“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.”

Gone but never forgotten

Leslie Nielsen’s form of deadpan, bone-dry humour was not perhaps everyone’s cup of tea, but I have very fond memories of some of his greatest hits like Airplane! and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. And it must be said, there were times when Mr. Nielsen...

That settles it

Heartiste went and pulled a few side-by-side shots of the First Ladies of America and France from the, er, rear aspect, and I have to say, the caption on the first picture was an absolute howler: #Squats   vs.  #Cardio pic.twitter.com/9quemxhZIj —...

The Wage-Slaves by Rudyard Kipling

Oh, glorious are the guarded heights Where guardian souls abide– Self-exiled from our gross delights– Above, beyond, outside: An ampler arc their spirit swings– Commands a juster view– We have their word for all these things, No doubt their...

Can’t argue with that

I have to admit, it is extremely difficult for me to choose which one of these categories I support and agree with the most. A world without any one of those four things is a world that I do not want to live in. While we are on the subject of things that...

Friday T&A: Baltic Breeze Edition

It has been quite a while since I turned the focus of this series – everyone’s absolute favourite part of the entire blog, of course – onto the often spectacular women of Eastern Europe. A reader, who shall remain nameless, mentioned that Latvia is...

Domain Query: Import more of X…

Commenter Dire Badger had some quite germane thoughts to add with respect to immigration and multiculturalism to my post the other day about certain adversities that I have encountered: Indians who grew up in India have a culture that is PROFOUNDLY different from...

The ISIS goat rodeo

The rat-bastards of ISIS decided to have a go at filming a training montage – inside a mosque in Afghanistan, no less – and the results were… well, somewhat less than stellar: Now don’t get me wrong, as far as I’m concerned every last one...

Domain Query: Mansplaining required

Some chick named Alicia Bennett – I am assuming her gender identity based on her profile page – stopped by to leave a comment from a post from over 3 years ago which I thought was worth sharing: Cute and all but, this contest isn’t about beauty 🙂...

Ain’t science grand?

It is indeed a very strange Universe that we live in, and sometimes that same Universe throws a real treat for those of us who have some notion of just how remarkable it really is: If you do some reading about Mira, it really is a truly remarkable astral feature. But...

Dammit, Carey…

The lovable bastard just got me hooked on this great new GHOST song, which will be released on their upcoming album: The chorus… the riff… the tune… This song is so catchy, it needs to be quarantined by the CDC. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new...