“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.”

Sunday Scripture: Jesus Cleanses a Leper

And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean....
Friday T&A: Cabin Fever Edition

Friday T&A: Cabin Fever Edition

Well, Corona-chan’s spread around the world simply goes from bad to worse. I am pretty sure that a good chunk of my readership in the USA, the UK, Australia, and Russia – yes, a decent chunk of the traffic to this blog is from Russia, believe it or not...

Life is about trade-offs

I know everyone is sick of reading about how horrible COVID-19 is, but it is very important right now to stay calm, be logical and objective, and try to look at the evidence wherever possible before jumping to any conclusions. In that spirit, Paul Ramsey has done a...

China Syndrome

I know everyone is fed to the back teeth with this whole COVID-19 situation, and the lies and deceptions of the (((media))) whorenalist classes really aren’t helping things at all. We are actually dealing with two global pandemics right now – one that...

Media malfeasance in a time of plague

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; — From “IF” by Rudyard Kipling As Corona-chan continues to perform...

Well there goes Paddy’s Day

Corona-chan has successfully managed to shut down basically the entire developed world at this point. Russia has virtually banned foreigners from entering the country until May, Europe is in the throes of a massive crisis and seems totally unable to get it under...

Monday morning Hell Week

Boys, I’m gonna level with you: last week absolutely was the week from Hell. Everything hit pretty much right at the same time – a full moon that sent all the crazies into overdrive and meltdown; a killer pandemic sweeping the globe and resulting in...

Didactic Mind, Ep 20: The Ides of March

The latest episode of the Didactic Mind podcast is up now, and in this week’s edition, I address the panic surrounding COVID-19’s spread and point out that this is not, in fact, the end of the freakin’ world: Since it is the Ides of March, here...

Sunday Scripture: My Refuge and My Fortress

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will...

Every maths nerd’s second favourite day

Today is, of course, March 14th, which – for my American readers, anyway – comes to 3.14.2020. And if you squint really hard, that is approximately the same as the famous mathematical constant, pi – which, to the first 12 places or...