CHRISTIANITY: Interview With Jackie Pullinger - Christian Missionary, Author

One of the most incredible Christian missionaries you will ever find: Jackie Pullinger, who served most of her life in Hong Kong.

Date posted to YouTube: June 6, 2023
Length: 1 hour, 21 minutes, 1 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius

LIFE: AMISH Woman "Sinned" by Taking Her Brothers to Court for SA

Mary Byler explains her escape from the Amish, and why she had to leave. This type of darkness needs to be exposed.

*Content Warning: Frequent mentions of child SA & r*pe among other forms of abuse & suic*de ideation*

Mary Byler’s story is horrific and shocking, yet one of the reasons she is being so brave in sharing her story, is because it’s not uncommon. The Amish are often romanticized for their “plain” lifestyle, yet people don’t understand or know about the sheer terror facing the women and children of these communities. Extreme forms of purity culture combined with a no-questions-asked “always forgive and forget” policy and “under no circumstances get the police involved”, create a perpetrator’s paradise where SA is more common than not. It is time we break the silence and break the cycle.

Date posted to YouTube: August 3, 2023
Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes, 43 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius

LIFE: Ron Howard: Clint's addiction, 47+ years of marriage and rejected by George Lucus

Most of us first met Ron Howard when he starred as "Opie" on The Andy Grifith Show, then we knew him as Richie Cunningham on the long running TV show Happy Days. I doubt that any actor alive has been in front of a camera more often than him, and yet he's done some great films as a director as well. Here's an interiew of one of the great men of Hollywood, well worth taking the time to listen to.

Date posted to YouTube: August 23, 2023
Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 53 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius

HOBBIES: The RCSubGuy tests the MASSIVE Balao Class RC Submarine

One of those cool things that exists in the universe: people who build remote control scale models of submarines. The attention to detail in this model is truly stunning.

Date posted to YouTube: April 23, 2023
Length: 5 minutes, 29 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius

PHILOSOPHY: Why are so Many People Neurotic? - Carl Jung as Therapist

As usual, a wonderful video from the Academy of Ideas channel, on the epidemic of neuroses that we are seeing here in the modern day.

"A neurosis is a psychological disorder defined by persistent and deep levels of anxiety and an overall fear of life. In addition to these cardinal symptoms, a neurotic illness may also include depression, guilt, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, excessive worry and rumination, insomnia, irritability, or anger. Carl Jung suggested that the neurotic’s fear of life was a result of “a disturbed or diminished process of adaptation” (Collected Works Volume 18) and “a morbid development of the whole of a personality” (Collected Works Volume 10). A neurotic, in other words, is an individual who fails to adapt to the demands of life, whose personality is stunted as a result, and whose existence, therefore, becomes a continual struggle with little, to no reprieve."

Date posted to YouTube: January 31, 2023
Length: 12 minutes, 44 seconds

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MUSIC: Tears for Fears — Everybody Wants to Rule the World [LIVE @ SiriusXM]

One of greatest songs of the 1980's, performed nearly 40 years after it became a hit. Still sounds awesome!

Date posted to YouTube: February 24, 2023
Length: 4 minutes, 32 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius