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...
by Didact | Mar 2, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Good Lord, what an insane week it’s been. I’m glad it’s over, yet my work still is not done. Regardless, I still had a little time to do some thinking about certain topics that are near and dear to me. One of them is, of course, food. Like most...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
VDH looks into his normally spotless crystal ball and sees a silver lining: There are reasons for pessimism about the world in general and America in particular, which is more divided politically than at any period since the turbulent 1960s—torn apart by fresh...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
The reality of Islam is that it is a political ideology first and a religion second. When you remove the political component of Islam, and de-fang its core ideology of expansion through warfare, Islam becomes pretty much harmless, exactly as Islamophile and...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
As one of the world’s most open economies is beginning to discover: Singapore may well serve as a case study for what happens when leaders try to offset slowing economic growth with immigration and increased birth rates. There are lessons that Japan or Italy...
by Didact | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Charlie Bushmeister from The Single Dude’s Guide took a trip to London and was rather underwhelmed: On my last trip to London I had a small apartment off of Brick Lane, in the Shoreditch neighborhood, which is Ground Zero for London hipsterism. Arriving by...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bloody hell, what a bonkers week it’s been. Until this weekend, I’ve literally had no time to do anything this week other than go to work, come home, eat, and sleep- other than a rather enjoyable concert a few days ago, on which more later. I’ve also...
by Didact | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Oh, sure, George, go on, tell us another one: Reckless banks will be allowed to go to the wall so taxpayers never have to bail them out again, George Osborne will announce today. The Chancellor will outline plans to ring-fence high street operations from the...
by Didact | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Every one of us has taken a severe kick in the teeth at one point or another in our lives. Some of us get kicked several times, in a row, without reprieve. What defines you as a man of worth is how you deal with the abuse that life dishes out to you. A man who finds...
by Didact | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is interesting sometimes to see the differences between women who marry young and marry for the right reasons, and women who become obsessed with finding “the one” and therefore plan compulsively for the wrong reasons. Exhibit A: Kate Owens,34,...
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