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Saturday Surfeit: Collective Natures
1. Obviously missed yesterday. Not anything serious, just sort of got distracted. 2. One of the great mistakes of modern thought, it seems to me, is in the dichotomy of collectivism vs. individualism. See, the trouble is that thinking in either term misses key facts about human nature and the nature of things in general. … Continue reading Saturday Surfeit: Collective Natures
Thought of the Day: Interesting Contradictions
There is a stereotype of the old aristocrat that he was utterly helpless without his servants and thoroughly disconnected from reality. Perhaps, but I notice that many, if not most of those old aristocrats went and served in the trenches in the Great War and then again in its sequel. To take a more specific … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Interesting Contradictions
Fun Fact of the Day
During the filming of Rocky IV, director-star Sylvester Stallone thought it would be a good idea (for realism) to do a shot where Dolph Lundgren actually punched him as hard as he could. The next thing he knew, Stallone was spending four days in intensive care with a bruised heart. He then had to convince … Continue reading Fun Fact of the Day
A Terrible Fate
I found this video the other day. It's a shockingly well-done short film depicting the backstory to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Not only is the animation beautiful and of a professional-grade quality, but most importantly I feel like they really captured the tone and atmosphere of the game perfectly. Not just of the … Continue reading A Terrible Fate
Friday Flotsam: The Importance of the Things of This World
1. I think the thing that people hate and fear most about Christianity, especially Catholicism, is how important it makes the things of this world. Nobody objects to deism - belief in a creator God who is largely indifferent to humanity. Nobody seriously objects to 'spirituality' or a general belief in the afterlife or something … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: The Importance of the Things of This World
Thought of the Day
The proper response to the defensive rhetorical question "Do you think you're better than me?" is not the standard "No, of course not." Rather, it is "I don't know and I don't care."
Magnanimity Defined
Second and Third Render: Those Nights
So, after being pretty pleased with how the first render came out, I decided to try to tackle creating a specific image that I had in mind (rather than messing about and seeing what came out). This ended up requiring two renders, one for the left, one for the right, and of course the creation … Continue reading Second and Third Render: Those Nights
Ross’s Game Dungeon Does America
For this week's Saturday entertainment, I offer the 2018 4th of July (sort of) episode of Ross's Game Dungeon, where he reviews The Crew and takes a cross-country tour of the United States. I haven't kept up on the game itself in the intervening years, nor its sequel, so I don't know what the state … Continue reading Ross’s Game Dungeon Does America
Serpent's Den 