Election 2020 Chapter 5: Towards The Homestretch…
I suspect the movement we’ll see from here will be minimal, meaning Biden will have many paths to 270 versus Trump’s little room for error.
Monthly Archive: September 2020
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Recommended)
Avatar: The Last Airbender was good enough I’ll recommend it anybody. It’s got action, romance, character development, and non-stupid characters
Sunday Morning! “Not Dark Yet”
Berit Ellingsen’s beautiful and enigmatic debut novel details a modern day hermit seeking to avoid doing violence on an alien planet- ours.
F’n Rubes Who Shovel S***, or Virtuous Manhood
The Tommy Shelbys and Nucky Thompsons of the world are parasites on the real men who make the world go round.
John Kelly Doesn’t Owe Us Anything
The maelstrom surrounding President Trump’s alleged comments about troops has been brought to bear on a man who spent most of his life as one
Saturday Morning Gaming: XCom 2 and the Long War
I got sucked back into XCom 2 and am using the Long War mod. Holy cow, this is an amazing game. (And Steam currently has it on sale.)
On Serbia, Kosovo, and Kicking the Can Down the Road
The two-page deal seems more like a list of good intentions, ambiguous promises, and an unspoken hope the hard decision can be delayed.
Rochester, New York
The death of Daniel Prude in March has reignited protests in Rochester, New York, with the public release of body cam footage and suspension of the the officers involved.
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
So much is happening right now that it’s hard to pay attention to any one particular thing, particularly my implausible escapades.
Book Notes: “The Hermit in the Garden” by Gordon Campbell
In Georgian England, you could be hired to live as a hermit on a rich person’s land…Right about now, it sounds almost too good to be true.
Chairman Heckler’s Veto
They are bending the will to China because the Chinese government can and will demand it in a way that the US government won’t and can’t.
If You Wanna Make an Omelet, You Have to Break Some Faberge Eggs
Civilization is a Faberge egg. It is not just LIKE a Faberge egg, it IS a Faberge egg. Civilization is delicate, intricate, exquisite, and rare.
Weekend Plans Post: Lime Cilantro Rice (Illustrated)
So all weekend we’re going to have burritos with lime cilantro rice, burrito bowls with lime cilantro rice, maybe a bowl of lime cilantro rice…
Dancing with the Asterisms
Asterisms, personified as so many lords and queens, rule us, but they do not govern with a static scepter. The scepter is a prop, a baton, in truth, as they dance.
Cause of Death
We have a tendency to turn a blind eye to the suffering of our fellow human if we think they did something to deserve it
