I made some new shit for the online store here, and I wanted to talk about the inspiration for it.
From early childhood, I've smelled something fishy. I've had many head injuries and lost some of my memory as a result, so I'm not really sure when my "awakening" was; I do however remember being defiant in elementary school. When I was in Kinder…
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New Products!
Just a note, I set up an account at teespring.com to sell sarcastic shit and other things with my dogs' pictures on them (coming soon). Check it out here.
https://teespring.com/fine-2070?tsmac=store&tsmic=bh-warren&pid=658&cid=102908
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A Tale of Three Experts
It's anecdotal, but I think it illustrates an important principle in 2020, that of self-ownership.
Back in February, my dad was supposed to have surgery to repair torn muscle in his shoulder. As he's getting on in years, there were some concerns raised during his pre-surgery physical regarding his heart. He was told that his heart was not stron…
Consent
This is a topic I'm sure I'll revisit far too much, but it's very important to me. So is consistency, because I think it's lacking in a lot of people. Digression: If you have to redefine words, or add specific contexts to make a definition hold up, you have a massive problem with consistency of thought. If you need to tie yourself up in knots, den…
The Creep
This morning Milady and I were discussing current events and the topic turned to the current trend of pretty much everything being someone else's business. I blame politics, personally, and the expansion of political power to more and more mundane areas of life. After all, if the feds have an opinion as to the design of your toilet, can you really…
Are You Challenged?
Do you stay in a comfy bubble? Does anyone in your life strongly disagree with you about any major issues? Do you only accept opinions that are closely aligned with yours, and malign any that stray too far? If so, do you wonder why?
Maybe it's my personal history. I've been an individualist for literally as long as I can remember, and I say tha…
Fear and Political Power
What are you afraid of?
It doesn't really matter. Not that I'm callous and don't care about your fears, it's just that in a normal world I can't do anything about them, only you can. Because fear exists only in the mind of the person experiencing it. But here's where politics comes in and messes it all up; using the coercive power of government…
Musing on the Numbers
Let's start by pointing out that no one really knows:
How many cases there have been.
How many fatalities there have been.
How dangerous it is in the absence of underlying health conditions.
How long it's been in the wild.
Any of China's actual numbers.
If you claim to definitively know any of this then you are superhuman or a d…
Binary Thinkers and Other Time-wasters
I once had a roommate who liked to engage me in intellectual conversation and debate. He was a few years younger than I, and I was happy to talk to him not just in an attempt to make him think more like me, but simply to practice my persuasive skills for future audiences, should they ever materialize.
We had an immediate problem.
For some r…
A License for Muh Sky Roads!
I'm not a fan of the FAA. Before I could go into business, I had to take an FAA Part 107 UAS Exam. Makes sense, right? They want to make sure that I can operate my equipment safely in accordance with existing protocols for flight operations in the US.
That's not really what the test is about, though (well, it kinda is, just not for drones). It…