by RobtheHortGod | Jan 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’ve now officially entered into winter a month ago, although in my mind, typically winter starts around Canadian Thanksgiving or Halloween (in a good year). Regardless, we’re still at least a couple of months or more from the end of winter. In my opinion, this is...
by RobtheHortGod | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a pre-teen and early teenager, I remember reading a lot of “Choose Your Own Adventure” type novels. I’m not sure if they were particularly popular at that time, or if I just lived somewhere that time had temporarily forgotten, but that is one of the types...
by RobtheHortGod | Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every year, the United Nations identifies specific areas or topics that will become focal points for the world for that year. Most years have several topics, at least one of which has some natural science element to it. The purpose of the designation is to promote the...
by RobtheHortGod | Dec 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
The end of the year is almost here. This is universally considered a prime opportunity to look forward to the next year and make some sort of plans and goals. Do you set goals? Why would you bother? Well, I have some thoughts on the subject. If you can cast your mind...
by RobtheHortGod | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Throughout history, there have always been examples of people (soothsayers, etc.) in the population that made claims to know or be able to predict the future. In historic times, their degree of accuracy probably depended more on the gullibility of their audience, and...
by RobtheHortGod | Dec 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Complaining about 2020 feels a bit like beating the proverbial “dead horse”, but in fairness, 2020 started it, right? It can be easy to look back on 2020 as a complete disaster, with the negatives completely overshadowing the positives, and the pile of adversity...
