by Didact | Sep 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was going to post about this Daily Mail article pretty much as soon as I read it, but naturally Vox, since he is both much smarter than me and blessed with far greater amounts of blogging time than I am, beat me to the punch. Sneaky bastard… Anyway, I’m...
by Didact | Sep 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
My Singaporean counterpart had some news from back home that caught my eye: Foreigners coming to a country and demanding legislation be changed to suit their wants and preferences. Now, where have I heard of that before? Oh, right. “I love...
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
Stephanie from Time of Calamity read through my recent post on having to deal with a mildly annoying co-worker and had some worthy things to say: I have found that as I have cross the threshold into my late twenties that most women don’t evolve. They never...
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...
by Didact | Jul 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vox’s review of Dr. Helen’s new, rather short, book was enough to get me interested in reading the same; after all, anyone worthy of Vox’s respect is generally someone worth reading. So I downloaded it and got to reading it, and immediately thought...
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