Since my kids were very young, I would make a tradition of watching the Olympics. This generally involved unplugging a TV and moving it to the kitchen where it would be on for most of the day for two weeks. It has always been a major time commitment, but I’ve …
I just got back from a family vacation to Ecuador and the Galapagos. It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of trip. We took around 18,000 photos using seven different cameras (excluding phones!), and I’ve been in the process of sorting through them all. While I do that, here are a small …
On July 7, 2024, Catacomb Resident said: On July 13, 2024 a gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump. A couple days later Ed Hurst posted this (emphasis added): Meanwhile, one of my favorite bloggers wrote this: I wrote about my thoughts back in April of 2023 in “Fighting Evil or …
I only occasionally write about my personal interests, and even when I do it is usually made applicable to something more profound (or pretentiously profound). But since I have nothing else to write about while the blog is on auto-pilot, I thought I’d talk about this. Recently, over a course of …
This is the follow up to “A Decree to Rebuild.” In case it wasn’t clear enough at the time, I found Ed Hurst’s viewpoint to be quite interesting. I disagreed on parts of it, but was surprised to find that I largely agreed with his eschatological conclusions. My response was …
Feminism was never built on equality. That was just the window dressing. But some people have mistaken the PR for the real thing. This would suggest that the Red Pill, despite its valiant efforts, has failed.
In my review of Sharkly’s latest article “Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist not evil”?” we wrestled with the question of whether or not Jesus’ commands were hyperbole. Sharkly concluded that this was hyperbole intended to use exaggeration to emphasize a forgiving attitude. In the presence of the perfectly valid law …
I want to illustrate something with some comments that you might have seen. The first set is here from Jack @ Sigma Frame (emphasis added): The second is from Sharkly here on this blog (emphasis added): Both of these are answered in this comment: Simple and elegant. Irony.
This is the follow up to “A Decree to Rebuild.” I read a lot of Bruce Charlton’s writings and frequently quote his work. He’s very good at getting at the root of problems, rather than dealing with the surface-level distractions. I apologize in advance for this lengthy quote, but it …
Here is a comment by someone. Let’s see if we agree. Sure, no problem. Seems reasonable, if perhaps a bit trite and obvious. I doubt anyone would object to having these things. Absolutely. If there is one thing that I’ve been saying a lot lately, it is that men of …