ironwood6Aug 4, 201615 minGas, Ass, or Grass – Revisited.Well, now that the Brexit thing has happened and things are finally starting to visibly fall apart it is time to revisit the old...
ironwood6Jul 11, 20163 minDid You Feel That?If you are not keeping yourself busy dulling down your senses with drugs (prescription psychotropics or recreational), or food, or...
ironwood6Jun 30, 201612 minTerminal Capitalism – “He’s Dead Jim.”(Note: I started writing this entry two weeks ago before the Brexit vote.) Two recent stories, one that was promoted by the Main Stream...
ironwood6Jun 21, 20166 minTrue Confessions of a Bibliophile.I have a confession to make. I confess I am mystified. No, wait, that’s a Pukka Orchestra song. I confess that when I wrote in another...
ironwood6Jun 2, 201611 minThe ‘Me & My Bunker’ Myth.There is a really common idea out there among people who accept the idea that we are going to face some form of social upheaval in the...
ironwood6May 19, 20169 minWhich Past is the Future?I was getting ready to write this posting and just came across a great quote I want to share from a guy whose name is Vinay Gupta. He...
ironwood6May 14, 201613 minPravda is Russian for Struth. Or, The Age of Missing Information.Yesterday, the Loblaws grocery store chain had to shut some of its stores across Canada for almost half a day due to what even the...
ironwood6May 11, 20166 minWarriors of the Wasteland: A Humungus Problem.Image by krheesy used under creative commons licence: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129440207@N08/16296648887 I have been thinking about...
ironwood6May 6, 201611 minGround Rules, AKA Spot the SpookUnfortunately, we do not actually live in a democracy. If this is news to you then you are probably one of the sheeple and you need to...
ironwood6Apr 27, 20165 minHoping for Change.I am fairly disgusted by my fellow Canadians who have obviously fallen for the tired trope of “Change.” For were it not working as The...
ironwood6Apr 25, 20169 minGraceful Degradation.Things have failure modes. A failure mode is when a thing has a typical way that it breaks down. Certain parts of things are often not as...
ironwood6Apr 13, 20164 minWhere to Begin?Where to Begin? That is the question I have been mulling over in my mind since last week when I started this blog. I have a pretty...
Robert MacLeodApr 6, 20163 minHello World.Hello World. I have finally decided to share my thoughts about certain matters more widely and this blog is the forum in which I have...