Monthly Archive: April 2020
Saturday Morning Gaming: Blood Bowl II
All of the things you love about football, none of the things you don’t.
Saturday Spins: Gram Parsons
This week my toddler shook my phone and out popped the father of “Cosmic American Music,” or as the folks over at No Depression call it, “Alt-Country.”
Record Store Day 2020, Sort of
Even though Record Store Day has been delayed this year, I am hoping that will be even the slightest distraction from the anxiety of these weird times.
Stimulus Legislation “Loophole” Allows Garnishment of Relief Checks
This is one of them things that can make a bad situation involving people already under pressure exponentially worse
A Climate Hawk Laments: I Was Wrong About the Environmental Left
By proving people like myself – who have defended their motives as noble – wrong, the Left does irreparable damage to the cause of fighting climate change
Thursday Throughput: A Mighty Wind Edition
As a graduate student, Hubble took data for me on my birthday. No that’s not a humblebrag. It’s a straight-up brag. Nothing humble about it.
Wednesday Writs: Mandatory Vaccination Edition
L1: We recently discussed, in this space, the quarantine power of the state, hearkening back to the very early 1900s and the southern scourge of Yellow Fever. Today, while some fervently hope for the...
Trump Digression Index: The Trump Corollary to Godwin’s Law
The diversion of seemingly every discussion, TV show, and internet forum toward Trump can now be measured. Call it the Trump Digression Index.
Non-Doomsday Prepping 6: What Do I DO With All This!?!
What do we do with 12 cans of green beans, 50 pounds of flour, and all those packages of Top Ramen? The answer to that is, It Depends.
The Caine Mutiny: A New Reason to Appreciate A Classic
It seems timely, as so many folks are finding their lives upended, that dealing with crisis with questionable leadership is a vital lesson to consider.
I Predict 2021
The Coronavirus Pandemic will change the world in many ways. We just don’t know how it will change.
The “BUT SWEDEN” Model: Already Outdated and Completely Wrong
In the end, that’s all we can do in a situation like this: stack the odds in our favor. And then hope and pray very hard that our gamble works.
