Monday, May 29, 2023

How Ironic if the Cold Warriors were Right about Russia

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All the time I was at RAND and in all the years afterwards, when I read the views of the "cold warriors", I dismissed their argume...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

Yellow Submarine (1968) and The Assyrian Winged God

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Reviewing the movie Yellow Submarine and I came across this famous image.  But wait, I thought, is this not a homage to the ancient Assyrian...
Friday, May 26, 2023

"The Menu" (2022)

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  This post has spoilers for the movie "The Menu" (2022). "The Menu" (2022) is not a perfect movie but it had more than ...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Notes on Civil Justice and CNN

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Obviously there is nothing in civil justice that has the slightest impact on Trump's criminal and psychopathic behavior. He turned aro...
Tuesday, May 9, 2023

On the Road to Fascism 05/09/2023

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I write about the things in this post not because I think I can solve any of the problems, or say anything the least bit interesting that ha...
Thursday, May 4, 2023

More Rendering Tests II

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Some random tests.   Tests to create complexity from simple procedural forms and working in the area of classical expressiveness (gestural r...

ADD/ADHD Article in The Atlantic and Medical Malfeasance

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draft   The Atlantic has an interesting article about Adderall and ADD/ADHD in which it reveals that the medical community failed to even re...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Genocide in Ukraine

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draft There doesnt seem to be any doubt that some sort of ethnic cleansing is going on in Ukraine.  Maybe it will be necessary for the Unite...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

A Preface to the Online Draft

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draft draft draft   Lets say I was writing some sort of "book", as distinguished from a blog, and this so-called book might be ...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

A Crypt of My Own

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How I dream of that basement, that attic, that crypt where I can live serene, diligent, with my computers, untriggered.   How happy I would ...