“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.”

When N > 10,000…

Gentlemen, let me run a hypothetical situation by you. You’re out for drinks down at your local pub, when you discover yourself locking eyes with this very attractive “older” woman. (Actually, she’s in her mid-thirties and looks at least...

A cure for a cultural hangover

The up-and-coming independent publishing company Castalia House recently produced a rather fascinating, and very well-written, book called Victoria: A Novel of 4th Generation War by none other than William S. Lind. The book depicts (among other things) the...

The Force Awakens… the Didact yawns

I thought this trailer was a joke when I watched the first 30 seconds: A black stormtrooper? Did J. J. Abrams read nothing of the original STAR WARS canon, which stated openly that the Emperor and the Empire were TEH MOST RACISSEST ARMIEZ...

Thanksgiving

Head on the chopping block, NOW Didact to turkey: F*** you, you’re toast. (Well, rather, you’re Thanksgiving roast, but, y’know, same difference.) To everyone else, though- I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving with your loved ones. I wish you good...

ALL men pay for sex

Some of us are simply a little more up-front about the nature of the transaction than others: Last week, a report revealed that 1 in 10 British men have paid for sex. Find that shocking? Then try this for size: the same report, pulled from a total of over 6,000 men...

A Frenchist trollop on power

The former First Lady of France apparently has a few choice words for the state of politics in her native country: Former first lady of France Valerie Trierweiler has branded the country’s politics ‘misogynistic’ and said female politicians encounter...

Take your “law” and shove it

That’s the only appropriate response to the latest bit of nanny-state stupidity that has been proposed on this side of the Pond: Labour wants to stop drinkers having more than a pint of beer a day – sparking fresh accusations that it is out of touch with...

The cranky introvert’s catechism

Hey, y’know, screw all of you people! I can change anytime I want to! I simply don’t want to!!!  — John Becker, M.D. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new...

Blissful incoherence

The Liberal Mind I doubt very much that anyone who visits and reads this pokey little blog of mine is a liberal. (Well, maybe one or two people at a time are, but they rapidly become so appalled by what I have to say that they flee screaming in terror at what they...

Gym crimes will be prosecuted

So know what to avoid, thanks to the Buff Dudes: Check out their channel, there is much gym-related hilarity- and quite a bit of very solid lifting advice- to be found. See also: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...