“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: Murphy’s Law Edition

Friday T&A: Murphy’s Law Edition

Here we are at another Friday, and what a week it’s been. If you’ve been keeping up with things – and I’ll be the first to admit that I generally haven’t – then things definitely have been moving at warp speed. The most interesting...
Friday T&A: All-American Edition

Friday T&A: All-American Edition

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and that is a special day for those who love freedom. That is, of course, the day on which the original 13 American colonies declared independence from their British progenitor, and thereby sparked a war that raged for the next 4 years,...
Friday T&A: Cuba Libre Edition

Friday T&A: Cuba Libre Edition

It’s hot and getting hotter out there in the world right now, lads, and that is creating both crisis and opportunity for us. On the one hand, it is hard to see our most beloved monuments and institutions being torn down by crazed mobs while our supposed...
Friday T&A: Красавица Edition

Friday T&A: Красавица Edition

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more… Actually, these days, it feels like all we are doing is trying to plug the cracks in an increasingly broken dam, against a flood that will destroy us all. It feels like a colossal exercise in futility. And...
Friday T&A: Spanish Civil War Edition

Friday T&A: Spanish Civil War Edition

In all of my time on this Earth, I don’t think I’ve seen too many weeks crazier than this one. And that’s saying something, considering how batshit insane things got during the Great Panic a few weeks ago. It’s actually hard to believe that we...
Friday T&A: Acting Out Edition

Friday T&A: Acting Out Edition

Friday rolls around again, and I do believe it’s a full moon this week as well. It’s been a rough week (again) for yours truly, but then I say that pretty much every week. This year has certainly been the Year From Hell for many if not most of us, and...
Friday T&A: Thorny Roses Edition

Friday T&A: Thorny Roses Edition

It’s been another long and difficult week for many of us. Honestly these days it seems like we’re just sitting on the sidelines and watching as the world burns – which is the literal and actual truth for people in Minneapolis and increasingly in...
Friday T&A: Two Million Edition

Friday T&A: Two Million Edition

This ‘ere blog full of rants and tumbleweeds, hosted by yer own very ‘eavy, very ‘umble servant, mine own good self, the Didact, just crossed the TWO MEEEEEELLION pageviews mark yesterday. There was a big spike in traffic which shot me right...
Friday T&A: Freedom Riders Edition

Friday T&A: Freedom Riders Edition

Well, gents, it’s been another rough weeks of broken dreams and painful conflicts for many of us, mine own good self included. But spring is very much underway, and you can see the results of that growth and change all around us right now. Parks and sidewalks...
Friday T&A: Crazyfornia Edition

Friday T&A: Crazyfornia Edition

Another week gone, and it’s been another nutty one for all of us. Our Benevolent Government Overlords continue to tell us that it is necessary for our own safety to keep us cooped up and going stir-crazy, despite mounting evidence that general lockdowns do...