Building the Pink House

The Pink House house is made of rammed earth, and heated by geothermal energy – through in-floor water pipes. The floor is concrete, which is the best conductor for in-floor. The heating is supplemented by a Tempcast masonry stove, the latter the greenest cheapest way to heat a house, its radiant heat used in pre-electricity Europe. For the first year, we only used the masonry stove, and it kept us warm, despite the 12 foot walls, and massive central hall.

The cost savings of geo-thermal were substantially less than advertised.

On a day when nothing was accomplished, at least I made some bread.

March 27, 2018

And moussaka. So not a complete waste. I can get fatter.

Why Women are higher in trait neuroticism.

March 24, 2018

Jordan Peterson, who admits he is now living in a state of terror, so suddenly is he a target, explains something that has puzzled me for a long long long time. Why are many of the women I know either miserable or crazy at least some of the time? This is so true as to be never mentioned in common congress but accepted as a truism. A shared misery is the accepted temperature of many ...

My hard-core breakfast Latte

March 21, 2018

Morning latte: almond milk, fo ti, ashwagandha, maca, reishi, mucuna puriens, lion’s mane, alkaline protein powder, coconut oil, almond butter. Came to the dire conclusion that everything in my diet must change. If Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a precursor of cancer, which it is, then the relapse is a strong strong signal. Cancer is relatively easy to beat back the first time, harder the second and the third, well, the prognosis is not good. Therefore no ...

Jocko Willink – “Walk INTO your Fear”

March 20, 2018

I was raised by an army colonel – he retired as Colonel of his regiment – the Victoria Rifles – after the Second War. He enlisted and went to officer school in 1938, was rescued at Dunkirk, landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. His company, C Company – went further into enemy territory than any other company that day. He was put in charge of a Nazi work camp, and that changed him forever. He didn’t ...

Men’s waists are back in fashion says the New York Times

March 20, 2018

What does it say about us? asks the header. That’s easy. It says we have added way way too many estrogenic chemicals to our water and food. Same reason for crashing sperm counts. Good job global elites! Way to solve the population “problem”.

Kamala Harris is dreaming big in Vogue. Dream on Sister

March 19, 2018

Vogue Magazine continues its celebration of dodgy politicians with a puff piece on Kamala Harris, the mixed-race politician from California, who clawed her way to the top by the way of more than one bed and spouts verbal garbage inveigling against big banks and corporations just like any leftist circa 1970. Life is a little more complicated and interesting than that, “Comma-la” and I am sure when you run for President and get mowed over, you will ...

In which I change my life. Again.

March 19, 2018

I must have been a dozen people in my life – I even have a despairing name for myself, Miriam Myriad. I can adapt to pretty much any group of people until I’m bored, which sounds as an imperative similar to the Voice of God, whereupon I slip the harness and splash off in search of the next collection of interests. I do not believe this to be strictly ethical, though I will myself to not ...

“The Monmouth University Poll… finds a large bipartisan majority who feel that national policy is being manipulated or directed by a ‘Deep State’ of unelected government officials.

March 19, 2018

Ann Althouse reports this morning: “Just over half of the public is either very worried (23%) or somewhat worried (30%) about the U.S. government monitoring their activities and invading their privacy.” I see this as very very good news because it is true. About time “folks” got “woke”. Althouse continues: There are no significant partisan differences – 57% of independents, 51% of Republicans, and 50% of Democrats are at least somewhat worried the federal government is monitoring their activities… … ...

Saudi Crown Prince declares Women equal to Men.

March 19, 2018

This rather dashing figure turned up on 60 Minutes last night and declared Change in the Magical Kingdom of Saud. Someone make this guy some wings and a following wind. This is truly truly astonishing. I am going to need a day to process.