Shôn Ellerton, April 29, 2023 A quick description of three tools used by those who want to shut down a perfectly good debate because they don’t like what they’re listening to. It’s been long overdue to write about three incredibly annoying and overly abused tools specifically designed for weak-minded, blue-pilled…

Shôn Ellerton, April 1, 2023 The world is crazy enough as it is, but now a campaign to eliminate all forms of satire and sarcasm? Just the other day, a bit of a fight broke out in front of the Lathrop Library at Stanford University in California. It didn’t make…

Shôn Ellerton, March 9, 2023 I remember a time when the passion of space exploration was all the rage. What happened to it? Perhaps we have also lost the secrets from those who architected these great moments in history. I remember so vividly my dreams of becoming an astronaut during…

Shôn Ellerton, February 28, 2023 The true story of how and why the Chinese launched a spy balloon to the United States. Xi Jinping stirs from his deep sleep and clambers out of his generously sized but functionally unadorned bed with fervour and zest. The room is spacious but surprisingly…

Shôn Ellerton, February 22, 2023 I’m sure managing and coordinating your child’s activities was simpler before the so-called paperless age. Just how complicated does it need to be to manage one’s child’s schooling and extracurricular activities? It’s a serious question and it warrants an answer. Let’s start with the fact…

Shôn Ellerton, February 16, 2023 Without understanding the when’s, the how’s and the why’s of data, we often find what’s presented to us as useless only to spin a story. How many people on the planet are having sex at any one time? It was a question raised by the…

Shôn Ellerton, January 28, 2023 Our entertainment and social media industries want nothing better than to force feed our hyper children with vast amounts of low grade material. I thought I had it cracked but I fear I’m losing my young son to the world of simple, mindless, overly paced…

Shôn Ellerton, January 24, 2023 If something seems trivial or merely a first-world problem, should it be dismissed in favour of a more important one? Has anyone said to you, ‘That’s a first world problem’, in response to something you, perhaps, complained about? If so, you are not the only…

Shôn Ellerton, January 22, 2023 A bit of a dive into why men need man caves and some of the essential differences between men and women with respect to projects and tasks. I once visited a house which had the ultimate man cave. It occupies a very large well-insulated shed…