random musings Archives - Didactic Mind

It’s COMRADE Didact, you capitalist running dogs

Didact — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000

I got a comment the other day on the Telegram channel, during a lively and spirited discussion about the merits of the metric system, when our resident Kraut shoved his liverwurst in and said, basically: You know Metric Mind Virus (MMV) is bad, when it has our humble host defending the commies… Well… you know […]

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“After three days of agonising pain… the snake died”

Didact — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:48:12 +0000

When news broke yesterday that the legendary Chuck Norris had died, I could not quite believe it, at first. Chuck was one of those figures that sort of inspired his own legend – preposterous though parts of that legend were. Those of us who actually followed his career and watched some of his movies, knew […]

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Have a thoroughly irrational day

Didact — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:32:55 +0000

For the MAFF NERZ among us, today is, of course, Pi Day, which is a far better fake holiday than pretty much any other you care to name. In my personal opinion, it is a better day than Valentine’s Day, Star Wars Day, and… Oh, wait, I forgot, today is ALSO Steak & BJ Day. […]

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So this Swedish band walks into a coffee shop…

Didact — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:24:21 +0000

If you have ever listened to SABATON – and pretty much EVERY LRFotS has encountered AT LEAST one poast here that incorporates one or more of their most memorable choons – then you know how hilariously awesome they are. They also have a great sense of humour, and are not above poking fun at themselves. […]

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Summer hiatus

Didact — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:29:04 +0000

As you can probably tell from the complete lack of poasting this week, I have been extremely busy and nearly totally unable to concentrate on much of anything else. The keen-eyed among you will note that the usual Great Mondaydact Browser Blaster is nowhere to be found – it MIGHT be up tomorrow, which is […]

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Site hiatus

Didact — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:40:28 +0000

Poasting is going to be light to non-existent (which is to say, only slightly less frequent than my usual barely-phoning-it-in level of output) over the next two weeks or so. My family is in town, and I have been very happily spending the last couple of days in their company. We will also be off […]

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An irrational poem in iambic diameter

Didact — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 23:47:08 +0000

Today is Pi Day, and that will mean precisely NOTHING to the 99.14159265897% of you who are not, for some strange reason, tickled by numerological nitwittery, the way maths majors (like me) are. Of course, I can hardly blame you for this. Irrational constants like π or e are only of interest to people who […]

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When REKTallica had a real drummer

Didact — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:29:38 +0000

For years, I have been VERY harsh about one Larzzzz Ulrich, founder, drummer, and leader of Metallica – a band that I consider to be hugely overhyped and overrated. That being said, there was a time, back in my teens, when I did listen quite a bit to their magnum opus, Master of Puppets. And […]

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A wild and wacky idea

Didact — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:56:53 +0000

There has been an awful lot of fuss in the US of late, about “drones” and “unidentified flying objects” – or whatever they are called these days – buzzing around various military bases and civilian installations. Here are a couple of videos showing the nature of the problem: There is an open question, at the […]

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Happy HELLOWEEN 2024

Didact — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:19:13 +0000

Seeing as it is October 31st, and it is “that” time of the year again, let us go a bit against the grain and crank up the volume ALL THE WAY TO 11, with everyone’s favourite GRANDDADDIES of power metal: The funny thing is, though, that HELLOWEEN, despite their name, have penned plenty of great […]

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