by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | fitness, gym idiots, Uncategorized
I’ve long advocated personal fitness and strength training as the single best way to build strength and muscle. It may surprise some to learn, though, that I’m actually fairly agnostic about the precise method used to build strength and power. I...
by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while knows full well by now that I’m a big fan of Vox Day’s work. I’m very much looking forward to his next instalment in his The Arts of Dark and Light series. However, Vox’s roots as a writer are...
by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jonny H. is weighing up the opportunities and the costs of a career in investment banking versus a career as an actuary: I am currently debating between becoming an actuary and an investment banker. The earnings ceiling as an investment banker is much higher (though...
by Didact | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Can someone please explain the appeal of this idiotic new phenomenon to me? Yes, you saw that right- reindeer antlers and big stupid red nose ON A FREAKIN’ CAR. I’m all in favour of Christmas spirit, but this is going a bit bloody far. I’ve been...
by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
Courtesy of Tempest, here’s one that should make you chuckle: Author Virginia Wade’s fiction debut follows a group of women who embark on a week-long camping trip to Mt. Hood National Forest. There, in the shadow of Oregon’s highest mountain, they are...
by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve written repeatedly about my belief that Islam is ascendant over the (nominally- and barely at that) Christian West. I’ve also written at some length about the way in which the West could win the Long War. All of my arguments and ideas are predicated...
by Didact | Dec 25, 2013 | Christianity, Uncategorized
From the Gospel of Luke: Mary’s Song And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has...
by Didact | Dec 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
I got back last weekend from a week in Calcutta. That particular time of year, around about mid-December, is always considered particularly “auspicious” for weddings (don’t ask me why, I don’t understand pagan festival timings very well),...
by Didact | Dec 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Another quarter, another entry into Jay Allen’s outstanding Crimson Worlds series. In his last book, humanity had (just barely) stopped the onslaught of the First Imperium’s robotic warriors, at horrific cost, on the three worlds that constituted The...
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