Author Archives: jackal

They know something I don’t

For as many of these names as I actually recognize, they might as well be conducting this year’s draft in an alternate universe. But the Texans got some guy named DJ Swearinger, who I will only refer to as “Swedgin.”

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Sounds Like Angels

And while we’re on the monastic life…

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Not Built in a Day

I’ve been enjoying this History of Rome podcast a lot. Unrelated except for the fact that it’s interesting, entertaining, free, and someone’s labor of love, is this:  Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality.

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I don’t know the Unicorn Song

This is traditional, right?

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Murica

But no one thing defines the personality of the United States more than our willingness to spend ten trillion dollars – and kill anyone who gets in the way – just to put a bullet in one asshole’s skull.

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Metal Clockwork

Who’s coming with me?

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Prince Igor

Somehow related: Russian history for kids.

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Germany, August 2012

(click for higher resolution)

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It’s Always Sunny in Ali Al Salem

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Sunday in the Dog Park with Toki

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