“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.”

Brexit or bust

I am of course a bit late to the celebrations concerning the Conservative Party’s victory in Britain on Friday. This is because of a combination of lack of time and considerable laziness on my part. People who know me, know quite well that I am basically...

Domain Query: Hinduism as power play

Reader JohnC had an interesting question for me from the Mondaydact Browser Crash for this week: Hey Didact, what are your thoughts on the Indian bill on citizenship? No Muslim can apply. The article that he references in his question can be found here, and I’m...

The Friend-Zone Anthem

For a variety of reasons I recently found myself sitting in a cafe in a country where they serve REALLY good coffee – unlike in the old country where coffee culture is a very new thing and as a result the taste is absolutely dreadful. Now, the cafe that we...

Monday morning shampeachment

Mondays suck. And they REALLY suck ass if you have to pay any attention whatsoever to that ongoing circus over on Capitol Hill, where the Daemoncrats are desperately trying to make their ridiculous impeachment proceedings stick to His Most August, Noble,...

Friday T&A: Bang & Lurpak Edition

And once more we find ourselves at another Friday – deep into the dying days of 2019, which is a very strong contender for “Most Ridiculous Year in Memory” right now, given how much craziness has gone on over the past 12 months. We’ve seen more...

Prayer request

Longtime reader and friend of the blog Eduardo the Magnificent wrote in with some very sad news: [M]y father died on Monday afternoon. Any prayers would be appreciated. I am truly sorry to see this. My prayers are with Eduardo the Magnificent and his family, and I am...

Of laws and men

If you happen to be something of an Anglophile, as I am, then it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that PommieBastardLand has gone into terminal decline at this point. It is impossible to escape the headlines that come out of the Sceptred Isle every day that show...

Monday morning storm warning

God help us, it’s Monday again. For my American readers – which are most of them, actually – it’s a doubly terrible Monday because people are coming out of massive food comas and hangovers, and also because all of the crazy shopping madness...