Looks like marriage is quickly going out of style in the middle kingdom.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
The Intelligent Celibate
Not to worry. The Congo is cranking out TONS of new humans.
My Native Land
Two things strike me about this map of the battles of the Civil War. One, just how untouched the vast majority of the country was, and two, how strange some of the locations were for these battles (like way the hell up in Fargo country).
Kids and Marshmallows
Since 2024 is Slope’s 20th Halloween, I’m confident that I’ve written, annual, twenty times in a row, that Halloween is the best holiday ever created. You don’t have to make any freakin’ meals. You don’t have to buy any damned presents. Your total budget is maybe $50 in candy, the stock market stays open, plus you get to dress up. It’s awesome.
Three Hundred Times the Price!
Here’s a jaw-dropper: you’d think by now data would be a fairly consistent price around the world. Nope! Sort of like medical care, U.S. citizens get totally ripped off with, as an example, Israelis paying 2 CENTS for versus 6 DOLLARS in the U.S. for the same amount of mobile data.
