Professor Harbinger's School for Villains

The James Webb Telescope has provided us with the oldest image of the universe yet known, showing the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 4.6 billion light-years away. This means that when you look at the image provided, we are literally looking back four and a half billion years into the past. The Earth itself is aboutContinue reading "Looking to the Past"

So I recent watched Phil Tipper's Mad God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPScwQ-FAbI&t=7s I liked it. Though I am not certain that I understood it. This is not a review. What would be the point of that on this page? Instead, I want to muse about the value of not understanding things. Mad God was a visual feast, toContinue reading "Phil Tippett’s Mad God"

I was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and OCD some years ago. I take medication for the anxiety disorder. And as long as the medication holds the anxiety disorder in check, I can manage the OCD. Both of these conditions manifest as a desire to prevent terrible things from occurring. I personally find that the bestContinue reading "Adaptability and OCD"

Former Japanese Prime Minister and war crimes denier: Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a man with a homemade gun. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe tendered his resignation after hundreds of protesters breached his residence in outrage. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tendered his resignation after the largest spate of ministerial resignations in decades. CitizensContinue reading "Leaders Fall"

"May you live in interesting times." English Expression commonly attributed to Chinese tradition We now live in interesting times. We most definitely live in interesting times. The interesting is not evenly distributed yet. But the interesting is spreading. And we will need to be ready for the interesting when it arrives at our door. TheContinue reading