Saturday Morning Gaming: Demon’s Tilt
Epic Game Store’s free game this week is a sprawling pixel-based pinball game: Demon’s Tilt
Monthly Archive: March 2022
Well-Tuned: Let’s Talk Soundtracks
I have always been intrigued by movie and tv soundtracks. When the right song is paired to a scene it can elevate it to something unforgettable.
Freedom of Speech and the Heckler’s Veto
Those with political, cultural, and/or economic power like to pretend the Heckler’s Veto doesn’t exist as long as the hecklers are on their side.
BBB Needs A Deadline
The passage of BBB in an election year would make sure that Biden could show Democratic governance means something to its base, which he absolutely needs to turn out in November.
POETS Day and I’m Just Not Sure: Strickland Gillilan
Not a nice thing to think about but Strickland Gillilan may have comforted your aunt in a mauve puffy envelope after her cat met a Cadillac.
Video Throughput: Stargate
By viewer request, I take a whack at the 1994 movie Stargate. I talk about wormholes, linguistics, how to find your place in the universe and why I hate ancient aliens.
Weekend Plans Post: The only thing worse than Jury Duty
“It’s not that great,” I told him. “I’m going to get jury duty in a couple of months.” Sure enough: I did.
Reading The Transcript To Respond: A State Of The Union Rebuttal
The State Of The Union Rebuttal of a regular facilities manager/HVAC technician and not a political scientist, lawyer, or a politician
From ABC news: Madeleine Albright, 1st female secretary of state, dead at 84
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, died Wednesday from cancer at age 84, according to her family.
Discretion Has No Substitute: Lessons In Moving The Overton Window
Burt Likko on moving the Overton Window and lessons taught by his predecessor upon these pages, the Blues Brothers, & William F. Buckley, Jr.
Reflections on Liberal Christianity in Illiberal Times.
American Christianity has gotten away from its obligations as they seek to preserve the status quo ante politically where they are “in charge.”
You Are What You Shave With
Razors used to be the best a man can get. Now they are what a man is. Here is where the Daily Wire enters.
Tech Tuesday: No Class Today Edition
I’m between quarters, and my last day of work is next week, so I have a wee bit of free time for a long overdue Tech Tuesday!
2021 Oscars Projections: Predicting The Winners
Here’s who or what I think will be taking home an Oscar and who or what could upset those predictions…
From Piles to Paradise: Mitt Romney’s Sea Misadventure with Bryan & Booper
As far as Mitt Romney is concerned, this tale contains observations of an anatomical nature which are, if not indecent, entirely fictional.
