburg yesterday, and spent the entire day just walking around the city. Pictures shall of course follow in due time, once I’m...
by Didact | Jun 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Whoever came up with this perfectly explained metaphor for the fundamental difference between male and female sex drives, I want to buy him (and it is certainly a dude) a beer: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...
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