The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

FMJRA 2.0: Opening Day

— compiled by Wombat-socho Well, that was a fun week in the DC area. Got to see a lot of my friends, eat delicious food I can’t find out here, do The Other Podcast, and in general avoid all the drama & COVID stupidity at Balticon this year. In other news, the time zone changes […]

FMJRA 2.0: RIP Vangelis

— compiled by Wombat-socho Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, better known as Vangelis, is perhaps best known for his soundtracks to Chariots Of Fire and Blade Runner, but I first encountered him as the composer of quirky electronica albums such as Albedo 0.39 and Spiral. Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley esse delendam. “Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!” Gregor Mendel […]

FMJRA 2.0: The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks

— compiled by Wombat-socho I hadn’t thought of this song in ages…when it hit the airwaves, I was coming to the end of my time at the Defense Language Institute. I didn’t know jack about how fraternities & sororities worked except for what I’d seen in Animal House, but as it happened, I was dating […]

FMJRA 2.0: Mirage

— compiled by Wombat-socho We’re almost to the end of the 1970 draft in Pete’s continuing draft league, and I feel pretty good about the Senators’ chances this coming season. I managed to keep the offensive and defensive core of the team intact while adding some good replacements for departed players and some solid backups […]

FMJRA 2.0: Silhouettes

— compiled by Wombat-socho The draft is underway in Pete’s league for the 1970 season, and so far things are going well for the Senators: we picked up outfielder Del Unser, pitcher Juan Marichal, and closer Moe Drabowsky, among other good players, so I think we’re going to actually have a better team than last […]

FMJRA 2.0: RIP Klaus Schulze

— compiled by Wombat-socho This week we lost one of the pioneers of electronic music, Klaus Schulze, who died Tuesday from what appear to be complications from kidney failure. Briefly a member of seminal Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, Schulze went on to release over sixty albums in his five decades of […]

FMJRA 2.0: Youth Gone Wild

— compiled by Wombat-socho As I remarked yesterday, I expect to be back in the groove of daily link posts starting tomorrow, so the FMJRA should be a a tad fatter. The expansion draft in Pete’s 1969 league was yesterday, and I lost Joe Niekro to the Angels, but it could have been worse. Now […]

FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End

 – compiled by Wombat-socho Well, if you waited until now to get your taxes, done, you’re almost out of luck; your chances of finding a tax professional willing to handle your stuff tomorrow are slim and none. I put in something like 120 hours over the last couple of weeks, and have another ten-hour day […]

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