I’m calling a Social Media Retreat for this Month.
Sound the bugle. View at Medium.com
The Species of Kafkatrapping
This will likely go the rounds in the rightosphere, but I would be remiss if I did not pass it along. When a prog accuses you of being racist because you won’t admit how racist you are? Or that your denial of your racism is proof of your racism?That’s a logical fallacy called a kafkatrap:… Read More The Species of Kafkatrapping
Mencken and the New Class Conflict
I’ve had Joel Kotkin’s The New Class Conflict on my Kindle Wish List for some time. It’s dovetails with what I have long thought about the actual class structure of America for some time. I was rather pretentiously calling myself a “rebel against my class” back in college. But I hadn’t yet found that need to… Read More Mencken and the New Class Conflict
Blood, Madness, and Charlie Hedbo
Back in 2011, Charlie Hedbo’s offices got firebombed by Islamists. I remember because I posted the offending cover to my old blog. I was “Je Suis Charlie” before it was hashtagged. This attack was worse in terms of body count, but I haven’t been as attached to the issue. All the usual suspects have said… Read More Blood, Madness, and Charlie Hedbo
Camus is a Rebel, and Custer is a Hero, and I Read Books
In my pre-Christmas book splurge, I picked up Kafka’s The Trial, which has so far reminded me why I wait 1.5 decades between reading Kafka books, and Camus’ The Rebel, which has delicious bits of tasty absurdity. And deliberately so. One cannot be a rebel without a set of values to hold higher than the powers-that-be,… Read More Camus is a Rebel, and Custer is a Hero, and I Read Books
On the Cake-Baking Front of the Culture Wars…
Should Christian Bakers have to make cakes for Gay Weddings? If you think they should, then should Gay Bakers have to bake cakes with messages in support of traditional marriages? Because Gay Bakers seem to think they don’t. This raises more questions. Should Jewish Bakers have to make cakes with Swastikas? Should Muslim Bakers have… Read More On the Cake-Baking Front of the Culture Wars…
Confirmed: George R.R. Martin is Screwing With Us.
Yesterday, Martin’s official Twitter account posted this: On the first day…House Tully came bearing gifts…#12DaysofWesteros pic.twitter.com/I2rll6fR70 — George RR Martin (@GRRMspeaking) December 10, 2014 Which prompted the Internet (and especially Reddit) to lose its damn mind. Because, 12 days from yesterday is December 21st, the first day of Winter. The next book in the series… Read More Confirmed: George R.R. Martin is Screwing With Us.
Nerds are Never Happy: The Force Awakens Trailer
It was pretty cool. First off: the slow intro, empty desert, sense of dread, reminiscent of There Will Be Blood. Dug it. The darkness sitting dormant. Stormtroopers: Same but different. Questions abound: Are these Republic Stormtroopers? Some Imperial rump state? Is the guy who pops up in the desert a good guy pulling a Luke, or… Read More Nerds are Never Happy: The Force Awakens Trailer
So, Life happened.
Black Keys. Work. Baby. Daddy tired. Daddy needs nap. Daddy needs five naps. 1…2…3…4… At some point I’m going to pull myself out of the stupor and make meh about the Star Wars Trailer(!), but for right now…
Charles Manson, Star Wars, and the Joy of Hate
Kevin Williamson opines on how monsters make the ladies swoon. The phenomenon of young women falling in love with death-row inmates, particularly with serial killers, is not new: Women flocked to Ted Bundy’s trial — his trial for raping, torturing, and murdering young women as a prelude to acts of necrophilia — and he received… Read More Charles Manson, Star Wars, and the Joy of Hate
