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...
by Didact | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
When you up sticks and move across entire continents to a totally different country, culture, and set of surroundings, the wrenching changes imposed by this move focus your mind on that which you left behind. Coming to the United Kingdom, I knew intellectually that...
by Didact | Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Well, I’m back. Just not in the usual place, that’s all. I’m sure that the two men and the dog that follow this pokey little blog of mine were wondering where I’d been for the past week-and-a-bit. The answer is that I spent the entirety of the...
by Didact | Oct 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Apparently the Argentinians, not satisfied with pushing glorified vinegar on us in the form of their Malbec wines*, are extremely put out at the “fact” that the hosts of THE GREATEST TV SHOW ON EARTH decided to drive through their country in cars that...
by Didact | Oct 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
As if the flu wasn’t bad enough, now we have an actual haemorrhagic fever imported straight from Africa to deal with: Schoolchildren in Texas may be at risk from Ebola today after five children who attend four different Dallas schools came in close contact with...
by Didact | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I recently had the opportunity to re-establish contact with an old acquaintance of mine from college. She and I have done very little to keep in touch other than my sending her an annual happy-birthday email; beyond that, we’ve not seen each other in nearly ten...
by Didact | Sep 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Yes, this is fairly normal in Israel. Personally I think the Tavor TAR-21 might be better suited for buying, uh, feminine hygiene products, though- don’t you agree? The esteemed Col. Tom Kratman published a trilogy of articles recently exploring some interesting...
by Didact | Sep 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is no depth to which the Unionists of the (possibly soon to be dis-)United Kingdom will not stoop in order to scare the people of Scotland into staying in the Union: Like Boris Johnson, my sense is that Scotland will eventually vote no. But what a kerfuffle we...
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