On the Nature of Things

https://x.com/RobertMSterling/status/2102153505326637247 full text: We used to get hurricanes all the time. Big, powerful storms—beautiful storms, but they were a disaster. And you know why? Because they didn’t respect America, they thought we were weak. So I called NOAA and FEMA and said “we’re cha ...

The World State by G. K. Chesterton Oh, how I love Humanity, With love so pure and pringlish, And how I hate the horrid French, Who never will be English! The International Idea, The largest and the clearest, Is welding all the nations now, Except the one that’s nearest. This compromise has long b ...

TheLastPsychiatrist has weighed in:

The movie going habit is mostly broken here too. Though funny enough, we've probably seen more movies in theaters this spring/summer season that we have in ages. The Super Mario movie was cute Took my mother to see "Young Washington"- I didn't care for it Odyssey was a free ticket that someone ...

Well, I'm glad it spoke to her.

Reaction is that it's intellectually divisive, which I guess was the aim. No lukewarm reactions.

Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑26 Aug 2026 03:05 Had a drummer tell us once that drumming was like making love and we all felt so sorry for his wife.

Nah, we're skipping that one. The movie may be very good but I think the conventional analysis of slasher films is dull and haven't the interest in seeing a film which explores that. =============== (most) Popular slasher films are not morality plays put on by the "patriarchy" to divide the prurient ...

LRB - Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man.pdf The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan. The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson I was amazed and in awe when I first read The Odyssey. I doubt that I'll go to view the movie, but I will probably read the new translation by Emily Wilson. We ...

An excerpt from Robert Kennedy's latest memoir, "Boy, Isn't Everyone Else Weird?"

*may not make sense without volume on*

The addiction/habit aspect is not quite what I was thinking but I can see it.

I was thinking more along the lines of how everything is now chain restaurants or chain distribution of Sysco, reheated at convivence. So it all ends up a little disappointing in the exact same ways.

Yes, Merry Christmas and a late Happy Hanukkah

We've already begun celebrating with that rush of readying everything. Hah.

I'm more amazed about how cooking or preparing meals for oneself has cratered and for junky, microwaved fast-food.

Even in the most penurious and busy situations, I didn't skip self cooking. At the same time, I did notice this was like some antique mentality disappearing from the earth.