Category Archives: RANDOM

Maybe it’s just me, but I find this post-conspiracist most entertaining ..

Posted on September 16, 2015 by xty

I have touted this podcast before, and cannot resist re-touting it. Still time to go back to the beginning, and it only comes out once a month (sadly) so no big time commitment, but if you ever feel you narrowly … Continue reading →

Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM | 65 Comments

Is your ladder leaning against the right wall?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by xty

This is a question that should be asked daily. Once you are focused on the rungs, it can be hard to remember what is at the top. I remember two somewhat related stories from a strange series (strange mostly because … Continue reading →

Posted in I AM FINALLY AWAKE, LIFE, RANDOM | 70 Comments

If being current on modern currency isn’t your cup of tea … how about a slice of ancient constitutional history?

Posted on June 11, 2015 by xty

It worked for my grand-pa Bertie, and it works for me, on occasion. And this year is one of those occasions. Nicholas Vincent on the Magna Carta Did an 800-year old piece of parchment really change the world? Nicholas Vincent … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 106 Comments

Sorry for the endless test pattern …

Posted on April 1, 2015 by xty

I have been having a most interesting time, and seem to have hampered my neurons [but not to the point of not being able to spell neuron, strange spell checker who prefers neurone, ed.] terribly, with the kind assistance of … Continue reading →

Posted in RANDOM | 70 Comments

You could feel a giant sucking sound and fine, blame the third year of a drought …

Posted on March 3, 2015 by xty

Water, water, nowhere and not a drop to drink … You could feel a giant sucking sound and fine, blame the third year of a drought but all those showers and dishwashers and hotels doing laundry and too green golf … Continue reading →

Posted in ECONOMICS, LIFE, RANDOM | 34 Comments

Photos from afar, and random thoughts …

Posted on February 7, 2015 by xty

We are up a mountain, at a campsite frequented by off-roaders, and I must say there is a gathering of good old boys and gals a few campsites away, and they are more American than the apple pie we ate … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, PHOTOS, RANDOM | 45 Comments

When is a tool evil?

Posted on January 31, 2015 by xty

Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Well, sure, but guns make it a whole lot easier. So I will immediately compromise my argument by saying that while that statement holds logically, it doesn’t hold up in practice. But a … Continue reading →

Posted in LANGUAGE, RANDOM | 29 Comments

Sometimes I am not really trying to make a point … things are just interesting in and of themselves

Posted on January 8, 2015 by xty

Why tell a story? Why take a photograph? Paint a painting, write a play … act in a play? Sing a song … The arts are a funny thing. I got in trouble for saying this once because it sounded … Continue reading →

Posted in LIFE, RANDOM | 31 Comments

You are not connected to the internet …

Posted on December 17, 2014 by xty

Sad sad words followed by: posted from myPhone [I hope I just made that up] but posted from home sweet home of the freezing rain. Imagine, it was beautiful and sunny and 12 steaming Celsius degrees in Newfoundland: So it … Continue reading →