Steam Whistle News Feed – April 19, 2024

Hey, what’s the world?  The whole world?  What’s it made of?  Anyone?  I don’t mean geology and volcanology and sh--.  I mean socially.  Societies.  The collective, intertwined societies that fall under the different classes of government—democracy, theocracy, autocracy, you name it.  You’re going to find significant differences in each one, but you’re also going to … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – April 19, 2024

Steam Whistle News Feed – March 29, 2024

When I was around 12, my local parish told me I had to start “studying” to receive the right to what all tweenage Christians realize is the awesomest part of going to church: communion—which, among the Lutherans, meant you had to understand the wine before you could chug the wine.  I remember one day in … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – March 29, 2024

Steam Whistle News Feed – October 13, 2023

Say you’re just starting out.  Doesn’t matter what you’re doing.  Anything.  Constructing a human being, say.  Better yet—a robot, one with a complete and totally spot-on human anatomy.  And you know nothing about anatomy, yourself, say. You're like one of those tribal priests of the indigenous Kogis in modern-day Colombia, who grew up in a … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – October 13, 2023