“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Friday T&A: Great Reset Edition

Friday T&A: Great Reset Edition

Gentlemen, as I have said many times before, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that a seriously powerful, seriously malign, and very dangerous force rules over this world. Look around you at the way things are going right now. Does it look like the people in...
Ten years of the Iron Mind

Ten years of the Iron Mind

In June of 2011, I did two things that would change the course of my life forever. First, I moved out of my rather cosy, but quite expensive, apartment in Big Shitty, and moved across the river to the west, into what turned out to be a mistake. (I moved into a...
Monday morning unknown unknowns

Monday morning unknown unknowns

Like a bad case of genital herpes, Monday has shown up to plague us again and ruin our date with the weekend. (Pro-tip: DO NOT go look that shit up online. It will scar you for life if you do.) Fortunately, of course, we’ve got the regular Great Mondaydact...
Sunday Scripture: The Conversion of Saul

Sunday Scripture: The Conversion of Saul

9 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he...
Friday T&A: Lemons to Melons Edition

Friday T&A: Lemons to Melons Edition

Boys, there are times when, no matter how hard you work, now matter how good you are at your job, nothing will ever be good enough for the people judging your work. And finding this out can be a crushing disappointment. This is especially true if you are young and...
Men are better at EVERYTHING

Men are better at EVERYTHING

That is not a hyperbolic headline. It turns out that we really are the best at everything that women excel at doing, including beauty pageants now: Kataluna Enriquez, 27, has forged the way. She won Miss Nevada at an event in Las Vegas on Sunday, and has her sights...
Monday morning blazing saddles

Monday morning blazing saddles

God, what an awful Monday. Actually, I’ve got more reason to complain today than I usually do, mostly because I honestly feel like I got hit by a truck. I’m not quite sure what the hell happened. We completed a massive project on Friday – after I had...
Sunday Scripture: The Conversion of Saul

Sunday Scripture: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in...