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The Outsider Colin Wilson Passes
British writer and philosopher Colin Wilson and one of my favorite authors in my, umm, formative years, passed over the weekend. Back in those days, I was much given to exploring physic phenomena, mysticism and...
Infernal Schemes – In which Mr. Dowler meets the Iron Lady
Fiendish Schemes, J.W. Jeter Wonderful and delightfully well-written steam punk novel, which envisions an alternative past of steam power instead of internal combustion. Steam robots abound, fiendish schemes, sentient oceans which move where they...
What’s really going on
Economic Recovery? Don’t believe a word of it. Here is what is really going on: From Michael Snyder: In America today, only 47% of adults have a full-time job. According to one recent...
Capt’n Crunch and milk – pro version
He set up his empty bowl and an exceptionally large soup spoon – so large that most European cultures would identify it as a serving spoon and most Asian one as a horticultural implement....
Ready to write the great canadian novel
Refurbished my $10 fleamarket Underwood typewriter and I’m ready to write the great Canadian Novel. What an amazing machine – pulleys, gears and connecting rods – all kinds of complicated machinery. All kinds of...
What’s in a Name? About our blog name
The name of the blog comes from a spacecraft found in the Culture novels and short stories by Iain M. Banks. The Culture is a hybrid society featured in many of these novels. In...
Oak Bay Real Estate languishes
Yesterday while looking at real estate listings at an Oak Bay Realtor, a guy actually came out of his office to talk to me and see if he could be of any assistance. Not...