A Prayer Request
I’m going to be selfish and take advantage of my public platform, limited though it is, to ask for your prayers this Tuesday
Monthly Archive: February 2023
Nightshade Free Chili
Chili closer to the beef and beans you would have found on a cattle drive as it was highly unlikely you’d have had tomatoes in the chuck wagon
When the Fox News Guards the Henhouse
A court let the defamation lawsuit by Dominion and Smartmatic, two companies that make voting machines against Fox, proceed. And that’s not all.
Sunday Morning! The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
In his highly lauded novel “The Underground Railroad,” Colson Whitehead, rewires the creaky old machinery of the novel and finds it still able of reaching surprising new depths.
From The Vanderbilt Hustler: Peabody EDI Office responds to MSU shooting with email written using ChatGPT
From The Vanderbilt Hustler: Peabody EDI Office responds to MSU shooting with email written using ChatGPT A note at the bottom of a Feb. 16 email from the Peabody Office of Equity, Diversity and...
Saturday Morning Gaming: Three Reviews of Hogwart’s Legacy
As I am playing Hogwart’s Legacy, I am playing with three different people in mind.
They are having three different experiences.
Weekend Plans Post: Nothing Is Happening
As nice as it is to do something, it’s kinda nice to do nothing.
When The Black Dog Goes For A Walk
Depression can kill. Sir Winston Churchill spoke of those moments when the black dog came to visit him. Like Sir Winston, when I need to, I can rise to the occasion despite my brain being a little bit out of whack.
POETS Day! Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc may be best know as for his light children’s verse which he released in volumes illustrated by Edward Gorey and Basil Temple Blackwood and possibly by himself and G.K. Chesterton
The Urge to Purge
The Revolution always eats its own. Wokeness, identitarianism, anti-racism, progressivism – whatever label one chooses to affix – has become an integral aspect of modern politics and the academy. Universities, high schools, and extracurricular...
Video Thoughput: The Science of Contact
Contact digs deep into the weeds on SETI and radio astronomy and I go in with it to see what it got right and what it got wrong.
Southern Style Smothered Pork Chops
The meat and three tradition of smothered pork chops but I throw in some white wine and herb de Provence because I’m a snob at heart.
The East Palestine Crash: Reality Bubbles Through
East Palestine is a glimpse of the dirty underbelly of our industrial society and the never-ending need to keep an eye on what exactly we’re putting out there.
The Percolated Pot: An Instruction Manual For Decent Coffee
I hereby condescend to show you the way to a decent pot of coffee, to give you confidence and consistency in your caffeine efforts.
Trump’s Name-calling Now Comes Off As Desperate, Not Intriguing
That Trump has to workshop different nicknames for DeSantis is evidence the exercise in Trump name-calling has become trite
Analyzing The 2023 Oscars’ Best Picture Race
We can see who has the best chance or who should probably just be happy to be nominated for Best Picture. Keep these 16 key trends in mind.
