Completing the decennial census online probably seems like an easy task, but convenience comes at a price—a price that I am unwilling to pay.Continue Reading
On Ugly Truth
Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it’s not on our side. George Savile
Police Discretion In Enforcing Mala Prohibita Crime Law?
Haven’t read or listened fully, but it holds out some measure of wisdom (albeit vain).
Even More Reason to Use Private DNS
Internal Paradox
I find myself in a special paradox where my higher self observes my lower self. It’s like I am simultaneously the parent of my inner child and the child of my inner parent.
Designing Our World: Clothing Without The Gender Binary
The 1-A aired a segment today on NPR titled “Designing Our World: Clothing Without The Gender Binary.” A transcript does not appear to be available, but the 30-minute segment can be streamed from the 1-A website.
The Practice and Exercise of Faith Vis-À-Vis Coronavirus
I just had to take a blogger to task for condemning religious leaders who declined to suspend services. It went like this:Continue Reading
If You’re Going Through Hell….
European History of Men As the Initiators of High Heels
BBC News: Why did men stop wearing high heels?
Alternate DNS Servers
If you want to cut down on the data that your ISP collects and sells regarding your web browsing, use an alternate free (and probably faster) DNS service.
| Provider | IPv4 | IPv6 |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | 1.1.1.1 |
2606:4700:4700::1111 |
8.8.8.8 |
2001:4860:4860::8888 |
|
| OpenDNS | 208.67.222.222 |
2620:119:35::35 |
| OpenDNS Family Shield |
208.67.222.123 |
::ffff:d043:de7b |
David Hall on Phil Donahue and Johnny Carson
Skirt pioneer David Hall’s son, Patrick, has uploaded a number of advocacy and apologetics YouTubes including David’s appearance on Phil Donahue and Johnny Carson.
First Amendment Paradox
There is no first amendment right not to be offended by another’s first amendment right to offend. (But the sissy millennials will always whine anyway.)
The Time A Woman Reached Under My Skirt In Public
A few months after the aforementioned “double standards” occurrence, I had much more personal situation transpire.Continue Reading
“American Circumcision” – Full Trailer
The New York Times: “Skirts for Men?”
The social acceptability of men wearing skirts is by no means a nascent subject, but has has anything really changed since the Industrial Revolution? In 1984, the New York Times ran this piece regarding a Paris fashion show featuring men in skirts that was, according to French designer David Hechter, “the most important thing to happen in fashion in the past 20 years!” Hechter was one of the first designers to break fashion norms previously “when it was scandal for women to wear pants.” Rodney Martin puts a sharper point on it: “It makes me feel free. It’s a statement by which I can say I am free to do whatever I want. It does cause hostility on the streets, though. Sometimes I keep my coat closed over my skirt so no one will see it. And I do have to sit differently. But it’s not about being a woman.”Continue Reading
