The Didact’s Best Albums of 2016
Now that we've gotten the best books of 2016 (in my ever-so-humble opinion) out of the way, it's time to tackle the best albums that I've listened to all year. Now, the thing is, I actually listen...
The Didact’s Best Books of 2016
As the last hours of 2016 wind down, it is time to go through a time-honoured tradition, stretching back to, uh, last year, before, um, whoever's bothered to read this, in which I go over the best...
Friday T&A: The Party Post Edition
There are less than 30 hours to go for 2016 (at least, from where I am, which is a few time zones ahead of most of my readers), which means that it's about damn time to start popping open the...
Don’t be a basic bitch
Still good advice even as we call time on 2016: There is, by the way, a similar standard for blokes: The lesson to take away here is that you're not going to impress anyone by being such a special...
One picture says it all
Courtesy of Vox Day, here is a simple demonstration of the difference between a Western society that has sold its future down the river in the name of a fashionable but totally unworkable ideology,...
Nobody cares about her acting “talent”
Back in April, the ever-entertaining Razorfist pointed out the utter ridiculousness of the charge of "cultural appropriation" being leveled at the upcoming live adaptation of the classic anime Ghost...
Turn the EPIC knob all the way up to 11
SABATON + God-Emperor Trump memes = AWESOMESAUCE: Holy shit, that was brilliant. I did NOT think it was possible to make AMON AMARTH's "Twilight of the Thunder God" any more epic than it already is....
Christmas in India by Rudyard Kipling
Seems somehow fitting to celebrate Christmas in the old country with another great poem from the Poet Laureate of the British Empire, don't you think? Dim dawn behind the tamarisks -- the sky...
Happy Christmas
From IRON MAIDEN, from Eddie, and from the boys! For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,...
Super Mario Marriage
Some enterprising chaps with mad programming "skillz" (and probably far too much time on their hands) decided to have a go at creating a video-game depiction of modern marriage. It's a right...
Friday T&A: Somewhere It Is Summer Edition
I'm sitting in Dubai Airport- which is basically a giant temple to Mammon disguised as an airport/shopping mall/food court- at 10.30am on a Friday waiting for my next flight as I make my way home on...

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