Getting Past Moral Relativism

Last night, I went to an Irish music concert sung by Jim Flanagan partly in Gaelic and played on the guitar. Truly, it was wonderful.
For the brief moments that I was there, I was able to forget the worries I’d been facing, and think only of the beauty of the music before me. Bill Watkin’s The Errant Apprentice and Pat Cooksey’s, The [...]

Weathering Stupidity

I’ve been in a Go-playing phase recently. I’ve improved from 30kyu to 23 kyu in a matter of a month. It’s very satisfying, as well as challenging and fun.
Interestingly, a number of my Go opponents are not oriental, as you might expect, but are instead European or Canadian. This is despite my playing Go on [...]