“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.”
I first started watching STAR WARS seriously as a teenager, and got to be an avid fan of the series, for many years. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, I consumed vast amounts of the Expanded Universe lore – right up until the point where LucasArts released the...
Yes, this one is late again, and this time it is due to the stupidity of your host. You see, I was feeling grouchier than usual yesterday – due in no small part to somehow tweaking my back again while doing squats the day before – and, after going out for...
Well, it’s Monday again, and if I can somehow write that without sounding despondent and bored at the same time, then that alone will be a minor victory for the day. Days like today are just a reminder as to why weekends are so great, and so important. Of...
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the...
The phrase, “escalations escalator”, was first coined sometime last year by Alexander Mercouris, whose videos I consider a daily must-watch for a powerful (if prolix – but look who’s writing) overview of current events and geopolitics. He...
Gents, have you ever had one of those days where you had grand plans to do all sorts of useful and impressive things, and it all came down to taking a 2hr nap on the couch? Well, that was pretty much my day today. The fact is, we all need days to just sit and vegetate...
Now that the dust has settled from the Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus, the Iranian response with drones and missiles, and the Israeli counterstrike with a drone attack on Iran, it is worth taking a step back to understand what happened,...
Coming back to work after a nice long vacation is never, ever fun. You know you have done it right, though, when you have forgotten at least one of your various login passwords – which is precisely what happened to me this morning. Fortunately, I had it written...
17 Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.” 2 And Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with...
Let’s start by doing that most British of all things – talking about the weather. Here in Moscow, we are currently experiencing gale-force winds and unseasonably cold weather. In Dubai, they just got through some really bizarre heavy flooding. And in...
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