China … China … China … sigh. Someone once observed that waking the Dragon would be major socio-, geopolitical mistake. Methinks sage wisdom. Saw an article/post recently about how tech in China has managed to build an artificial womb, with tubes and hoses for a human fetus to gestate inside a robot. Supposedly, will cost …
Law #22 – Give In, Never Up; or, Defeat is the Path to Victory
Early in the 18th-century, the French writer, philosopher and historian Voltaire found himself exiled in England. Walking through the streets one day he was surrounded by an angry mob agitating for his death. Voltaire remained calm, declaring to the crowd: “Men of England! You wish to kill me because I am a Frenchman. Am I …
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Starving In Moderation … And It’s A Good Thing
Mentioned around these parts that fat is the current reality. BMI WTF, basically. Since Half and theKid left (allthesads) meals have become fairly optional, and been able to just scavenge and scrounge around the house for foodage. That, and some hot yoga (do not—repeat—do not look that up on Tubes of You) and some house-based …
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Rule of Threes
Buncha famous folks dropping like flies here recently … Mr. Blonde / Sidewinder / [“Sil” looking to get Press(ed)], Theo Huxtable, bat-eating Ozzy, Terry “little bit racist” Bollea, the guy that absolutenightmarehorrorshow (but really good NGL) “Wolf Creek” was based on, that bombshell from that show from last century … watzerbuhkit … “WKRP in Cincinnati” …
Dismal Reckonings
Been aminnit since last update re the downswing re the finances … the monkeys are branching out. Although there is progress, it is inevitably followed by regress, which is disappointing yet unsurprising, because must spend to live while living to pay down debt … … there is the that of it all. So here, peruse …
Kindness … or Cruelty?
Found an … interesting? Tuber of You – The Functional Melancholic (geddat?) – who offers a fairly, well, dismal outlook with which mefound meself in subtle agreement. Essentially, TFM discoursed re the global trend towards anti-natalism, that birth rates are declining in most places around the world (but for some areas of Africa and parts …
Theft of Self
Minds the blows that a person could be stolen. Not actually, but mostly. Not in a human trafficking kind of way (tho’ that happens on the regular shudder) but that all the individualized financial info that makes up a modern person can be … hijacked, spirited away, used by others for gain, all without the …
Self-imposed First World Problems
Like most issues related to be human in Western society, this is a self-inflicted wound, one which makes no sense and for which no one in power (see: masters of mankind) has provided a viable, sustainable option. Ahh, the conundrum of childcare. Society insists that breeding is necessary to maintain the aforesaid society, while yet …
Foibly Funs
Been a minute since one o’dese, thought just share some thoughts. Enjoy … 1. Although Disney’s “Snow White” from 1937 is often assumed to as the world’s first full-length animated film, the very first animated movie is 20 years older and from Argentina … specifically Quirino Cristiani’s “La Intervención en la Provincia de Buenos Aires,” …
Shifting Patterns
There was a point in time when the prevailing winds of wisdom blew everyone onto the path of a college education … get good grades in high school to get into the best college (i.e., most expensive) for the best job (i.e., highest pay) to buy stuff (i.e., biggest house, luxurioustest car), marry&breed, retire (maybe, …