Logic is one of the most valuable self-defense arts out there, because what it does (one thing, at least) is create wiring diagrams of conversation, so that you can see what connects up and what doesn't, what verbal switch or combination of switches work to make something else work, and what breaks the circuit or is completely irrelevant ( Read more... )

Apropos of - not nothing, but the new Beowulf film which I haven't seen and don't know if I will out of sheer masochistic duty (it would be one thing, if y'all and I could go MST3K it together IRL) and someone in comments somewhere around wondering just how plausible it would be to have a bunch of Viking warriors sitting around drinking beer and ( Read more... )

Which one best represents Order, and which Disorder? --Think carefully before deciding.


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