James O'Neill @ Free Xenon

Review of Calendar Reforms

Tuesday, 2018 July 17Tuesday, 2019 June 18 James O'Neill4362Leave a Comment

I am going to write what I think is required for a successful world-wide secular calendar and for calendar reform. I will also list my reviews of the various calendar reform attempts too. I also have a spread sheet with point based ratings of the various Calendar Reform attempts, which also includes a comparison to our current world-wide secular calendar which is theÂ Gregorian Calendar (Wikipedia). I have also posted a bunch of information, history, and issues with the Gregorian Calendar in myÂ 45-page blog page on the Calendar Reform, so if you want to get the skinny on our calendar then please read through that post. It is a page turner, let me tell ya.

Analysis and Critique on the Henry-Hanke Permanent Calendar (HHPC)

Tuesday, 2018 July 17Friday, 2020 February 14 James O'Neill8790Leave a Comment

After having posted my 45-page blog page on the Calendar ReformÂ to a calendar reform group on Facebook I was asked for my comments on the fairly newÂ Henry-Hanke Permanent Calendar (HHPC), which was released to the world last year (2017), I think.

A Reformed Pax Calendar (rPC)

Monday, 2018 July 16Tuesday, 2018 July 17 James O'Neill3395Leave a Comment

Here I am going to reformulate the Pax Calendar as a further reform of of my Reformed International Fixed Calendar so that it is cleaner, more standard, and more palatable.

Calendar Reform: The Inferiority of Leap Weeks (or Months) to Leap Days

Monday, 2018 July 16Friday, 2020 February 14 James O'Neill4225Leave a Comment

What came to mind during that process was Leap Weeks vs Leap Days. I reaaally do NOT like Leap weeks.Â Here I will compare Leap Weeks to Leap Days so you can get an idea as to why they are problematic and NOT ideal to use:

A Reformed International Calendar (rIFC)

Friday, 2018 July 13Tuesday, 2019 June 18 James O'Neill7806Leave a Comment

If you do not know what the International Fixed Calendar (IFC) is,Â why it matters, or why I would want to reform it, then please read my very largeÂ 45-page blog page on the Calendar ReformÂ where I: first talk about the significant issues with our current Calendar, the Gregorian Calendar, and then talk about how theÂ International Fixed Calendar (IFC) solves all of those issues. Towards the end of that large document I recommend some reforms to the IFC to help make it even better.

New Page: Calendar Reform

Thursday, 2018 July 12Tuesday, 2018 July 17 James O'Neill3323Leave a Comment

In over a decade of me trying to figure out why our world is so messed up there have been quite a few ideas I have come up with or have discovered when thinking about how to make the world a simpler or better place, reform such as: time, metrics, language, culture, economy, and many others.Â However, here is one area of reform which you may have not ever considered, because it is such an integral part of our everyday life: Calendar Reform.

I had originally written about this topic for my micronational work (Republic of Talossa) in April of 2006, so this rewrite is a fairly significant expansion of my previous work, as well as being an attempt to put this idea before a much larger audience through my personal blog. My previous work was about 1,300 words and this one is approximately 13,000 words because, now, I am attempting to show you how and why and not just tell you, which I hope will be powerful!

Why do we need calendar reform you ask? Well, Hopefully, I can make that case here, so settle in for a ride that is going to ask you to think A LOT about our calendar, which we take for granted and give very little thought to about how we plan things and how it affects us in our daily lives.

New Worlds: Jump-Starting Avalon

Thursday, 2018 May 31Wednesday, 2021 July 14 James O'Neill4970Leave a Comment

Introduction Here is a quick campaign description I came up with for a new game which was especially convenient now that the Fate Horror Toolkit just came out last week! I was thinking of a setting which was medium tech sci-fi (maybe not quite lasers, monofilament, or combat armor, or just on the cusp of […]

New Page: For My Asgardian Resources

Thursday, 2018 May 10Tuesday, 2018 July 17 James O'Neill3157Leave a Comment

I do not write about my involvement in micronationalism often, basically never. However, I have put together a page to gather my posts since I joined Asgardia in November 2017. I have been involved enough recently that I needed to aggregate my writings and other related posts, that others may also benefit from. I have […]

New Page: Social, Environmental, and Economic Policies to Transform the World

Sunday, 2018 April 29Monday, 2018 May 21 James O'Neill2768Leave a Comment

If you want to ever wanted to know what sort of political platform I would run on, it would go something like what follows on my new page under Social Activism titled: Policies to Transform the World Keep in mind that those polices tend to be VERY US centric and reflect the social and political […]

Productivity and Motivation in a Resource Based Economy?

Saturday, 2018 April 7Wednesday, 2022 March 23 James O'Neill135581 Comment

I am writing this post in response to a question posed by Tyler Suard (an economics major) in my Facebook thread about a RBE where I posted a link to my blog post The Cancer of Capitalism and Its Antidote. I am writing this post to help solidify my thoughts and understanding on this issue which also, conveniently, helps to answer his question about productivity and motivation in a Resource Based Economy (RBE).

War Profiteering as the US’ Largest National Pastime

Friday, 2018 April 6Tuesday, 2018 July 17 James O'Neill3163Leave a Comment

The United States is not really a country anymore. It is the largest supranational corporate conglomerate with its own private military which is, by far, the largest in the world, and, by virtue, Americaâ€™s largest export is terrorism. =(

Naturals 2 Go Machines @ Training in Richmond, Va in Mar 2018

Post Naturals 2 Go Training Review

Monday, 2018 March 19Wednesday, 2018 July 18 James O'Neill181312 Comments

With this post I want to give a post-op following the 2.5 days of training to give my view of N2Go and the training experience for others who are considering N2Go (or anyone else who is silly enough to want know what is happening in my life). =)

A New Beginning – A New Franchise (N2Go)

Friday, 2018 March 2Wednesday, 2018 July 18 James O'Neill8169Leave a Comment

Here is a fairly large, but important update detailing a new era for our family. Donâ€™t worry. It ends up being good news! No Longer Fully Employed – The Short Version Reduced Hours In October of 2016 I found out that my hours at work were going to be cut in half starting in Jan […]

The Genesys of Fate

Friday, 2017 December 15Tuesday, 2020 January 28 James O'Neill3608Leave a Comment

Introduction So, my DM and I excitedly picked up the Genesys Roleplaying System which is Fantasy Flight Games’ (FFG) version of a generic system using their wonderful narrative dice. Our group has played a lot of their Star Wars system using narrative dice and it is amazing! This is one of the best systems I have ever played. As I was […]

Joe Conservative vs Whackydo Liberals

Saturday, 2017 December 2Monday, 2017 December 4 James O'Neill3255Leave a Comment

From a Facbook post by John Geremia Joe conservative gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take […]