“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.”

Monday morning Hanukkah hangout

Monday morning Hanukkah hangout

7am?!? I should BE so lucky on a Monday morning… I had to wake up at the asscrack of dawn – actually, where I live, the Sun didn’t even have the decency to show the hell UP until something like 0800 – to make my way to a client site. And the...
Friday T&A: Unspeakable Edition

Friday T&A: Unspeakable Edition

As I may have said a few times before, there are days which seem to take years to pass, and then there are years which seem to pass in days. This year, 2023, certainly seems like the latter. We are already just three weeks away from the end of the year, and we are...
Clown World has gone full ICP

Clown World has gone full ICP

Those of a certain age may remember a “musical act” called “Insane Clown Posse”, whose fans were basically asshats calling themselves “Juggalos”. They were like Slipknot fans, but without even that extremely low level of class or...
Monday morning not-working from home

Monday morning not-working from home

Mondays are pretty awful at the best of times. They are even worse when you have to deal with public transport. And they are just MISERABLE when said public transport is shut down because rail workers are pissed about getting paid quite a lot more than the national...
Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK with a new episode! This one is all about the importance of debt forgiveness, from both a moral and economic perspective, as it is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for ensuring investment in genuinely...
The Mandrake Project

The Mandrake Project

This is the news fans of Bruce “The Dyslexic Voice of Dog” Dickinson’s solo work have been waiting, no joke, TWENTY YEARS to see. He will release his first solo album since Tyranny of Souls early next year, and will go on tour with his solo band as...
Friday T&A: Winter Blunderland Edition

Friday T&A: Winter Blunderland Edition

It is officially the first day of winter, and frankly, I’m already DONE with the season. The ONLY good thing about winter, is Christmas – and, when I lived in Australia (where, as we always say around here, EVERYTHING WANTS TO KILL YOU AND EAT YOUR EYES...
The Putin Plan for Banderastan

The Putin Plan for Banderastan

The news coming out of Banderastan gets worse by the day – at least, if you are Ukrainian. If you have the sense God gave a honey badger – and you have been reading “dissident” sites (like, say, this one) – then you have known for quite a...