tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:34:18 +0000combatwordsKhakjaan WessingtontrickwithaknifeCanned CombatFreestyleJuly 30 2010chanceconditioned responsesdegeneracygive me more life... fuckerscience fictionAikidoAncestorsApologyApril 1 2011April 15 2010April 22 2011April 29 2011April 8 2011April 9 2010AtonementAugust 13 2010August 15 2010August 19 2011August 20 2010August 27 2010August 5 2011August 6 2010BalanceBrain damageCanned Combat... who has a can of Raid? 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In the framing of the question, I express a preference. Likewise, the way we think about problems in the world can often be expressed as Multiple Choice, True/False, or Narrative. I suppose you could argue that we are culturally programmed to think that way, but I don't really care about the why, so much as http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2012/02/combatwords-february-24-2012-framing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-4183560710177576092Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:09:00 +00002012-02-10T15:09:30.807-08:00February 10 2012impatiencepatienceRevolution (Im)Patience [Combatwords Feb 10, 2012] “Fools rush in,” as a wise man once said. The element of surprise too soon exhausts itself; ambusher becomes ambushee. Impatience is even celebrated as a virtue! What a madhouse (get me out of here!)! It is impatience that sabotages my best efforts. Impatience is the enemy of permanence. It is only through discipline and patience that we become ourhttp://combatwords.blogspot.com/2012/02/impatience-combatwords-feb-10-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-5746160118385604730Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +00002012-02-04T17:53:03.396-08:00Fate or Intersection? [Combatwords, February 3, 2012] From even before the time you were born, the means to dispose of you was being devised, revised and deployed. Am I allergic to wasp stings? I won't know until I'm in anaphylactic shock. That's an easy one. What about the little deaths? I mean those nemeses in cashmere sweaters and worsted wool suits who kill you with commands—how long have http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2012/02/fate-or-intersection-combatwords.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1839864451150897868Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:58:00 +00002011-12-16T14:58:46.063-08:00combatwordsDecember 16 2011New YearCombatwords, December 16, 2011: New Year? I invoke my broken recall and Summon every binding seam, the Sorties of the calendars, to Narrate—that is, weave the fabric— this Deadline (due-date, past-its-prime, or Starting line) of next times. So you rode with graffiti like Orpheus, delving away from the sunlight to Find that the end of the line is Master: a rectangle mirror gone Blue in the http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/12/combatwords-december-16-2011-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3966176767515491811Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-10-21T15:00:24.866-07:00combatwordsOctober 21 2011Combatwords, October 21, 2011: The Enemy Paradox I got in an argument with a friend of mine about America copying the Fascist political economy to defeat the Nazis during WW2. He said I was wrong & that America is its own thing. I argued that when you compare the rates of state spending with both nations & their allocations/purposes that they are actually shockingly similar & merely differ in http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/10/combatwords-october-21-2011-enemy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6499546510726271006Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:37:00 +00002011-09-09T21:38:07.227-07:00HAPPY 9 11 EVERYBODYImpracticalitySeptember 9 2011Combatwords September 9, 2011: Impracticality I was going to skip the game this week, but after a drink of vodka and a witty online exchange with Sean McCollum (http://twitter.com/#!/Syntaxidermist/status/112379794938802177) I will accept the Pepsi challenge and use armor nipples as an aspect of this week's topic. George RR Martin's favorite sarcastic medieval quip seems to focus around nipples http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/09/combatwords-september-9-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3973903965649035967Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +00002011-09-02T15:58:05.284-07:00September 2 2011YesCombatwords, September 2, 2011: Yes Those who know me know that I can be very negative. I refuse so that I might demonstrate some discipline. I refuse because I fear what I am like when I am unhindered. I refuse because it is inconvenient for me to say yes. 'No' I will not talk to him. 'No' I will not comply. No is the domain of death, zero and yin. But life is yes. Love is yes. Danger is yes. http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/09/combatwords-september-2-2011-yes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-226456125419297553Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:57:00 +00002011-08-19T14:57:43.165-07:00August 19 2011combatwordsMissingCombatwords, August 19, 2011: Missing Sometimes we know something is missing: your cat runs away, my wallet falls out of my pocket. Sometimes upon meeting someone special, we feel as if we were incomplete before the personnel epiphany—we can miss our love. We can be inaccurate and fail in our aim and purpose. We can also examine the concept more closely: is ‘missing’ a judgment, an opinion, a http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/08/combatwords-august-19-2011-missing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3398347099468803870Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:55:00 +00002011-08-05T16:55:32.980-07:00August 5 2011combatwordsmagicmagical thinkingpseudosciencethinking?Combatwords, August 5, 2011: Pseudoscience and Magical Thinking Welcome to my chamber. I see many things in my Crystal ball. A ghost has told me that the stars declare that according to your blood type the full moon will determine whether ancient aliens have telepathically imparted upon you the power to influence statistical outcomes. Not impressed? Perhaps you would like to find out more about http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/08/combatwords-august-5-2011-pseudoscience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-7731368833528407641Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:43:00 +00002011-07-29T16:43:54.874-07:00Brain damagecombatwordsJuly 29 2011mind damageCombatWords 7/29/2011: Brain & Mind Damage Have you ever slammed your head into a brick wall? Choked to unconsciousness? Blacked out while drinking? That’s the more ordinary sort of brain damage. Phineas Gage and Rosemary Kennedy are more extreme versions of brain damage—actual chunks of their brains were removed. Horrifying, but Anders Behring Breivik and Bin Laden are perhaps even more extremehttp://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-7292011-brain-mind-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8425428805432232966Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-07-22T16:54:54.539-07:00conditioned responsesconformityInsanityJuly 22 2011Combatwords, July 22, 2011: Insanity If you tell me that psychosis, neurosis or any flavor of insanity is a mere social construct, I’m going to ask who diagnosed you crazy and why you have a problem with shrinks. We want to be outsiders, but not too far outside. You don’t want to be too much of a conformist, but if you’re too much of a weirdo, you’re not going to get the boy/girl/gold/glory and http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-july-22-2011-insanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1993668956287727260Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:14:00 +00002011-07-15T10:14:35.442-07:00BalancecombatwordsCombatwords, July 15, 2011: Balance I was reading some scifi fascist—maybe it was Jerry Pournelle, maybe it was someone else—my point is that he made the creepy point that if the Western World (ie anyone who has the time and/or inclination to read/play Combatwords) truly wanted to throttle industrial/technical/economic competition, all we had to do was buy grain. If each of us bought an extra 10http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-july-15-2011-balance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8613756671456829932Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:42:00 +00002011-07-08T19:26:27.328-07:00July 11 2011sci-fiscience fictionCombatwords for July 11, 2011: The Rules of Sci-Fi The famous and influential sci-fi editor Groff Conklin said there were only a few types of sci-fi stories: invasions from space, space travel & possible worlds, parapsychological concepts, time travel & possible worlds, worlds of tomorrow, the superscience of humanity, and earth wonders. So this topic can either be on the archetypes of novelty, http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-for-july-11-2011-rules-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1482519571517582620Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:02:00 +00002011-07-01T15:02:19.286-07:00combatwordsindependenceJuly 1 2011Combatwords for July 1, 2011: Independence If I was rich, I'd be stalked by the hungry suits, craving my signature. I would ride the taxi—no—a limo to a fortress of glass and the worm of hunger would slide through my telephone receiver; my monitor. If I had a bunker with a million barrels of oil and a hydroponic farm glazed in a ten horsepower halo of lights, I could grow my food and finally,http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-for-july-1-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6727036641885339988Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:01:00 +00002011-06-24T15:01:36.218-07:00combatwordsFreestyleJune 24 2011Combatwords for June 24, 2011: Freestyle 1st poster sets the topic. Subsequent posters need to riff off prior posters. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 6/27/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 6/29/2011 Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted by 8pm PST 6/24/2011; +1 if posted by 1am PST, 6/25/2011; -1 if posted by 6am 6/27/2011; -2 if posted by 12pm 6/27/2011 The Rules: http://combatwords.blogspot.com/http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/06/combatwords-for-june-24-2011-freestyle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8700545658115540285Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:01:00 +00002011-06-17T19:01:38.641-07:00June 17 2011work work jerksCombatwords June 17, 2011: Work Work Jerks I've become a work work jerk. I used to work to survive. Now I work for the sake of my own glory. My towering office is a metaphor for my own ego. How despicable. I feel like the protagonist in Falling Down must have felt before he lost his job. Everything makes a sort of misanthropic common sense. There is so much bullshit everywhere, but at least workhttp://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/06/combatwords-june-17-2011-work-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-4871875449105545497Fri, 27 May 2011 22:44:00 +00002011-05-27T15:52:46.884-07:00combatwordsdisguiseforgeryfraudimpersonationMay 27 2011Combatwords, May 27, 2011: Frauds, Forgeries, Disguises and Impersonations Before we can be, we must impersonate being. You wanted to grow up, so you drank that bottle, smoked that pack, filled that womb; cashed that check, wore that suit, inked that notebook, claimed the way was past the gas station—no, the other gas station—whatever. What's wrong with you? Why the small disguises? You could http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/05/combatwords-may-27-2011-frauds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2387017512867073335Fri, 06 May 2011 21:58:00 +00002011-05-06T14:58:00.713-07:00combatwordsfreewayMay 6 2011palace of pavementCombatwords May 6, 2011: Freeway Ribbons of meet on the static-yet-mobile palace of traction. Your religion is auto, or stick-shift; it's speed and it's trap and it's an exploration of the already explored. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 5/9/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 5/11/2011, with a rolling grace period of 24 hours to allow for critique rebuttals. Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/05/combatwords-may-6-2011-freeway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2843209554411944690Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:06:00 +00002011-04-29T14:09:15.073-07:00AncestorsApril 29 2011combatwordsCombatwords April 29, 2011: The Ancestors The ancestors hate you. Caveman great grandpa x 100 says "When I was your age, I'd already killed a dozen men for their flocks of sheep." Victorian grandpa says, "With so many opportunities for profit, I can't believe you are descended from my loins." Ancient Egyptian grandmother says "You could have married for love, but didn't love anyone? Boo-hoo!" http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-29-2011-ancestors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3370710232171288829Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:54:00 +00002011-04-22T13:54:17.825-07:00April 22 2011combatwordshaters gonna hatemaliceCombatwords, April 22, 2011: Declared and Undeclared Malice I'm considered a malicious guy and I'm fine with that. My malice is well considered rejectionism. Why not? There are outrages everywhere. Does this mean I have a thin skin, or does it mean that most people have no moral compass? I say it's both. We live in a vile civilization that glamorizes power and yet, isolates us as individuals; http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-22-2011-declared-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6394489598471017974Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:05:00 +00002011-04-08T16:05:14.977-07:00April 8 2011combatwordsCombatwords, April 8, 2011: Spring It's Spring. Do your thing. Free-for-all rules apply for this combat, which means if you don't like the main topic, go and riff off another combatant's composition. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 4/11/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 4/13/2011, with a rolling grace period of 24 hours to allow for critique rebuttals. Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted by http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-8-2011-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-5496903035755977216Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:47:00 +00002011-04-01T17:32:37.793-07:00April 1 2011combatwordsfantasykitschnostalgiatotalitarianismCombatwords, April 1, 2011: Nostalgia I read somewhere that nostalgia is a weapon. Maybe I inferred that. Does it matter? Think about it: a whimsical craving for the past poisons one's present and makes one vulnerable to appeals to 'return to the past.' Politics is only one angle—art does the same thing. Perhaps they intersect, as Kundera suggested, in the form of kitsch? And if nostalgia is thehttp://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-1-2011-nostalgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2568649109447424429Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:30:00 +00002011-03-25T15:30:09.243-07:00combatwordsHooray for dystopiaMarch 25 2011Combatwords March 25, 2011: Hooray For Dystopia Yes, I know this is a rehash of a #Combatprose (RIP) topic, but nobody here played that game. Besides, dystopia is terrific and always deserves reexamination: drive thru prayer and rubber porn star fuck toys are only part of what makes it so weird. Robo-traders flash crash markets sending millions into poverty and starvation and the powers that be http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-25-2011-hooray-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2257050347779191974Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:16:00 +00002011-03-18T12:16:14.694-07:00combatwordsHan DynastyMarch 18 2011Modern JapanRoman EmpireThe End[Combatwords, March 18, 2011] End of an Era When the Han Dynasty collapsed an age of trade made way for an age of war. It was even worse in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed: the culture was utterly destroyed. When Franz-Ferdinand was assassinated it started the end of 400 years of European imperialism. When I traded my bicycle & New York lock for a suit and tie, it was the end of an era http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-18-2011-end-of-era.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)5