by Didact | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
God didn’t pick us because we were weak or would run from danger. We’ve taken murder and sorrow and humiliation for six thousand years and we have kept faith. We have outlived everyone who has tried to destroy us. Can’t you see it, Kitty? … this...
by Didact | Aug 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’m off for about 10 days to travel. I’m not telling where I’m going (yet), but suffice to say that this is a trip that I have been wanting to make for quite literally half my life. Pictures, stories, and tales of wine and song to follow when I get...
by Didact | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I was 14, I read two books that changed my thinking and my life forever. The first was a novel, based on real events, called Exodus, by one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers, Leon Uris. It provided a fictionalised, but largely accurate, account of the...
by Didact | Jul 10, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Jesus Double Facepalm: That is how badly you FAIL “Lightning war” is quite simply the only way to describe what Germany did to Brazil yesterday. Now normally I could not give a toss about this odd sport named “football”- something that you...
by Didact | Jul 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
The kind that not only allows armed diners into the premises, but arms the waitresses too: How does a Swiss and Wesson grilled cheese for lunch sound? Or a Guac 19 burger for dinner? And would you like to attend a concealed carry class after your...
by Didact | Apr 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
[This post might take its name from one of the greatest and most important death metal albums ever produced, but it has no overarching theme or specific purpose. It’s just a catalog of thoughts and ideas stemming from a recent trip.] The Healing Road I love...
by Didact | Jan 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
In 1998, Neil Peart, the greatest goddamn drummer of all ti- er, I mean, the drummer and lyricist of RUSH, lost his daughter in a freak accident as she was driving to college. Shortly after that, he lost his wife to cancer, though he maintained that she died from a...
by Didact | Jan 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Look up “irony” in the dictionary, and this is what you’ll see So I landed back in the (formerly) Land of the Free last Saturday morning, after a quite painful and arduous 26-hour journey halfway across the world, jet-lagged out of my mind, to find...
by Didact | Jan 1, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
Charlie Bushmeister had some highly amusing commentary from his recent trip to India: I have been to 50 countries now, and I can say without reservation that India is the absolute worst place for women I have even been. I can think of no place less suitable for a...
by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Can someone please explain the appeal of this idiotic new phenomenon to me? Yes, you saw that right- reindeer antlers and big stupid red nose ON A FREAKIN’ CAR. I’m all in favour of Christmas spirit, but this is going a bit bloody far. I’ve been...
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