Category Archives: Personal reflections

Booby Prize

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: What’s the deal with women who have huge knockers getting boob jobs? I don’t mean lifts or reductions; I mean surgery to make their already giant boobs even gianter. Case in point: legendary nude model Veronika … Continue reading →

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More Ads Everywhere

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: That’s a snapshot of a departure/arrival screen in a California airport. How do you feel about the fact that an ad is taking up the right-hand quarter of the screen? A few days before flying to California … Continue reading →

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I Was a Second Grade Racist

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’m not sure how you feel about racial and ethnic stereotypes, but I’m going to take a deep breath and confess that I mostly don’t mind them. Sometimes I even get a kick out of ’em. … Continue reading →

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Hiking Cold Spring and Breakneck

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I had some time off from work recently, so, semi-active, nature-lovin’ guy that I am, I decided to do a little hiking. I try to go hiking a couple of times a year. I find that getting … Continue reading →

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Dr. Strangecurrency or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bitcoin

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: First some background. If you don’t agree with the assumptions below, you might still enjoy the rest of the post in a “what a tin hat maroon” sort of way. But one disclaimer: I have no … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Technology | 7 Comments

Of Kings, Coinage, and Castration

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I recently watched the first two seasons of “Monarchy,” a BBC series covering the history of the English kings and queens going back to the late Roman period. Despite the ridiculously affected speech of narrator David … Continue reading →

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Diversity Musings

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: In case you were in any doubt about what our state religion now is: A too-big-to-fail bank has just ordered me, a random ATM user, to “unite behind diversity.” If I’ve got this right, I’m not being … Continue reading →

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Egalitarianism Question

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Shouldn’t the anti-stereotyping crowd be more worked-up than they are about the habit bookstores have of segregating some magazines into “Men’s Interest” and “Women’s Interest” sections? Isn’t it unfair to make — no, to impose — the … Continue reading →

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Things I Wish They’d Told Me About Women

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This article got me thinking: Where relationships are concerned, is it possible that women are bigger fantasists than men? I’ve known quite a few gals who seemed to construct fantasies around me — that I was … Continue reading →

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A New Counterculture?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been arguing for a while (with friends and on Facebook) what John Derbyshire is implicitly semi-arguing in his provocative new piece at Taki’s Magazine — that the alt-Right is today’s counterculture. In the way it quarrels … Continue reading →

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