Category Archives: Society

A Misleading Title

Posted on August 8, 2020 by JC

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson HarperOne, September 13th, 2016 I have an assumption that any books prominently displayed in airport bookstores are not worth reading; let alone buying. The main reason for this is … Continue reading →

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So QAnon is real then.

Posted on July 28, 2020 by JC

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1285726277719199746?s=20 I’ve followed the QAnon on and off but never obsessively. I occasionally check the extensive coverage on Neon Revolt but I would never say I was on board with it as a whole. Similar with many current goings-on, there … Continue reading →

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Fisking Fletcher on the Latin Mass

Posted on July 18, 2020 by JC

I love reading a good fisking but I’ve seldom done one on the blog with only this one coming up in a search. The following article about the Latin Mass appeared in the National Catholic Register in November last year … Continue reading →

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Your silence isn’t enough.

Posted on July 4, 2020 by JC

More: The maxim of the law is: ‘Silence Gives Consent’. If therefore, you wish to construe what my silence ‘betokened’, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied. Cromwell: Is that what the world in fact construes from … Continue reading →

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Nobles and Peasants

Posted on June 27, 2020 by JC

I used to occasionally see an opinion article appear in the newspaper lamenting the democratic process because of the kind of people that were allowed to have a say. This was usually written by a some leftist who’d just seen … Continue reading →

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Let Sodom Burn Sodom

Posted on June 20, 2020 by JC

There are two jokes about places like San Francisco that I like. One is that if God doesn’t destroy it soon, he is going to owe Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.  The other is mischievously observing that there must still … Continue reading →

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Battlestar Galactica: Rewatching the Reimagining

Posted on June 14, 2020 by JC

Late last month I finished a re-watching of the Battlestar Galactica reimagining which began as a miniseries in late 2003 and ran for four seasons from 2004 until 2009. I often mention that I don’t watch TV on this blog … Continue reading →

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Compliance & Competence

Posted on May 30, 2020 by JC

When I moved back to Australia, I began working for a school in a system I’d been out of for a decade and barely in before that. I was only a few years out of university when I moved to … Continue reading →

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It’s a guy thing. Totally normal.

Posted on May 23, 2020 by JC

UPDATE (29/9/21): I was fixing up old blog posts and Molyneux’s channel was completely removed later in 2020. Back in 2013 when YouTube’s name still reflected it’s content, I watched this video by Stefan Molyneux on the death of Trayvon … Continue reading →

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Looking on the bright side

Posted on May 16, 2020 by JC

In these times it is important to remember that the trial of being separated from the Mass and the Sacraments can still be fruitful and we should look to God’s intention for this. I think we aren’t wrong to question … Continue reading →

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