Monthly Archives: February 2013

Got sandbagged late at work yesterday, so now am sitting on two mostly-written blog pieces that probably won’t ever be posted.  Not that the essays are topical, exactly, but lately my attention sp—oh look, a Prinny! Sorry.  Where was I?  … Continue reading →

…the following will make your eyes bleed.  BE WARNED! There once was a limerick writer, A bad-ass rhetorical fighter. Who, forsaking tradition, Risked classic Perdition, And scornful poets brighter, By making a sixth-line addition! Told you so.

Just had to circulate that newly-minted phrase.  “Metaphorical metatarsals“©®™  property of WormCo.!   Buy shares!  You know our motto:  At WormCo it’s always the “ground level“!  This new coinage was inspired by an essay-in-progress about the rhetorical competence of the anti-gun nuts.  Look at their aim, then where their rhetorical … Continue reading →

Djesus Uncrossed?  Really?  Sure, if Christopher Waltz is your guest host, naturally you want a skit riffing on Django Unchained.  So you decide to have the Lamb of God go on a killing spree?  Ooooh…edgy.  Yawn.  But then you went … Continue reading →

Heyyy!  Managed to balance two mountains of paperwork long enough to dive between them for a little break.  Highly recommended:  the latest essay from Angelo Codevilla, who should probably be America’s most important writer these days.  He popularized the term … Continue reading →

Day Eleven of Hostage Crisis:  Unexpected accelerator entry, and outdoors’ radiography with steadily dropping temperature.  Am so, so tired of my workplace.  Will not be back online tonight.  I may even be hallucinating; could swear I saw xpat arguing with himself in the … Continue reading →

It is now Day Ten of “Techs Held Hostage”.  This message was written furtively; there’s a 50-50 chance that Warden Schrödinger is watching.  Rumor has it that he has attached a cyanide bomb to one of the quintillions of radioactive … Continue reading →

It was promised that my previous argument would be better than D’Souza’s in his upcoming debate.  I merely equaled his performance-to-come.   Apologies.    The irrefutable argument that Christianity has been “good for Mankind” is two questions:  1) who gets to … Continue reading →

If when you say Christianity you mean paternalistic subjugation of women, and craven excuse for war, and the Inquisitive torture and mutilation of Jews and nonbelievers, then certainly I am against it. But if when you say Christianity you mean … Continue reading →

Oooh, a real, live, formal debate?  I thought those went out with spats and monocles. Christianity:  “Good or Bad for Mankind.”?  The event flogger, The Objective Standard, claims “this intellectual confrontation is guaranteed to set a new standard on the … Continue reading →