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Opinions Over Facts
The other day I attended a talk hosted by Greater Boston Humanists on "Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds" given by a Melanie Trecek-King, an associate...
Real vlogs are new, boring, and short
Way back when YouTube videos were limited to 15 minutes, even then the repeated advice of posting shorter videos, where 3½ minutes was determined the...
Sun, Sand, Surf, . . . oh my!
Where you were during the heatwave of summer ’22?
I was among those who count themselves fortunate escaping...
Arrested Development Is By Definition Ontological
Whatever euphemism one might employ, ‘termination’, ‘ending’, a removal procedure, 'a surgical procedure’ (sounds like military lingo, “a surgical strike...
My May reads
In the past month, I have read and watched some good stuff and . . . the not so good.
First, the Bad
In Fiction
• Ishiguro’s...
A Philosophy Paper Can Be Written
“I’ll help you,” she said, “and we won’t need to go anywhere. Poirot says all you need to solve a mystery is ‘the little gray cells.’ ”
“Poirot?”...
On Abortion
We know there at least four bullet points concerning abortion. Where people align themselves various across the divide.
• First, is the old...
Recent (re-)reads for April 2022
New and old titles read in the past month plus television shows and movies worth watching.
Recent Reads in Fiction
• Magpie Murders...
Not Even the Best Superficial Option
There exist some more conservative political pundits arguing that the Republicans gain some testicle fortitude and bork President Biden's SCotUS Black...
Survival Is Not Enough But Neither is Art
My first encounter with “Station Eleven” (Station Eleven) was via a blurb about the television serial adaptation. What I read was interesting enough...
I am reading. . . . (as of March)
Currently reading
Fiction
• Horse Destroy the Universe by Cyriak Harris
• re-reading Part 3 from Gulliver’s Travels
Catfished By Another Novel
Another disappointing read. More because I was sold counterfeit goods. I was told Bradstreet Gate was a novel about a murder at Harvard involving three...
Reacting to Anita Hill's Recent Book
To be clear, the following is not — is not a book review.
A useful aspect of Anita Hill's Believing Our Thifty-Year To End Gender-Violence...
Recent Reads as of February
for Fiction
• Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, Daisy Miller, and Turn of the Screw
My original plan was to read his novels The Bostonians,...
Avoid Oxford
I just completed reading the second¹ most disappointing² novel I ever read. The opening pages of Stephen Fry's The Liar and Neal Stephenson got me...
Reads mid-December
(revised and updated 3 January 2022)
From the start, I was working my way through a novel that I was so looking forward to reading. Whoa!...
Recent Reads in Early December
for Fiction
• The Lost Symbl by Dan. Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️* (out of 5)
• re-reading The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
in Non-Fiction
• continuing...
November: Here is What I Read
That time of the month again, where I share my lastest reads and viewing experiences.
Since last post, I have decided to devote next year to...
Horror Season Reads & Views
Whew! I just watched the first episode of “Lovecraft Country”. A year ago, I read the book for my local public library book club. As I said then I repeat...
They must hate orphans
“An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an original motivated by necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species...
Recent Reads and Views (October 2021 edition)
In anticipation of my local public library’s virtual online “Tell Us What You Are Reaing” event, I list here some of the titles I read.
Oridinarily...
How to Fix Big Brother (US)
Among the numerous negative aspects Big Brother (US) fans have of the show is the recent trending strategy where a majority of the houseguests form an...
Recent Reads & Views (July 2021 edition)
I skipped the previous couple of months “Tell Us What You Are Reading” Zoom events hosted by my public library, which I had done a lot of reading. No...
Quantum of Solace the Greatest Movie?
Ok, I can follow the video's argument how QoS might be considered a good ('great') movie but such makes QoS a terrible Bond movie. The classic "Goldfinger"...
Why Twists in Movies Are Bad
Following the recommendation of YouTuber I do not follow who was recommended to me by the YouTube algorithm, I watched "Shutter Island" for the first...
Depends Upon POV
I am reminiscing about a a favourite scene from the Rex Harrison version of "Doctor Dolittle"¹ and wanted to share that scene with a housemate. Atonshied...
Recent Views (Janurary 2021)
Until tonight, I thought the most disappointing time travel themed movie was "Safety Not Guaranteed". Do Not watch the movie "Jimmy vs. His Future Self".I...
Need a Word for This
What I shall say may offend or disappoint some Conservative identifying person's in my audience. The recent rash of deplatforming of . . . non-continuous...
Recent Reads post-Thanksgiving/pre-holidays
Again, tonight, my local public library is hosting a Zoom event inviting patrons share their current reads. For my part, I made an updated slideshow...
They Are Not On Your Side
I did not vote for Trump neither in 2016 nor in 2020, but I wished I had voted for Trump, for arguements I agree with that I had shared already in a...
What Hope Is There?: A second personal reaction to election 2020
My candidate lost. That I expected and accept. What upsets me is the drop in percentage compared to previous presidential election. Going from 3.3% to...
I am Not Bitter: A personal reaction to election 2020 results
The frightening reality is Orwellian prophecy coming into fruition with the tyranny of Leftism.“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book...
Recent Reads
I should really upgrade my Goodreads status. In the recent two years, I have read a number of books. Of course, the more I read, the larger the update...
Dangerous Machinations Under the Guise of Fairness
The other day, I had attended a Zoom presentation discussing Germany's electoral process followed by what amounts to a sales pitch for ballot initiative...
A Better Voting System
For my Adults with Asperger's book group meeting, we were asked our choice for the next book to read and discuss. Some clear majority emerged, fortunately,...
Debate Debacle
Last night in a discussion about the recent presidential debate, I asked my friend, "What can Mike Pence do that would make you switch to voting for...
What the Chances?
In the current season of reality TV show “Big Brother”, the casts features all returning players and the season is dubbed “All Stars”. At present, two...
Sex, Pills, and Genes: What is Wrong with Huxley's Brave New World
Like so many, I reread Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World after seeing the streamed serial episodes produced this year. The series is not the book. I am...
Does Context Matter?
Walking down the stree the other day, I spotted a car window's endorsement for this election year.
There exists a set of people...
Criticisms of Trump Misses the Point
For my inagural blog post for my new re-fashioned website, the topic had to be political. Sorry — not sorry.
Inspired by two separate instances...
Bad Decision
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, [Harvard],
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Leave the Drama for the Stage
The drama should have been kept on the stage.
Nestled in an outline suburb of greater Boston area sits a first class university many heard...
It’s Just Math
Given what I suspect is my mediocre performance on our first midterm exam for Quantum Theory, I know now why and how String Theory has such a stranglehold...
What I Hate About Math
The one thing I hate about how mathematics is taught at the higher level in the US and in the UK (and by extension I assume likewise for Austria and...
Follow Up on Skepticism on Climate Change
An interlocutor goes, I read your previous blog and I get the sense the main thrust of your argument is you hate the rhetorical style of the Climate...
Acceptable Crime for Harvard Admissions
Harvard University is under no obligation in admitting anyone and are at liberty accepting, rejecting, and rescinding offers of admissions of whomever...
Remembering Kiyomi
The world is a much darker place now.
A relative shared the authority's confirming the Oakland fire claimed another victim, that of my friend Kiyomi...
Missed Opportunities of Yesterday
So the artist formerly known as Prince who renamed themselves S then became Prince again died recently. I heard that in an interview he expressed some...
Why I am a Climate Change Skeptic
Disclaimer: I considered myself an ecologists, not by profession but in practice. I was born during the wake of “Silent Spring”, the ban on DDT, and...
Who cares if God exists.
In moment of free thought, I coined a new word: apathetist.
Definition: apathetist -- a person who does not care whether God exists or not If God...
Alternative Democracies
The recent Sunday I had an argument about the flaw of voting.
The two particular points posed as challenge to me were.
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Agenda v Principles
From an email I sent to a friend.
Pursuant a conversation prior and after reading a brilliant essay by Thomas Sowell, Is the US Now On...