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Don't Miss This Opportunity - The Fall of Heaven
Twice now I have published my review of Andrew Scott Cooper's The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial...
sursumcorda, 23 August 2023 |
Our Number One Job
Tomorrow will still come, our objectives have not changed, and our number one job is to work toward tomorrow and those...
Plateaus in Progress
Here's an excerpt that I found interesting from an exchange between DarkHorse host Brett Weinstein and philosopher Steve Patterson....
Put It in Writing, Please
Insist on answers to your letters in writing. "Come in and we'll talk" is never an acceptable answer. I'm still cleaning out...
Languages Beautiful and Ugly
Here's a fun RobWords episode (17.5 minutes) on what makes languages sound beautiful or ugly to our ears. And why German is given such...
Asking the Questions - Allergies, Autism, Autoimmune...
Awesome news. I just learned that one of the young doctors in our family is going into the field of pediatric allergies, and I can't...
The Connecticut Sun
This Florida girl may have (re)learned that the Connecticut sun isn't as wimpy as it first appears. After some days when the...
Wecome to the Monkey House
Losing Faith in the Medical Profession - Again
How is trust broken? It may be by a sudden betrayal, but often you wake up one day and realize that the perfidy has been a long time...
Sound of Freedom
It's not often we go to a movie theater. Seriously. I may have forgotten something, but I believe the last time we did so was in 2016,...
How Businesses Can Help Save the World Without Being...
Enough is enough. I won't drink Bud Light. I won't buy Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Big deal. I don't like beer, and I've long...
The Southern Saint
Mid-July is a good time to pay my annual homage to Saint Willis Carrier. He's not a Catholic saint, nor an Anglican saint, nor a saint...
The Bagel and Lox Sandwich, All from Scratch
Everybody knows and loves bagels. But would you believe I'd never eaten, seen, or even heard of bagels until I went to college? My...
Homemade Is Where the Heart Is
There's a place for professionals, and a time to enjoy the excellence that can only be attained by those who have dedicated most of...
Harvey Mudd, the White House, and Harrison Bergeron
About a million years ago, when I was applying to colleges, high on my list was Harvey Mudd College near Los Angeles, California. At the...
Because We Don't Deserve It
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, and the coronation of King Charles III, which heightened our awareness...
Drones in Warfare
I've mentioned the Task & Purpose YouTube channel before . Here's another fascinating report, about how Raytheon's new laser...
Bring Back the Beavers
Here ya' go. No politics, nothing depressing. Serious, but light. No puppies or kittens, but Beaver Engineers. Take a couple of minutes...
Love It or...
I just saw an awesome t-shirt; if I had documented Native American blood in my lineage, I'd buy one immediately. Back in the days...
Pray for Russia - Now More than Ever
Soon after Russia invaded the Ukraine, I posted this plea to Pray for Russia . Over a year later, the need is greater still. I'm a...
DarkHorse Is on Rumble!
You know I'm a big fan of Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying—the folks I call my favorite Left Coast Liberals. There's a lot we...
Where's the Bathroom?
If you want to be a local guide for the Viking cruise line, one of the most important things to remember is that a large number of your...
St. Alban's Anglican Church, Copenhagen
One of these days I hope to have a more coherent set of posts about our recent cruise, but that will be a while—and I still have...
The Cold Plunge
I am not and have never been one who desires a "spa treatment." Manicures, pedicures, full-body massages, facials, being rubbed with...
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
"By the rude bridge that arched the flood..." Oh, wait, that was a different war. But here, where we are berthed, on September 1,...