“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.”

Ember City

This one is for a certain reader who had the very sad misfortune of celebrating his birthday the other day while laid up in bed with a horrible cold. He’s a big fan of this band- or at least, of its drummer. And with very good reason: I saw them play live...

Ode to the nutshot

I’m going to have to call bullshido on this one: I’ve been kicked in the ol’ rod & tackle before- while wearing a groin cup, no less. I’m not going to lie. It HURTS. On a level that no man should EVER have to experience. So I’m more...

No school like the old school

GRAVE DIGGER shows us why there is nothing quite as awesome as straight-up 80s power metal: I saw these guys play live opening for BLIND GUARDIAN (!!!!!!!!!!!) the other night. They absolutely KILLED. And they were just the opening act. What followed was...

A question to readers

My reading list of late has included a couple of books by one Emmet Scott which have not only cast doubt upon, but completely destroyed, the canonical origin story of Islam. It is now clear that the story of Mohammed, the so-called “prophet” of Islam, is...

Recessional by Rudyard Kipling

God of our fathers, known of old,  Lord of our far-flung battle-line,  Beneath whose awful Hand we hold  Dominion over palm and pine—  Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,  Lest we forget—lest we forget!  The tumult and the shouting...

The Didact’s review of HALO 5: Guardians

And I haven’t even finished playing the game yet. I will, eventually, write up a longer review of the game, once my brain gets scraped off the ceiling and my head is pieced back together… Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook...

Happy HELLOWEEN 2015

Man, this song never gets old: It’s so good, in fact, that HELLOWEEN recorded two separate follow-ups to it. And then they recorded an “orchestral” version of all three in a medley, which I personally think is some of their best work ever: If you...

Yep, pretty much

If you look really closely, you can see me- #4508- lurking very far away there in the background. I’m the one in the Promethean Warrior-Servant outfit wielding a lightrifle and a hardlight blade. (I’m a big fan of the former- great for both medium-range...

An evergreen legend

“U Can’t Touch This”, Federer Edition It’s worth taking a break once in a while from ranting about politics, the war against Islam, the war for the culture, and HALO to point out that, even in these dark and cynical days, there is still...

The coming of the tide

That speech from Bill Whittle is from nearly 3 years ago, right after the electoral disaster- and that is what it was- of November 2012. In it, he raises a number of critically important points that I think need to be kept in mind as America enters yet another...