All of Cal Newport’s books could be titled, “How to Be an Effective Person.” Or, maybe, “How to Be an Effective Person In This Technological Epoch.” Digital Minimalism is, like Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, about why you should quit or drastically limit the digital distractions that have proliferated in […]… Read More Digital Minimalism — Cal Newport — The Story’s Story
I have long been of the opinion that what passes for post-modern “philosophy” is not a philosophy so much as rhetorical exercise, or in my phrase, “word games”. Consider the act of “deconstructing” something: of tacking a thing to the culture that produced it, to the assumptions of that culture, to the history of those… Read More Post-Modernism Isn’t.
White Knitters Bad. (h/t The Other McCain) Really, that’s the only summation that fits. Here’s the story: Knitting blogger gets excited about going to India. Other people shame her for getting excited. Brainless argument about her words ensues ????????? CONTROVERSY And why? Because she’s white. That’s the only thing that matters. Getting innocuously excited about… Read More And Now, Shrieking Imbeciles Spread Their Hatred to Knitting Blogs
People really seem to like Queen. I mean, I can dig one or two Queen songs, but… I don’t get it. That’s okay, though. Let’s proceed to the actual scorecard. I’m counting it a win if either my Probable or Sleeper Predictions won. Does that give me an unfair double-shot of being right, and smug… Read More Look Upon My Predictions, Ye Pundits, and Despair: My Oscars 2019 Scorecard
I don’t link much to National Review anymore, but the resurrection of the popular image of Ulysses S. Grant has been a cause of mine since I wrote a bad term paper about it in college. A pertinent fact: Grant was one of the more popular presidents of his era, winning two lopsided elections and… Read More Rethinking President Grant
I am largely unfamiliar with The Toast, but it seems to have a Buzzfeedy kind of feel, except it has articles instead of gifs. But I haven’t hit upon any obnoxious political content, so it can’t be Huffington Post. I started with one kind of article, and then I found Movie Yelling with Nicole and… Read More In Fact, The Hunt for Red October is Awesome.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bqbdey/TDTU6.m4a In the lastest in the new season of my Podcast, I lament Disney’s devotion to live-action remakes, defend the adverb, and amuse myself by saying “blog” too much.
This post by Captain Capitalism falls under the category of Interesting, With Caveat. In essence, he calculates Box Office As a Percentage of GDP, to evaluate the relative success of the Star Wars Movies in 1977 vs. today. Naturally, A New Hope tops the list, bringing in .035% of the US GDP. Solo does the… Read More Economist Crunches Numbers, Makes Box Office Condemn “The Last Jedi”
Is that a Hasty Generalization or a Sweeping one? I lack the data to tell. I also don’t care that it’s illogical. It’s how I feel, therefore it’s true. What am I talking about? This. Long story, short, an author allowed internet bullies who spoke for the “community” to shame her into not publishing her… Read More Anyone Who Refers to Themselves as Representing a “Community” is an Ass
Walt Disney Studios had a much more magical earnings report than analysts had expected. The entertainment powerhouse behind Pixar, Marvel, and the world’s most trafficked theme parks logged earnings per share of $1.84, a 3% drop from $1.89 in the prior-year quarter. Disney also reported revenue of $15.3 billion, essentially flat with the year-ago period.…… Read More Variety Buries the Lede About Disney’s Film Division
