“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.”

And of course I missed it again…

This is what happens when you’re saddled with possibly the country’s most incompetent ISP- you miss out on important things like Pi Day: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn...

OK, SERIOUSLY, Japan, WHAT THE F—?!

Just when you thought things couldn’t get more batshit insane than BABYMETAL, here come the Japanese to jump up and down on that idea: … Yeah. I don’t get it either. But I will admit, it’s actually pretty damn good. Here’s a note to...

How do you improve on a classic?

Before continuing with this post, I have to say that I find myself in the odd position of having to apologise for someone else’s cock-up. The reason why this is the first article since Friday, and the reason why my usual Friday T&A segment is missing (which,...

Dirge of Dead Sisters by Rudyard Kipling

Seeing as how it was International Women’s Day recently, and seeing as how a lot of very silly and uppity women and “celebrities” in the West immediately took to social media to mark the occasion with a lot of misandry and nonsense, it might be worth...

When “normal” is shocking

Today is International Women’s Day- well, for another two-and-a-bit hours, anyway- and as a result I was actually at a bit of a loss as to what I should write for the day’s post. I could have written in amusement about how a “day without women”...

The Collapsing Tor-pire

It would appear that Castalia House has decided that a certain 6’3″ ex-Marine badass hasn’t been piled onto enough for the questionable quality of his writing: The Third Edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction says: “If anyone...

Here we go again… again

It would appear that DEADPOOL 2 is actually going to be a thing: I have to admit that I was horribly wrong about the first Deadpool film. I thought that Ryan Reynolds was going to RUIN it the way “he” ruined Green Lantern. In hindsight, though,...

The epic vision of the God-Emperor

This is how an Alpha male addresses the nation that he leads: That was, without question, an even better speech than he gave at his inauguration. President Trump looked confident, relaxed, and totally at ease with himself and his audience. That, in and of itself,...