Okay, so the people who have followed my blog are probably asking themselves, exactly what will we be getting that we haven't been getting already, that we weren't getting for free? The short answer is: a lot. The slightly longer answer is: now that I'm treating my blog like a business instead of a hobby, I'm going to be posting frequently. Probably not multiple posts every day like I've been doing the past week or so, but almost certainly I'll be writing between four and five posts per week minimum, unless I'm offline from the internet for some reason. I haven't taken a vacation in about ten years (I don't count taking the grandkids to Disney World as "rest and recreation" but it was fun) and have no plans for one in the immediate future. I'm not going to commit to a specific number above one or two blogs per week because I've learned the "art of the deal" from Donald Trump. The secret to a happy customer is to under-commit and over-deliver. Promise less and give them more. Photo by J.E. FitzGerald. Reproduced by permission of J.E. FitzGerald, ©2001. One of the benefits of my new attitude and approach to the blog is that when I learn about something cool, you'll be the first to know. Until about five minutes ago, I'd never heard of a marble statue called "The Veiled Virgin", sculpted by an artist named Giovanni Strazza. My wonderful and talented musical friend from Down Under, Brad Luke, shared a photo of this exquisite masterpiece with me on Facebook. The photo took my breath away. It is one of the most beautiful sculptures I've ever seen...and I became … [Read more...]
Grumpy Bear mode
When I get fired up about something, my passion is often mistaken for anger. Oh, I do get angry sometimes, and that's when I transform from a relatively mild-mannered Southern gentleman into what liberals perceive to be a raving lunatic, or from my own perspective, this mythical creature known The Credible Hulk. The image below is actually the background on my Facebook page. It's true: liberals don't like it when I'm angry, because I am always ready, willing, and able to support my arguments with a barrage of common sense, logic, facts, and solid documentation. I'm the opposite of lazy when it comes to being able to source a justification for anything I might say or write; I'm a little neurotic (maybe O.C.D.) about being able to provide a reason for the things I say and write. You can safely assume that if I make a strong, declarative statement about some current controversy, I'll have an extra tab open in my browser window with my supporting evidence waiting to be offered to the first critic. That's how I lose friends (and sometimes even family) on Facebook, because I'm not willing to compromise with evil. It's not in my DNA. Evil must be defeated. It cannot be mollified, and concessions only give it strength. You've got to go full Conan on evil: you must crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V30tyaXv6EI And as far as losing virtual friends on Facebook is concerned, at least there is a bright side. Once upon a time I was a Boy Scout, and I've never forgotten the … [Read more...]
Reprehensible Bob Menendez
In the toxic climate of misandry fomented by the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the only evidence you need to see to illustrate the disgusting hypocrisy of the Democratic Party is Senator Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey. Facebook just popped up a video on screen of that human-pig hybrid creature without warning, and I didn't have a barf bag handy. As that human piece of excrement droned on about Kavanaugh's confirmation coming "by any means necessary" and some nonsense about "get out of jail free cards", I got up and quickly walked away from my laptop, lest I succumb to the temptation to smash that expensive piece of equipment into a million pieces. Despicable Bob Menendez Did I just hear my headphones right? Did those unbelievably hypocritical words really come out of the mouth of that jackass? How can anyone sit in that room and know what I know about Bob Menendez, and not tell him to sit down and shut up before his sexual perversions and corruption became a topic on social media? If you look up the word irony in the dictionary, it will refer you to the word "scumbag" and show you a picture of Bob Menendez. It's bad enough if I think of you as beneath contempt, and difficult to fathom anyone beneath Bob Menendez in terms of sleaze. Let me tell you a little bit about "Bob" that the voters of New Jersey don't seem to mind. Sure, he was given a trial and found not guilty by the jury of corruption charges for taking bribes from Dr. Salomon Melgen, but he was not found innocent of traveling to the Dominican Republic specifically for the purposes of … [Read more...]
The lame stream media
Unless you've been stranded on a desert island like Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway, you've heard of Christine Blasey Ford, by far the most credible (and incredible) witness to swear under oath about extremely serious sexual allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, dating back from when he was in high school more than thirty-five years ago. I deliberately chose the adverb "extremely" to modify the phrase "serious sexual allegations" because I honestly believe that anyone guilty of rape or attempted rape should be locked in jail and the key thrown away. Castration isn't off the table, either. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, right? The only problem with my draconian approach to solving rape is that false accusations must risk equal consequences. In other words, Brett Kavanaugh has been publicly and salaciously accused of attempted rape and gang rape. There is no way to sugarcoat the accusations to make them more palatable. Indeed, Judge Kavanaugh has had his name slandered and he has been metaphorically lynched by the lame stream media for the vilest of reasons, the assumption that he will become the pivotal vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the infamous Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. Furthermore, if you spend most of your time with your head buried in sand or live under a rock, you may not have heard of Deborah Ramirez or Julie Swetnick, either. You should know their names. It's actually very important that we never forget these women, but not for reasons or in the way they would prefer to be remembered. They need to be ashamed of what they've done, … [Read more...]
Dishonest book reviews
Unless these are the first words I've written that you've ever read, you're probably aware of the fact I've been a rather unabashed critic of Darwinian theory as extrapolated to explain the origin of new species. The results of Gregor Mendel's genetic experiments, muddled together with atheist philosophy, offers a superficial and completely inadequate alternative to a supernatural Creator, yet the high priests of Darwin eagerly wait for the first opportunity to make a blood sacrifice of those deemed heretics. Writing a book and getting it published is actually rather easy in the modern world of ebooks and self-publishing. However, writing a book worth reading is another matter entirely. I know this, because after letting them go "cold" in my memory I re-read my first two Mercer novels and promptly pulled them off the market in order to improve them. I'm a tough, but fair critic. The plots won't be changed significantly, but I know I can do a better job of telling the story than I did when I first started writing eight years ago. My wife and I have become much better editors over time. Recently I stumbled across this internet post by Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson, who made a worrisome claim about a fellow academic named Herman Mays. Dr. Jeanson recently wrote a book called Replacing Darwin, which I have not had the opportunity to read. In this article where Dr. Mays was mentioned, Dr. Jeanson wrote, Dr. Mays asserted that I’m scientifically incompetent to make the claims that I do in Replacing Darwin. He also claimed that my book is full of errors and omissions. … [Read more...]
