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I just made the mistake of clicking on a suggested video on YouTube; it is about strange religions. Just before that I watched one about secret societies. These were very inspiring. Most of the secret societies aren’t secret; although a few were interesting in times past, especially the Knights Templar.

The Templars have certainly created a long lasting stir. They were controversial eight hundred years ago, and they still are, but they were dissolved, and in many cases killed. The ...

So. I’m back online. Not that I was ever actually offline. I finally gave in and created a Microsoft account, more fuss than it needed to be, and now I’m giving Office a one month trial. I don’t really see the point of the newer things. I only really use Word but never mind. I’ve put in a request for Office for my birthday so we’ll see how it goes. If It doesn’t then I’ll just have to get it myself at some point.

So. How was my Christmas? Well. Steadily fading from memory. The run ...

I am working on rewriting a novel, so I picked up a known good novel to determine whether my novel is any good. The comparison is with Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut. I read Player Piano a fair number of years ago, but I couldn’t remember much detail about it; in general it is about technological displacement of workers. It was published in 1952, so some people might think it is out of date, but the same issues are still current. People are still being required to be over-trained for all positions, ...

"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence.

I wonder whether one needs the same level of confidence for speculations, opinions, beliefs, prejudices, etc. as for facts. It has been my understanding for as long as I remember that it was fine to opine as one wanted to, regardless of actual fact, but when one wants to assert something as fact, then one must have evidence and logic.

For example, several months ago I opined that there was a good chance that the 2016 presidential election might come out like the 1860 election in ...