I'd mentioned before that, despite my respect for the achievements of Thor Hyerdahl and his expedition on the Kon-Tiki, that the quote they chose to showcase in the Kon-Tiki museum [https://thelastredoubt.com/impressions-of-europe-oslo/], especially as presented, was vapid and stupid beyond belief. Boundaries exist. For that matter, despite the overwhelming leftism of the profession, you'll still find a lot of psychologists and counselors telling their patients that they need to establish bo…
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First of all, posting has been sparse, and not up to what I promised. I'm fixing that. First - Nick Cole reposts and expands his hit blog post on how CTRL-ALT-REVOLT was banned by his publisher [https://www.nickcolebooks.com/the-ctrl-alt-revolt-controversy/], despite being a successful and well-selling author. On a related note, Larry Correia is on mewe after being banned from facebook again [http://monsterhunternation.com/2019/08/19/facebook-gulag-day-3-book-bomb-tomorrow-mewe-is-nicer-than-e…
How do you prepare for the unexpected? It is, by definition, something you did not predict ahead of time. In dealing with the unexpected, the important thing is what tools you have at hand to deal with the various facets that present themselves, and to recognize, isolate, and work the problem. Put another way, work through all the failure modes you can. Have a plan, or set of them. Sure, there may not be one that is a "perfect fit," but simply having the plans, and practicing them, gives you a…
For an atheist, Stefan has an an increasing tendency to take Christianity utterly seriously. Ignore the clickbait title - the caller is a woman with a heartrending tale of growing up with a mother who, while not Marion Zimmer Bradley levels of malevolent evil, is far closer to that than being a human being. Sometimes the most respect we can pay our parents is to treat them as adults, and enforce consequences for their actions - especially those that continue into your own adulthood.…
In my recent post "One Step at a Time [https://thelastredoubt.com/one-step-at-a-time/]" I offhandedly mentioned how ramping back up a skill you haven't kept honed involved wasted time getting back up to speed. Turns out that Alexander Hellene was on the same wavelength [https://amatopia.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/on-guitars-and-deteriorating-skills/] : > I picked up a guitar a few days ago for the first time in months and woo boy, was I struggling. I mean, it wasn’t like I completely forgot how…