“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.”

Didact’s Book List 2019

Stryker’s War: A Galaxy’s Edge Standalone Novel (Order of the Centurion Book 3) by Josh Hayes with Anspach + Cole (3.7/5) SNAFU: Future Warfare by Various Authors (3.4/5) Gideon Ira and the Winter Valkyrie (Deus Vult Wastelanders Book 2) by Adam Smith...

Happy New Year

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light...

The Best of Friday T&A 2019

As we count down to the New Year and a hopefully triumphant 2020 for us all, let us take a look back at everyone’s favourite series on this ‘ere blog full of rants and tumbleweeds – the one that involves a hot girl in a bikini every single week....

The Didact’s Best Albums of 2019

I had a pretty good year in terms of music choices in 2019. Several of my favourite bands released albums, but due to my rather unique living situation and significant amounts of traveling this year, I haven’t actually listened to them yet – to my...

The Didact’s Best Books of 2019

It’s time to go through my reading list for 2019 and pick the best books of the year in both the Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. After all, it’s time for the traditional festivities around here, and tradition dictates that I go through the books that I...

The party post 2019

The Year of Winning Bigly is upon us in a few hours, so let’s get this party started. Let’s take a look at some fireworks from last year to get us in the mood for what’s happening this year: Bring on the girls – by way of some pictures...

Sharpen your hunting knives

It’s Monday, and as much as I wish that we could make it a happy one – or at least, not depressing, which I’d be willing to settle for at this point. But unfortunately, we can’t do that. The reason why is very simple. It turns out that just a...

Monday morning Men of the Year

Happy Monday, boys. Normally that is a complete oxymoron. But today is the very last Monday of 2019, and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. So let’s get this party started by looking at the works of highly accomplished men. All of these clips come from links...

Friday T&A: Last Drinks Edition

It is now Friday, December 27th, and in just a few more days, 2019 will be no more and the Year of the Crusher shall be upon us. In keeping with time-honoured tradition, stretching back all the way to mid-2016, and very much in keeping with my usual...

The loyalty of the Bravo

The Kings and Generals channel on YouTube features a great many superb videos on many historical figures, battles, and civilisations of the past, with a distinct focus on military history. One of the best videos out of the bunch – and given the quality of their...