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Category Archives: Ramblings
China is in Charge
Something that feels like it has come on suddenly over the last few years has been not only the rise in power of China but also its rapid increase influence and assertiveness on the world stage. The Chinese economy has … Continue reading
The Curse of the Scary Shoulder Pads Lady
From 1980s to the early 1990s, women wearing jackets with large shoulder pads was a fashion that was hard to miss. This fed into the empowered woman/feminist architype of the time and can be seen in a number of films … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Ramblings, Society, Television
Tagged Die Hard, Home Improvement, Mr. Mom, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tootsie, Working Girl
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The Continuing Decline of Big Tech
This will be something of a sequel to this post last year about breaking away from big tech. Though, I will focus more on how bad so much big tech software has become and some alternatives I’ve begun using. What … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings, Society, Video Games
Tagged Apple, Big Tech, Microsoft, OpenOffice, VLC, WinRAR, Xbox
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The Evil of Contract Law
Any society featuring rules and mores based on contract law is inherently evil and is inevitably bound to devolve into rule by charlatans and thieves. It is not an accident that Satan prefers to operate by binding contract. Contract … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Ramblings, Religion, Society
Tagged Catholicism, Christ, Christianity, Contract Law, Contracts, Law
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A Review of The Hobbit Film Trilogy
I shared the excitement of many when it was announced that Peter Jackson would be returning to direct a film adaptation of The Hobbit. This excitement was somewhat muted learning it would be split into two films and was further … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Literature, Ramblings
Tagged Books, Fantasy, Middle-earth, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien
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Backing the Blue
I won’t pretend I’ve never had trouble with the police and some lingering resentment as a result of that. In my first few years of driving I ended up with a number of small fines and a loss of license. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Politics, Ramblings, Society
Tagged Australia, Back the Blue, Law, Police, Police State, Victoria
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Our Empty Overlords
“We know of periods in the history of many nations in which profound upheavals in cultural processes led to a surge of the merely talented into leading position in communities, schools, academies, and governments. Highly talented people sat in all … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Politics, Ramblings, Society
Tagged Hesse, The Glass Bead Game, World War II
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E3 is pointless and has been for years
Just over two years ago I wrote a diatribe called ‘The Absolute State of Video Games’ that covered various aspects of the gaming industry. One that I covered towards the end was the increasing irrelevance of gaming media as publishers … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings, Video Games
Tagged E3, Nintendo, Sega, Video Games
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There is no Scooby-Doo Ending
Whatever the animation company, almost every cartoon on television I watched as a child had the same formula. The bad guys would hatch some convoluted and ridiculous plot and the good guys would put an end to it just after … Continue reading
Financial Success versus Cultural Legacy
Though I can’t now remember where I read it, I read somewhere that the 2009 film Avatar, despite it’s immense financial success has not left any sort of cultural legacy. When thinking about it, it is hard not to agree. … Continue reading