by Didact | May 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
For me, “home” is basically wherever my parents have made their home. Last year, when they moved back from Singapore to the old country, my method of getting home changed too. If you want to get to my country of origin, there are direct flights available-...
by Didact | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Cultural insensitivity can be hilariously awesome AM sent over an interesting link to a Cracked.com article last night that talked about five unpleasant realities of visiting India as a young Western woman. It is worth reading through all the way, if only to get an...
by Didact | Apr 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Recently I finished up Karen Traviss’s final book of the Kilo-Five Trilogy, titled HALO: Mortal Dictata. The book itself was interesting enough, I suppose; at any rate, her work in the HALOverse did a lot to raise my dismally poor opinion of her work,...
by Didact | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Jews of America would be well advised to take heed of Israel’s open-arms policy toward them: From what I have seen- and this is admittedly not a very big sample set- American Jews generally fall into two categories. The majority of them are liberals- and by...
by Didact | Feb 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
My centre is yielding. My right is retreating. Situation excellent. I will attack. — Attributed to Marshall Ferdinand Foch, commander of the French Ninth Army, First Battle of the Marne, 1914 “The Third Hellrider Came, Teaching Brothers to Kill Brother...
by Didact | Jan 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
They’re loony, jingoistic, and gun-obsessed- God love the crazy bastards! Roman Holiday The venerable Captain went on a holiday to Europe late last year and- to his complete and total lack of surprise- discovered that his European cousins pay a rather steep...
by Didact | Jan 1, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I can’t think of a single red-pill type who isn’t a fan of at least some of Kipling’s work. I know that he has a huge following among those who have served in the military- there is something about Kipling’s writing style that seems to...
by Didact | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
If only… A woman finds that grabbing a bull by the horns may well end very, very badly: A female bullfighter was gored twice by the same bull while trying to kill it in a Mexico City bullring. A 1,090lb-bull named Gamusino threw Karla de los Angeles up...
by Didact | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
The last few days have been… interesting, to say the least. The house here is still in a state of disarray- though it’s mostly livable, now. Internet connectivity is, frankly, abysmal- it’s like being back in the days of dial-up. (It depresses me...
by Didact | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s a bit lower-budget than the version the Americans made. (The Didact will not be held responsible for computer screens damaged by spontaneous expulsion of hot liquid beverages. Or for underpants damaged in similar fashion.) Dear Lord, they are building me a...
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