Finally got my internet back today, and just in time to find that one of my essays has gone up at The Everyman! It's one where I get to talk about classic Disney and apply it to the decline of civilization, so...pretty much pure me. Enjoy! In short, the book presents Alice’s dreams as places … Continue reading Alice at the Everyman
Author: DBreitenbeck
Flotsam: New Apartment, No Internet, and Rabbits
1. Last week I realized a nearly five-year goal and finally moved back out into my own apartment. I've been too busy setting up to settle in yet, but already I feel the enormous relief and joy of having my own space once again. 2. The chief downside, at present, is that I don't have … Continue reading Flotsam: New Apartment, No Internet, and Rabbits
Just Because It’s Cool: Donnie Yen vs. Mike Tyson
I found this clip of a fight scene in Yip Man 3 pitting Donnie Yen as the titular (historical) Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man against Mike Tyson as...well, basically just Mike Tyson. There's some kind of plot going on (I haven't seen the film), but the important thing is that we get to see two … Continue reading Just Because It’s Cool: Donnie Yen vs. Mike Tyson
Niceness is Fun
Flotsam: Councils of the Church and On Underestimating God
1. Moving on Tuesday, so most my time is taken up in packing. Fortunately, I've been doing it in increments for months, so there isn't a whole lot left to be done. Mostly it's a matter of deciding how to pack up the delicates and deciding what will be needed between now and then. 2. … Continue reading Flotsam: Councils of the Church and On Underestimating God
Thought of the Day
For most of our contemporaries, 'Science' is only the means to impose their own views as dogma without all the difficulties, limitations, and demands of religion.
Thought of the Day
Among its many other marks, one sign that the American education system is a complete fraud is the fact that English classes never present H.P. Lovecraft, Raymond Chandler, R.E. Howard, Walter B. Gibson, or the like as examples of American Literature for students to read.
Flotsam
1. I'm currently in the process of preparing to move, something I've been looking forward to and trying to achieve for several years now. I've been rather surprised at how disruptive the process really is, not just in terms of consuming time and energy, but in the way it creates the sense of 'no point … Continue reading Flotsam
Flotsam: Twenty Years Later
1. I try not to talk politics much here. I don’t have the background or knowledge as yet to say anything really worthwhile about it. So don’t ask me for a rundown of how the past twenty years have gone and what we as a nation have to show for it all, though I don’t … Continue reading Flotsam: Twenty Years Later
Flotsam: ‘Coco’ and Such
1. I missed seeing Coco when it came out in theaters, since I was by the disillusioned by Pixar's deteriorating quality. Last week, upon seeing it recommended, I pulled it up and gave it a watch. My goodness, that is one of the best films I've seen in a long time. Certainly one of the … Continue reading Flotsam: ‘Coco’ and Such
Serpent's Den 