The Chief’s essay “Pondering the battle of Bicocca” is bizarre. Who else would compare the United State’s Air Force to the Swiss Pike Formations? But we think that it makes a nice change from the typical talk about the US Military.
This was the first essay that the Chief ever wrote for his web site, so the writing is not his best. But nobody reads the Chief for good writing. Rather, they read him for interesting ideas.
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The Dangers of Historical Symbolism
A history in which every particular incident may be true may on the whole be false. ~Thomas Babington Macaulay
The study of history is the study of symbols. We cannot hope to study everyone who fought in one battle, much less everyone who ever lived. Instead, we must focus our attention Click Here to continue reading.
A Tragic Tale of Irreconcilable Perceptions
“Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic”– Edward de Bono
It is a commonly known fact that the root of many people’s disagreements is the result of a difference in perception. Even if people have the same facts, the same amount of Click Here to continue reading.
My biggest and best secret for being a good cook is to only feed hungry people.
I kid you not. I suppose a lot of people think that the saying “Hunger is the best sauce” is a quaint old wives tale, or not really true, like how they used to say “Eat your mashed turnips–children in Click Here to continue reading.
When it comes to food, barbarians are a lot more picky than you might expect. In fact, food might be the one thing barbarians care the most about.
It has to be hot.
It has to have meat in it.
Fish is not a meat; it’s a vegetable.
When in doubt, add extra virgin olive oil, garlic, onions and Click Here to continue reading.
These videos of Mattias Jonsson seem to have been largely overlooked. Although he isn’t very original in his tricks, I found his combination of new and old-school tricks meshed with an agressive style to be interesting and engaging. It’s a nice change from jugglers who look like druggies and think they’re artists. He does some neat skateboarding tricks as well. Click Here to continue reading.
If you were to compose a list of things that I dislike, the government of New York State would rank rather high on the list. In any fair minded list of the most dysfunctional governments in this United States of America, the State government in New York would rank in the top 10.
But there Click Here to continue reading.
I’m gonna get this site working if I can.
I get so tired of seeing the same old arguments all the time. Conservative, Liberal, Green, Libertarian; It does not matter if I agree with them or not, they all get boring the 40 millionth time you see them.
I say that by way of explanation for my strange hankering after eccentric and off the wall Click Here to continue reading.
Thomas Dietz is one of the few jugglers who can make an entertaining video based on raw skill alone. A couple years back he made ten videos which quickly became some of the most well known juggling videos on the web. Now he’s at it again, releasing three awesome video clips, and this trailer for “Thomas Dietz 11”.