I’ve had a number of hobbies over the years. Some I intend to return to – modeling (plastic models of tanks, planes, and Sci Fi stuff), music (violin, may pick up guitar), 3D modeling, drawing. Some I am adding – playing games with paracord. Some I may not return to because, for example, as much as I like painting minis, I’m not inclined to buy enough to seriously play in most systems, and even non-serious play by normal looking people that bathe, etc. is rare around these parts. I’m not factor…
Friday again.…
Z Man goes over a number of possible pro and con consequences of drug legalization here, worth a read [http://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=12779]. I’d like to hilight the following: > We also have a lot of ways of dealing with drunks. Where the written law ends, the unwritten laws begin. American society has lots of unwritten rules for mitigating the effects of legal alcohol. Those unwritten rules have not yet materialized with regards to legalized weed. Can an employer refuse to hire someone who i…
Ethan Van Scriver is discovering what we already knew would happen [http://www.brianniemeier.com/2018/01/fake-journalists-vs-evs.html]. > Matters took a sinister and bizarre turn when Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan Peterson with illustrations by Van Sciver was released last week. Freelance journalist Nick Monroe has reported that EVS received the following interview request from self-described journalist Asher Elbein via Twitter direct message: ASHER ELBEIN: Hey, Eth…
OK. Friend of mine told me it would be Call Me By Your Name for “best film” (note the scare quotes), but I think he’s wrong, though not so far as to not consider it, or The Post, tied as next most likely candidates. I was doing some more digging for the bingo cards, and ended up seeing The Shape of Water on someone else’s dime. It isn’t anywhere near as subtle or good a movie as Pan’s labyrinth, but not only do I believe it is far more likely to get an Oscar, I’m…