by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
(Note: This post was written in two parts with about 9 hours of extremely necessary sleep in between them, so if it seems a little disjointed or the publication time doesn’t jive with events described, it’s not your imagination.) God’s Teeth, but I...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just got back from a day-long basic handgun course. It’s colder than a witch’s tit outside, and it’s actually going to get worse (somehow) over the next couple of days, so I figure I might as well blog while my brain is still defrosted. Taking...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2013 | fitness, Uncategorized
Of all of the many, many lies that we are told today, perhaps none are more dangerous than the ones concerning what and how we should eat. Take a look at the US Department of Agriculture’s food pyramid: Note how the base of the pyramid is made up of grains,...
by Didact | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hilarity ensues: First, note that he refers to the situation as a “problem”. This is directly contrary to the stance he has publicly been taking until now, which was the unconvincing pretense that he was enjoying the conflict. This is good, in...
by Didact | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
wrand starts off very well in an essay about whether men fear commitment, and concludes that it’s only American women who cause commitment phobia in men: I know of several men who are committed to their marriages. They have all been married more than ten...
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,...
by Didact | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
As bojangles found out, it can sometimes be severe: The psyche here comes from Indian families and how they work. By the age of 23-24 your parents/uncles/aunts and practically everyone in the generation above you is on your ass about getting married and finding a...
by Didact | Jan 27, 2013 | fitness, HALO, Uncategorized
This one will demonstrate exactly why much of my immediate family thinks that I’ve gone off the deep end and am some kind of America-loving wannabe deep-fried redneck hillbilly. Can’t say I care, I’ve wanted to do this for years. As far as I’m...
by Didact | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Apparently aliens are stealing my thoughts while I sleep. That is the only explanation that my cold-addled brain can come up with right now for the phenomenon I have just witnessed. First, Bill Powell wrote a truly excellent post on what happens when you take the Red...
by Didact | Jan 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow fear to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner-eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone,...
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