Nostalgia Bar

The Nostalgia Bar

Much has been written on this blog and others about generational theory and nostalgia. Counterculture writers have done extensive work showing how the old demographic models based on age have broken down in the face of accelerating social change.  If your predictions are based on lumping folks who came of…
Combat XSeed Cover

Giant Punchy Mechs

Friend of the blog Joseph Moore recently reviewed Combat Frame XSeed at Yard Sale of the Mind. This is a fun book. Jumps right in with dramatic escapes, last-second rescues, and battles to the death, with moral questions about exactly how far one is justified to go in war. The…
Combat Frame Data: XCDS-00M0χ

Combat Frame Data: XCDS-00M0χ

XCDS-00M0χ XSeed χMetatron    Technical Data Model number: XCDS-00M0χ Code name: XSeed χMetatron Nickname: Metatron Classification: prototype heavy armor combat frame Manufacturer: BEC modification of a design by Tesla Browning and Kaeri Operator: Martian Royal Vanguard First deployment: CY 60 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 21 meters Weight: 121…
rout

A Culture Rout

One of the first lessons folks in dissident circles learn is to hide their power levels around Left-leaning family and friends. It's not so much that they fear being disowned or ostracized, though both do happen. In many cases, having fewer cultists to interact with comes as a blessing. The…
Pill Pusher

Pill Pushers

Stare long enough into the abyss  that the Death Cult is hurtling us toward, and you'll eventually notice that political ideology is just a thin layer of scum coating the surface. Politics is, after all, the art of properly organizing society toward the greatest good for the most people. It's…
control

Locus of Control

If you've read a self-help book, been to therapy, or attended a motivational seminar, you may be familiar with the locus of control concept. Someone with an internal locus of control is self-directed, whereas someone with an external locus of control sees himself as being at the mercy of outside…