by Didact | Feb 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
You can’t even get spaced if you’re a Muslim, according to the UAE’s government: The United Arab Emirates issued a religious law Thursday banning Muslims from manning a spaceflight voyage to Mars. Starting in 2024, Dutch...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Apparently the Manosphere is now, according to certain breathless and all too easily startled poltroons over on the left side of the pond, run by Sith Lords of the Dark Enlightenment who all want to do Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Things to human society by...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have a fairly (un)healthy contempt for the Obarmy administration’s general cluelessness about most things in general, but when it comes to domestic energy production, I find myself wondering if anyone who works for the current Executive branch, from the...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Two Very Good Things happened on January 31st, 2014: HALO: Spartan Assault was released for the Xbox 360, and Jay Allan’s latest entry into the Crimson Worlds series was finally released, after a month of delays and revisions. I have to say, I was quite...
by Didact | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Terms of Enlistment, the first novel in the Frontlines series by Marko Kloos, was in my opinion an excellent if slightly flawed new entry into the canon of military sci-fi. The follow-up, Lines of Departure, picks up a few months after ToE left off, with Earth...
by Didact | Feb 14, 2014 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
On the back of my thoughts about CrossFitcomes very sad news about a trainer named Kevin Ogar who suffered a horrible injury while performing a snatch: A Colorado CrossFit athlete was performing a routine lift during a competition in Southern California over the...
by Didact | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Older brother: So what’s a good time for me to call tonight so we can catch up? You’ve been sick and all, just want to make sure you’re OK. Younger sister: Uh actually I’ve got a date tonight, can we talk tomorrow? Older...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
(This is the second in a series of posts dealing with my thoughts on various topics that came up during our Singapore meetup late last year. As always comments and criticism are of course welcomed, especially from the guys who were there. Oh, and I owe one of the guys...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Not every Strong Independent Woman is necessarily either a complete fool or completely crazy. There are some- albeit very very few- who recognise the costs that their choices impose: Earlier this week, a broadsheet newspaper ran a triumphalist piece by a 42-year-old...
by Didact | Feb 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything. — G. K. Chesterton Among the many- far too many- books that I find myself reading at any given time, one of the most interesting,...
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