Category: miscellaneous
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The blessings of busyness
The last few months had been a whirlwind. The day job has ramped up to a new high both in terms of number of simultaneous big projects, hours worked per week and travel, much of it international. At the same time we’ve doubled down on the time we’ve spend working with Mason on homeschool. It’s…
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Say hello to my little friend
This article from the Federalist has been bouncing around the interwebs for nearly a month now, but I just had a chance to read it. I think it makes a pretty compelling narrative argument for the central claim that Trump has an innate sense of how to rev up outrage against his opponents using their…
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Label me this, Batman.
I had a rather unique day yesterday. I spent the morning until early afternoon running and competing in a local IDPA pistol shooting match. Lot’s of SJW jokes and general cheeriness about the results of the recent election. I spent the evening participating in a live podcast from a community contemplative center that among other things…
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Bon jour
Long time no see. Not sure what happened there. Guess it was a combination of loosing steam post election and new year’s resolutions, specifically spending more time on meditation / journaling and giving up a hang up I had on reviewing every book I read. My Facebook fast is well into its second month. When…
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Labradar chrono analysis of 300 BLK Handloads (it's good to have friends with toys).
One of the advanatges of having friends that shoot is getting to borrow their toys, which is exactly what I’ve been able to do for the last few days, specifically a Labradar doppler based chronograph. I’ve had a 8″ 300 BLK SBR (Noveske Barrel) for a while now and have slowly assembled the components to…
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Distracted from distraction by distraction
It may be a little early for new year’s resolutions, but it occurs to me that its rather arbitrary to decide on the first of the year to change a bunch of things. Arbitrary and often ineffective. So maybe its better to just start when you have the idea and let it run its course.…
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Fake News in the Post Truth era
I’m not sure how to start this one, so I think I’ll take some advice from the “wise” king in Alice’s adventures in Wonderland: “Begin at the beginning,” the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” The subject of today’s post is the truth. First, to define…
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Stuck in the middle
Sometimes I feel a bit like a man with no country. I refuse to pick a “side” for a variety of reasons, from the view that life is way more complex than can possibly be represented by two choices to the conviction that both “sides” are trapped in the same authoritarian box. For a time…
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Reading: exercise for the mind
If I am going to be a better thinker, I need to get better at reading. This is not a literacy issue. I can read and I do actually read quite a bit, but I know there is room for improvement. Specifically, I need to be more selective in what I read (without creating a…