Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 25: Supply chain distress
The supply chain is hurting. Over the last two weeks, I’ve seen example after example of supply chain issues. If I’d seen just one or…
Sunday Reading
I have what may be an odd mental quirk. When things are “bad”, most people want happy, sunshine and puppies, entertainment. Not me. I…
Good reading, but…
No, not my first time. I remember in college reading the book “Who Rules America” in an anthropology class. The 20-something year old me…
Feeling listless?
Over the course of years, I’ve collected a lot of files from the Intertubz that can be categorized as survival or prepping information. I’m…
Fine Art Tuesday-a digression
We could also subtitle this one “Learning my craft”. As I pursue the topic of Fine Art Tuesday, I find myself learning more and…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 24: A gunshow miraculously appears
Well…yeah. The Notorious RBG kicks off and there is finally a gun show-how much better can my weekend get during a pandemic, I ask you.…
Sunday Reading
The Library of the Palais Bourbon in Paris The weather has went from hot an humid to cool, dry and fantastic, so it’s been a…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 23: Normalcy Bias
I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and doing a lot of reading of late. There is a thread that has been going through…
Farnam’s Code
You’ve seen me refer to Farnam’s Law: “Don’t go stupid places with stupid people and do stupid things.” I use that to reality check…
Fine Art Tuesday
Mountainous Landscape, Will Henry Stevens Will Henry Stevens was born in Indiana in 1881. Educated in art in Cincinnati and New York City, in 1920…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 22: The things you see
An actual peaceful protest in small town NC, 2020. I don’t expect this to last much longer. Mrs. Freeholder and I have…
Sunday Reading
“Have you ever felt out of place living in the modern world?” asks William S. Lind, author of Retroculture: Taking America Back. My answer…
Odd
I stopped donning the 9/11 sackcloth and ashes some time back. I still pause on this day, but generally not in any public manner. The…
Thoughts from the OP
I’ve had NCScout’s efforts recommended to me before, but I’ve never really been that hip on the guy. This time, I’m hip. Allow me to…
Fine Art Tuesday
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer, c.1665 Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer is a fascinating piece of fine art for a…
Today, I’m the Grumpy Old Guy
Unlike Walter, I still have my hair. It’s been a long week and it’s getting longer by the second. It’s already clear that it’s going…
Fine Art Tuesday
Melody of the Night, Leonid Afremo, date unknown Dang near forgot this. It’s too freaking busy this week. Once again, we may be stretching the…
Seriously?
(Found on Gab) It’s been entirely too serious around here of late. How about some cute to offset that?
Hits
Bela Okmyx “They hit us, we hit them.” I’m not sure that’s an actual quote from “A Piece of the Action”, but it’s close. Somewhere…
Sunday Reading
It’s Time for the Samuel Adams Option Because what we’ve been doing for 30 years isn’t working.
Memetic Warfare, Part II
Another 24 hours and a new crop of memes are floating about the Intertubz. As one who follows such things might expect, these are somewhat..harsher.…
Memetic Warfare
People have found a hero, it seems. Or are creating one, perhaps. I will remind you that history has turned on less.
Catching up on some things
I’m one of the world’s worst for reading the folks on my blogroll. I blame the 24 hour day, which is a vestige of colonialism…
Fine Art Tuesday
Tragic Prelude, John Steuart Curry, 1940 John Steuart Curry was a Kansas born American painter of the Regionalist school, whose rather brief career, starting in…
Paying the price
I feel like I’m kicking someone when they’re down. However, they did it to themselves, and I feel that it is instructive to the rest…
Sunday Reading
I’m going to do something that feels weird to me, but I’m going to recommend a book that I haven’t finished reading. It’s that good…
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 21: Observations
In the past two weeks, I’ve been out and about a lot, and I have seen things worth seeing. I have seen a lot of…
Not a Grand (Maunder) Minimum?
If you aren’t a subscriber of the SpaceWeather.com email newsletter, give it a shot. Many interesting and often beautiful things come through on it. Today’s…
Fine Art Tuesday
Alexander and Porus, Charles Le Brun, 1673 (This week’s Fine Art Tuesday’s work was inspired by this article from War History Online.) Charles Le…