“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.”
There are some days where it seems like you run out of internet by about 10am, and you have another 10 hours ahead to get through… somehow. And then there are other days when you have literally no time to take a bathroom break, despite having drunk two cups of...
If you have spent all of Friday around people, and then 3 hours on Saturday with friends, it is probably fair to say that one Sunday off is simply not enough to recharge – not if, like me, you happen to be a cranky introvert who thinks most people are only...
19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material. 20 “If a man lies sexually with a woman...
It took me quite a while to get around to writing this best-of poast, mostly because I was lazy about it, but I think there are several books I came across last year which are well worth mentioning. If you click on either the subheading or the title image for each...
I think it is fair to say that the overwhelming majority of my readership consists of introverts – many of us EXTREMELY introverted. Now, contrary to popular opinion, this does not mean we are incapable of interacting with people. In fact, as I have pointed out...
Today’s query comes from LRFotS Randale6, who has a rather interesting and very germane set of questions about the reasons why lower-ranked men in the SSH choose high-probability poor-quality outcomes, over lower-probability (thus riskier) but higher-quality...
Ah, Monday – that foul-smelling excrescence that we must all endure, just to collect our pay cheque at the end of the month. Life really is too short to worry about one’s alarm clock going off on a Monday and dragging one’s under-caffeinated,...
31 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4 to devise artistic designs, to...
Five years ago – five long, awful, TERRIBLE years ago, and somehow it seems like an even greater span than that – most of us who supported the God-Emperor watched, aghast, as what we considered to be a fake and illegitimate “President”, take his oath of office. This...
This latest instalment of everyone’s favourite part of the site was not supposed to be late. I almost had it all lined up and ready last night – but then I realised that the model I had in mind, who did not appear to have any real biographical information,...
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