Author Archives: A Gentleman's Rapier

Inventory

Posted on 3 November 2019

Read no further if you are uninterested in the internal ramblings of a middle-aged man… I am in a pre-birthday semi-navel gazing space. I hit 50 in three weeks. I don’t even want to review the things I said I’d … Continue reading →

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Solsbury Hill and Synchronicity

Posted on 19 September 2019

Whenever I approach an apparent transition in my life, ‘Solsbury Hill’ by Peter Gabriel becomes an earworm that is impossible to remove. On my very last day in the US Navy, on US Naval Station Norfolk, after the personnel guy … Continue reading →

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On the edge of my seat…

Posted on 3 September 2019

This parliamentary stuff is intense. I have been on the edge of my seat all day and am currently nursing a whisky or two. On the one hand, I think Boris is playing with fire. But on the other hand… … Continue reading →

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On Prorogation

Posted on 28 August 2019

I have viewed Boris Johnson’s premiership with a healthy dose of scepticism. On the one hand, he was originally a Remainer, but on the other hand, he is always out for himself. I have often said he is one of … Continue reading →

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On Autistic Teenage Girls

Posted on 18 August 2019

I have been watching the whole Greta Thunberg / Climate Change thing with mild horror. The Globalists have found in her an apparently unassailable spokesman for their agenda. Like a prophet in the wilderness, she spouts to the world all … Continue reading →

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The Power of Prayer

Posted on 22 June 2019

This post by Vox Day, and the subsequent comment thread, reminded me of an incident from my deep dark past. When I was 17 I had jaw surgery to fix a massive overbite. It was the cumulative outcome of about … Continue reading →

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I hope I am wrong…

Posted on 29 March 2019

But I get the feeling some event is going to be manufactured either today or in the next week or so to make it look as if a Brexit supporter or Brexit supporters are violent, perhaps murderous, and the Narrative … Continue reading →

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