I collect and read books because I want to have a few damn things in my life that I don’t have to recharge, restart, reboot, silence, shut down, troubleshoot, buy a cover for, update, upgrade, adjust brightness, adjust volume, adjust notifications, insert an SD card into, clear cache, ignore spam calls on, replace, repair, pay … Photo: Books to Read
When life hands you lemons, you grind them into thirds so they can go with the normal trash. It’ll save yourself a trip to the dump.
I made the Pale Blue Scratch ebook free for download over at Smashwords, and removed it from the Kindle store. Amazon doesn’t give the option to make your ebook free by default, so you have to request that they make it free, and it doesn’t always work. I don’t have the time or energy for … Pale Blue Scratch Ebook Now Free
The story below is a work of fiction. Another semester and another set of students, shining bright like Kubrick tiger eyes. He has enthusiasm for the job despite the contagion protocols of the classroom. They’ve all got superpowers but there’s no defense against the enemies we can’t see.
I hate writing book reviews, but this one may prove to be useful, and perhaps important, in the future. The last time I read The Minäverse, I compared it favorably to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. This was a mistake, not because neither were favorable, but because it bears little to Hitchhiker’s except for … Book Review: The Minäverse by Jill Domschot
Similar to the Primal Energy Bites that I posted a while back, though these ones have a different feel to them. I’d post the original recipe, but as all recipe sites go, there’s way too many ads and scripts running on the page; I don’t want to subject you to that. It crashes my mobile … Recipe: Paleo Vegan Energy Spheres
From Saturday. I was feeling pretty terrible the whole time I was there, due to an oncoming illness, so I didn’t get as many photos as I wanted. It’s a pretty open atmosphere and people are always willing to get photographed but as a strong introvert it takes energy for me to cold approach strangers … Photos: Tekko Con 2018, Pittsburgh
I suppose there are further parallels between the two, but I don’t bother with the news enough to draw them.
This was originally posted on the Radix Fidem forum. I recently read The Cross Examination of Jesus Christ (Randy Singer), about the trial of Jesus under Pontius Pilate, and a few of the milestones that lead up to it. The middle chapters were a mix of Gospel readings, and commentary with personal anecdotes. They were adequate if … Were the Pharisees Hellenized?
Just when I thought everything in music had already been done, this comes along and drowns that idea in an ocean of wasabi. I want to burrow into their discography and nestle there until Shogun is ported to Xbox One (which will never happen). They have another video where they play atop a stratospheric tower, … A Traditional Japanese Rock Metal Nagasaki Tsunami
Add me if you’d like: [email protected] Wife had one that she didn’t really wear any more, so I took up the mantle. I don’t need one, for sure, but it couldn’t hurt.
There’s been more than one philosopher who have posed the hiddenness of God as an argument against His existence. If you’re a strict materialist, it makes sense that you would expect sense data, at the very least, of God to begin a framework of proof for God’s existence. Some skeptics argue that an ideal God … Someone Steal This Book Idea: The Obvious God
I swear I had this up here before for safekeeping, as I usually do, but it went the way of the buffalo. It’s back! 8 oz dark chocolate 1/8 tsp chipotle or cayenne pepper 1/2 cup heavy cream big pinch of salt cocoa to dust 1. Chop up chocolate and place in bowl, add the … Recipe: Hot Chocolate Stones
This was sung by a singer named Eri Kawai for the game Soma Bringer. I don’t think she’s in a minor key here, but it still gives me some bluish mystery vapors. It turns out Kawai died the same year this game was released, at 43, from liver cancer. She died on August 5, 2008, … A Sad Song
I made this on Valentine’s Day. You can say it: it looks like a junior-year home ec project. The reasons for this are myriad: 1. It was the first cake I ever made from scratch. 2. Since it’s paleo, it doesn’t use normal flour but coconut flour, honey, and fruits. It bakes and looks very … Photo: Paleo Raspberry Coconut Cake
An email to Jill, re: the “you know it’s true” statements when (trying to) discuss disagreeable topics. tl;dr version: it’s not an argument but an actual claim to knowledge that could be legitimate, depending on how well one person knows another. A simple reminder that clams to knowledge can be legitimate through means other than … “You know it’s true.”
Scott Van Pelt Fired Back At ESPN Haters No cable and reading books all the time? Sounds like heaven to me. Sean Parker unloads on Facebook “exploiting” human weakness It’s not called Faceborg without a good reason. Vegetarian Men Are More Depressed – Are Steaks A Treatment? It might not be a bad idea, but … Links of Possible Relevance, Part 30
Happy New Year. I started the Radix Fidem forum with some help from Ed. It’s more or less an online church community; a very long-term project set at a simmering temperature for now. It’s an oddball concept, for sure, but a church that “exists” online can’t be the weirdest thing you could find on the … The Radix Fidem Forum is Live
Hollywood and celebrity culture are Satanic dumpster fires in dire need of wiping off the face of the earth, despite producing a few good movies here and there. I have doubts that all of the #MeToo claims of harassment are all true (thought plenty of them aren’t necessarily related to celebrities but upper-level executive-types), especially … #MeepToo