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August 2021: Emma's sophomore year begins

26 Jan 2026 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

    Considering that we have lived apart for most of her existence, and much of it in completely different states, even, there’s an awful lot I feel like I’ve missed out on over the years with Emma. Visitation time is awesome, but it only c...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Ice-T - "Colors"

21 Jan 2026 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

In this era of supreme silliness, as the mid 80s eventually bleed into the 90s, it’s fascinating how someone like Ice-T can come across as dangerous merely because he’s serious as hell. A person didn’t necessarily need to lace his rhymes with endles...

The history of the North American Air Defense Command, or NORAD.

20 Jan 2026 2 minute read 2 comments YoussoufDelve

On December 24, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, had celebrated seventy years of tracking Santa’s sleigh. According to legend, the tradition of tracking Santa’s sleigh began in November 1955, when a child trying to reach...

Greenland – When Trump Became More Dangerous than Putin.

18 Jan 2026 4 minute read 9 comments rah

This is a heartfelt post and especially to my American friends. A little while back Kyle Gass – the little fat bald guy from Tenacious D – effectively got the band banned for an inappropriate one-liner about the “assassination” attempt on Donald Trum...

Candid Confrontation Couched in Couture

18 Jan 2026 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred

In "From Songs to Silence to Words: On Building a Body of Work and What Comes After" I like this candid statement by Smoljanović: "These spaces are treated not as stages, but as archives. There is no algorithm to please here, no trend to chase." This...

What The Tech?! Injection Moulding

15 Jan 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Injection moulding would provide a technological revolution. When you think of injection moulding, you often think of modern designs that allow for the construction of plastic components that have intricate designs. This isn’t always the case, and th...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Jane's Addiction - "I Would For You"

12 Jan 2026 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  Those of us who became teenagers during some of the worst years in music history, we maybe had a tendency to over-gush about the great big alternative uprising of the early 1990s. But who could blame us? Well before 1990 hit, even the best veteran...

The Ship of Theseus and identity

11 Jan 2026 1 minute read 15 comments Yttrandefrihet

According to the ancient Greek historian Plutarch, the Athenians preserved the wooden ship on which the mythical hero Theseus returned from Crete after slaying the Minotaur. Over many years, as the original planks and timbers rotted, they were gradua...

History of freedom of the USA in 1776 !!!

10 Jan 2026 2 minute read 0 comments YoussoufDelve

« are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country ; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. » These were the first lin...

Exploring Espionage: Operation Rubicon

9 Jan 2026 5 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

Compromised encryption machines would lead to an intel bonanza that lasted decades. Today, we can communicate globally in a matter of seconds. Texts, pictures, and even voice messages traverse the globe, and for the most part, we don’t even give them...