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Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 30, 2020
Best Books I read in 2020
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer (1960) This is one of the best history books I've ever read. It relies almost...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 29, 2020
Best Films I watched in 2020
I'm doing a better job cataloging the media I consume, so I have a better idea of all the films I watch from year to year. Here are my...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 20, 2020
Wigtown Book Festival Podcast
I forgot to post a podcast I was on a few months ago. The Wigtown Book Festival (Scotland) was inspired to start a podcast because of the...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 12, 2020
Bushcraft - shelter building
I'm enrolled in a year-long bushcraft course, in which we're learning all manner of things, including axecraft, clothes making, primitive...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 9, 2020
Carrifran Wildwood
One of the most irritating rants I go on is about how ecologically impoverished the UK is. In America, it's not hard to find a mixed...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 5, 2020
2020 election impressions
Thoughts and emotions as of this moment… It appears that Biden, now that he’s secured Wisconsin and Michigan, will win. What relief I...
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Ken Ilgunas
- Oct 23, 2020
A primitive understanding of manhood
Some men like Trump because they think he’s “manly.” (Click for NYT story about why many Latino men are drawn to Trump’s machismo.) What...