Life On The Far Side

Apokalyptein (ἀποκάλυψις) is an ancient Greek word composed of apo- meaning open, release, reveal, and kalyptwin, meaning cover, hide, shield.  Simply put, apocalyse means revelation, the revealing of something.
As Claudius puts it in the theme of Rovert Graves' brilliant "I, Claudius," "Let all the poisons which lurk in the mud hatch out."...

Is it still OK to wave a white flag to call a truce, or is that racist and chock full of privileges and stuff?
It never ceases to amaze me how much cognitive dissonance a Bumbledick can hold in xis/xer/their head without exploding.  I suspect this capacity alone necessitates the crying rooms popping up on campuses around the Western hemisphere....

I occasionally get comments of the sort that I'm full of excetum bovis and don't believe half the stuff I say, or in this case write about.  One of the things I am very serious about is being prepared.
I grew up with hurricanes and tornadoes, and I now live in one of the most earthquake prone, volcanic regions on the planet.  Furthermore, we are all living through a period in which the Bumbledicks are driving humanity to the point where things have...

 From Dylan Thomas:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;