Monthly Archives: July 2024

Poopism: On The Relationship Of Poop And Gender

Posted on July 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

We have already seen how age greatly affects how we view poop and the importance of what happens when poop becomes a major aspect of our lives, and how we determine how the day is going. It is perhaps unsurprising … Continue reading →

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Poopism: To Poop We Return

Posted on July 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

There are at least two groups of people who, in my acquaintance, have been particularly blunt with regards to talking about issues of their extrusion of bodily matter. One of those groups of people, perhaps surprisingly, has been women, which … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The 10 Rules Of Successful Nations

Posted on July 7, 2024 by nathanalbright

The 10 Rules Of Successful Nations, by Ruchir Sharma One of the goals that many economic prognosticators and would-be prophets have is to be able to divine the rules that will ensure a nation has prolonged economic growth. Not only … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Vanished Kingdoms

Posted on July 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise And Fall Of States And Nations, by Norman Davies This book operates a bit under a bait and switch principle, in that the chapter headings pick deliberately unfamiliar names (at least to Anglophone audiences) for kingdoms … Continue reading →

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Poopism: Babies As Poop Machines

Posted on July 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

In our previous examination of the scope of poop, we ended our discussion with an observation that babies are poop machines. This is not meant as an insult to babies. Nevertheless, anyone who has ever had children or even observed … Continue reading →

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Poopism: The Scope Of Poop

Posted on July 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

When we think about what is poopy in life, not only our own life as human beings, or our own individual lives, but also the lives of other physical beings, it is helpful to know not only what is core … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Patagonia (Moon)

Posted on July 5, 2024 by nathanalbright

Patagonia, Including The Falkland Islands (Moon), by Wayne Bernhardson One the one hand, it is impossible not to celebrate the sheer ambition of a book that seeks to encourage travel to a sprawling and sparsely inhabited region of South America … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Languages Of The World

Posted on July 4, 2024 by nathanalbright

Languages Of The World: An Introduction, by Asya Pereltsvaig This book is generally a good one and unsurprisingly a pretty long one, and it seeks to introduce the reader to some of the immense diversity as well as unity within … Continue reading →

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Poopism: A Personal Introduction

Posted on July 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

It is a well-known truism that people seldom write about things that have gone well in their lives. Instead, people tend to write about matters that have brought them (or those close to them) some degree of difficulty. Yet at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Government And Geography Of Ancient India

Posted on July 3, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Government And Geography Of Ancient India, by Gina Hagler This book touts itself as a model guide for student research on its subject matter, but if any student came to me with research taken from this book, it would … Continue reading →

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