by Didact | Jul 31, 2014 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
It’s no real secret that I’m not exactly a big fan of “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey. I was actually rooting for Alexis Davis to beat her in UFC 175’s co-headline event, but that didn’t happen; in fact, that fight lasted just sixteen seconds....
by Didact | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you haven’t yet read John Ringo’s The Last Centurion, I highly recommend it. For all of its flaws in writing style and narrative flow, it is a highly entertaining, very memorable, and quite enjoyable near-future military fiction novel. It is also a...
by Didact | Jul 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
As if there was ever any doubt as to what women want- and why you should never, ever take their delusions about their own sexual value seriously- this quite hilarious article caught my eye this morning: Jacqui Lambie, an Australian MP who shares the balance of power...
by Didact | Jul 29, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
OK, let’s be honest, I’m not THIS idiot Question: What do you call a guy with two degrees in advanced mathematics who stacks, on each side of an Olympic barbell, a 25lb plate, 2 10lb plates, and a 5lb plate, and thinks it all adds up to 135lbs, and then...
by Didact | Jul 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
The last five years have certainly been… eventful when it comes to the world of high finance. In 2008, the world discovered that the geniuses to whom the public had entrusted trillions of dollars didn’t really have a clue how to manage it responsibly....
by Didact | Jul 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Goddammit, XKCD… Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram...
by Didact | Jul 25, 2014 | gym idiots, Uncategorized
Tim Muriello from www.illpumpyouup.com (a fitness supplement and advice site for bodybuilders) has some rather amusing advice for men who think that the idea of dating a fitness-obsessed woman is a Good Idea: As if that wasn’t amusing/silly enough, there’s...
by Didact | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I was 14, I read two books that changed my thinking and my life forever. The first was a novel, based on real events, called Exodus, by one of the 20th Century’s greatest writers, Leon Uris. It provided a fictionalised, but largely accurate, account of the...
by Didact | Jul 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Mocking feminists is like drop-kicking chihuahuas- not even all that much fun because it’s just too easy So there I was yesterday afternoon, walking down to the riverfront to eat lunch on a beautiful sunny day, minding my own business and generally trying to...
by Didact | Jul 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
I could hear Col. Dubois in my mind: “Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part… and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.” — Juan...
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