“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: Half-Century Edition

Friday T&A: Half-Century Edition

Well, thank God it’s Friday – been a long week, for sure. And I’ve got plenty of reason to be thankful, in fact. For as it happens, I hit 58 subscribers on my mailing list. And that deserves its own special mention. All of this happened because Our...
Marriage.exe has suffered a fatal error

Marriage.exe has suffered a fatal error

No doubt all of you have heard by now that Bill Gates, the evil overlord of the EEEEEEEVIL empire of Microsoft, is getting divorced. Given that this is BILL FREAKIN’ GATES that we’re talking about – pretty much the third or fourth richest man in the...
It used to be great

It used to be great

Seeing as how it’s “Star Wars Day” – the biggest fake holiday after Kwanzaa – it’s probably worth taking a moment to remember back when STAR WARS USED to be truly amazing: The Devil Mouse has managed to do the utterly IMPOSSIBLE: It...
Monday morning with Col. Decker

Monday morning with Col. Decker

Ugh. Monday. What a pain in the ass. It’s not so bad for me – we have a public holiday over here, so I can take a bit of a breather and get some work done. But it’s still a pretty awful day in general. Fortunately, the Great Mondaydact Browser...
Friday T&A: Over the Hill Edition

Friday T&A: Over the Hill Edition

There are days when I feel OLD. Especially days like today. And, objectively speaking, I AM old – though many of my readers in their fifties and sixties will no doubt be either amused or annoyed that someone considerably younger than them is bitching about a few...
Impact crater

Impact crater

Arkhaven’s Arktoons initiative has now launched, and… holy MOTHER, but the comics are amazing: I’ve read several of these comics before – I am a proud supporter of the original Arkhaven Comics crowdfunding initiative, and as such I’ve...
The mad genius of the great Prophet Ringo

The mad genius of the great Prophet Ringo

About 5 years ago, i wrote a post about John Ringo’s superb standalone novel, The Last Centurion, which is a book that quite thoroughly defies easy categorisation. Here is the actual post: In the words of the Prophet Ringo… (WordPress embedding don’t...
Monday morning break a leg

Monday morning break a leg

Buckle up, boys, it’s time to put on your Monday faces again. Fortunately, the Great Mondaydact Browser Mulcher is here to make life at least bearable on this most awful of days. And, honestly, y’all don’t have that much reason to complain, because...
Didactic Mind, Ep 77: The Forge of Vulcan

Didactic Mind, Ep 77: The Forge of Vulcan

Today I wax philosophical again about the nature of our tests and the reasons why we are tested to, and often beyond, our breaking points. I go through Biblical prophets from the Old Testament and examine how they were tested and broken, in order to do what God needed...