Day: February 19, 2020

The Truth Behind Dresden Dresden

The Truth Behind Dresden

Strahan Cadell February 19, 2020

Bad faith arguers/actors on the world stage unite each year in using the Dresden narrative as a...

Corn Dog: The Beef Wellington of Common Folks, On a Stick

Andrew Donaldson February 19, 2020

So is it really foodie sacrilege to compare the vaunted Beef Wellington to the humble corn dog?...

Wednesday Writs: Silkwood Showers and Plutonium Flowers Edition

Em Carpenter February 19, 2020

In the The Simpsons, Homer carelessly tosses a glowing plutonium rod. But in 1974, an employee at...

Modern Game Design: The Route to Fun and The Fun of Root Root Box Image

Modern Game Design: The Route to Fun and The Fun of Root

James K February 19, 2020

Board Game Symposium: Modern game design has led to some interesting places. Let me tell you about...

When A Feller Needs a Nickel CABriggs Friend 1038 Five Cents Short crop

When A Feller Needs a Nickel

Clare Briggs February 19, 2020

Just five cents.

Philip H in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25They “looked dominant” which was the point. You can’t “win” negotiations by looking “weak” and diplo…
Philip H in reply to Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaNeither are prevailing wages in construction or agricultural work. But those workforces are being ru…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Initial reports are that the strikes only set the Iranian program back by months. What a disaster. N…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreOne point that strikes me as obvious is that continuing to fail, enough times, presents identically…
Jaybird in reply to John Puccio on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?From what I understand, the original pitch for Stranger Things was a bunch of clips from a half doze…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreThere are plenty who consider "we tried and failed" to be morally justifiable in a way that "we didn…
John Puccio in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Similar to Band of Brothers.
Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaWe had to have a plumber out yesterday evening because some numbnuts in an apartment above us has be…
Philip H on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaAt 4% unemployment nationally these jobs will remain difficult to fill.
John Puccio in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Stranger Things was an extremely derivative sci-fi show aimed at kids. Parents watched it because of…