I maintain a site on blogspot that consists almost entirely of reposts from this site. This site is a backup, so that I won’t lose too much of my work in case something happens to WordPress. As of now, there is little reason for anyone to read that site. Every so often, a person offers [...]
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Some comments that have appeared on the backup site
Posted by acilius on September 6, 2011
http://losthunderlads.com/2011/09/06/some-comments-that-have-appeared-on-the-backup-site/
Stirring the pot
Lately I’ve been copying my posts from here to a site I maintain on Blogspot (or as I sometimes call it, “Blogs’ Pot.”) I’m doing this simply to back them up in case something goes wrong with WordPress. So far I’ve copied my posts from the launch of the blog in July 2007 through January [...]
Posted by acilius on February 21, 2011
http://losthunderlads.com/2011/02/21/stirring-the-pot/
Why I Post Under a Pseudonym
Lately I’ve been leafing through the Penguin Classics version of Søren Kierkegaard’s Papers and Journals. One of the major themes is his relationship to the pseudonyms under which he wrote. For example, on page 204 we find this passage, dated 9 February 1846: Up to now I’ve been of service by helping the pseudonyms to become [...]
Posted by acilius on July 28, 2010
http://losthunderlads.com/2010/07/28/why-i-post-under-a-pseudonym/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 9 December 2008) Last month, I mentioned that the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain was releasing two new albums. Our copies arrived last week, and Mrs Acilius and I can give them enthusiastically positive reviews. The Christmas album, referred to on their website as “Christmas with the [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on June 4, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/06/04/best-of-los-thunderlads-4/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 18 September 2008) Via Weirdomatic: More pix from this artist available at his website.
Posted by losthunderlads on May 30, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/30/the-best-of-los-thunderlads-2/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 18 July 2008, and is still the most viewed post in the history of Los Thunderlads.) Ukulele Hunt’s latest video of the day showcases New Zealand’s Anna van Riel playing a nifty little tune of her own composition. She’s also on youtube as half of the acoustic [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on May 25, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/25/best-of-los-thunderlads-5/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 13 May 2008, as a note on the June 2008 issue of The Atlantic.) A lively, pleasant read this month. Some articles about Barack Obama. Joshua Green’s “The Amazing Money Machine” leads to the idea that no two successful presidential candidates use the same fundraising model. Marc [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on May 20, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/20/best-of-los-thunderlads-3/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 22 October 2007 as a note on an issue of The American Conservative) The highlight of the issue is a piece by psychotherapist Jim Pittaway analyzing American nationalism in terms of the therapeutic model of “Criminal Thinking.” Pittaway explains that “the unholy triad at the core of [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on May 15, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/15/best-of-los-thunderlads-2/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 20 November 2007) Via antiwar.com: In 1958, the New Left sociologist C. Wright Mills made a seminal contribution to political science in his book The Causes of World War Three by introducing the concept of “crackpot realism.” He applied the notion specifically to the intellectual outlook of [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on May 10, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/10/best-of-los-thunderlads/
Best of Los Thunderlads
(The following was originally posted by Acilius on 4 Sep 2007.) The following paragraphs began an article by Columbia University’s Mahmood Mamdani comparing Western attitudes to Iraq and Darfur. The article originally appeared in the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS in March and was reprinted in THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE last month. The Politics of Naming: Genocide, Civil [...]
Posted by losthunderlads on May 5, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/05/05/the-best-of-los-thunderlads/
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