INCLUDE_IN_POST_LIST Keep the Door Open 5 Aug 20228 Aug 2022 My first mistake was carrying my distaste for Star Wars Syndrome into this exchange about Top Gun: Maverick. SWS is the plague of allowing nostaglia to create the illusion that…
INCLUDE_IN_POST_LIST The Seekers: Their Story of Cognitive Dissonance and Mine 24 Jul 20228 Aug 2022 https://youtu.be/Qyclqo_AV2M Think of what you’re sayingYou can get it wrong and still you think that it’s alrightThink of what I’m sayingWe can work it out and get it straight, or…
INCLUDE_IN_POST_LIST When the Machine Has Taken the Soul from the Man 22 Jul 20228 Aug 2022 It Was Bound to Blow That was true in Letter of the Law -- but not quite this time. These are good people in a place I just don't belong.…
INCLUDE_IN_POST_LIST Seek to Understand Before You Seek to Be Understood 15 Jul 20228 Aug 2022 We've created a culture that gripes over "flashy graphics" while worshipping liars in the images. Never mind they manufactured a world-altering war that shaped the society you see today. And…
Uncategorized The Sheer Stupidity of America is Staggering 12 Jul 202227 Jul 2022 I'd have more luck reaching Helen Keller Or anyone with an inkling of desire to understand something that doesn't cater to your cravings. A grade-schooler would grasp my arguments with…
Uncategorized If That’s Your Best — Your Best Won’t Do 25 Jun 20227 Jul 2022 People want an authority to tell them how to value things, but they choose this authority not based on facts or results. They choose it because it seems authoritative and…
Uncategorized Some People Are NeveReady 21 Jun 202222 Jun 2022 This post was prompted by my former tennis partner who'd rather believe in the fantasy of his skills than take some hard criticism and step up his game: Like most…
Uncategorized Behold the Legacy of Your Beloved Sowell: Disciples on Duty — Part 2 9 Jun 20228 Aug 2022 I don’t understand the satisfaction in taking endless delight in embracing slogans and simpleminded narratives — designed to make damn sure you don’t look beyond the surface . . .…
Uncategorized Behold the Legacy of Your Beloved Sowell: Disciples on Duty 9 Jun 20228 Aug 2022 https://youtu.be/hrbbKbLAG8w There is no measure for how asinine these acolytes are in defending the indefensible -- automatons devoid of rational thought & manners. Your behavior has not an atom of…
Uncategorized Tolstoy’s Not Talkin’ About Me — He’s Talkin’ About You 24 May 202210 Jul 2022 The smorgasbord of sub-cultures has created another dimension of delusion in America: Hardening minds not broadening them. The commentary in these communities speaks volumes about social media & the state…