All Purls. No Swine.
I won't embarrass the person who said this by linking to her statement which, TBC, is available to all if you dig around here and there on the public Internet. But, in some ways, she's right. It's unfortunate that she participates almost exclusively (I won't weigh in on the reason for this) on a site… Continue reading QOTD: “We Women Are Lower Status Than Blacks”
Lord, I almost missed it. I’ve been so wound up about the appalling violence done in this reboot of a beloved children’s classic that I overlooked this recently unearthed interview by Variety magazine with two of the film’s stars, Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot. (Zegler is still young enough to get away with the giggly, simpering co-ed vibe. In… Continue reading Snow White: Young Woman From Heteronormative Nuclear Family Follows Daddy’s Advice, Makes Good
I don't follow many podcasts, but I always check out Jordan Peterson's regular long-form interview effort, and I often listen to it as I'm working around the farm. He recently sat down with another favorite, Douglas Murray, for a wide-ranging discussion which Peterson starts out characterizing as: ...how a misguided purpose leads to abject misery… Continue reading Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray: Soldiers for Truth
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. I hope it’s clear I’m not talking about that silly movie with Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck (whoever he is), and Gene Kelly in his embarrassingly awful final film role. (IIRC, this was… Continue reading Xanadu
Sixty-one years ago today, on July 23, 1962, a small (less than 36 inches in diameter) satellite which orbited the earth once about every two-and-a-half hours, transmitted--simultaneously and at the same time--the first of two scheduled, scripted, public transatlantic television programs onto home screens throughout the Western world. For the first time ever, families could… Continue reading Telstar: “The Electronic Bridge”
In “The Case for Filth,” Stephen Marche delves, in some depth, into sex/gender inequality as it relates to matters of housework. Men, it seems, are just not stepping it up, taking it to the next level, raising the bar, or getting with the program. And they haven’t been for decades, if not time immemorial. Marche’s… Continue reading At Last…A Practical Solution to a Troublesome ‘Gender Issue’
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you--Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People Excellent advice from the man who is probably Northwest Missouri's best-known author and salesman. One of the basic… Continue reading Quote of the Day: On Making–and Keeping–Friends
Honestly, sometimes these posts just write themselves. There's a report today (I think it originated in the Daily Mail) that Harry and Meghan were swiftly sent packing (see what I did there) when they suggested they should accompany Joe and Jill Biden back to the United States on--you guessed it--Air Force One, after the late… Continue reading Shove Over, POTUS! I Get the Window Seat!
Today would have been my stepson's fifty-eighth birthday. He died, five years ago next week, from a brutal beating by a pair of thugs who were convicted of causing his death, and who are are currently serving their jail time at the pleasure of the United States government. Things being what they are, I expect… Continue reading “His Name is Sam”
It seems some photos from the set of Disney’s new, live-action Snow White movie have been leaked and have gone viral, largely via the New York Post. Chief among them is this one: which shows a person (perhaps of the human kind formerly known as ‘woman,’ but I’m afraid to speculate) dressed as an extra from The Handmaid’s Tale,… Continue reading Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, It’s Off to Woke We Go!