“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.”
Yes, late again, I know. No, I don’t have an excuse this time, either. All I will say is, of late, I have been reading through Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and let’s just say, it has gotten me thinking, about quite a lot. Bertrand Russell – an...
Just a quick one today, lads, as it has been a long day of… well, walking around aimlessly in the glorious and all-too-rare sunshine while trying, and failing utterly, to sort out arse from elbow and get organised for an indoor skiing session. (Why be indoors in...
Yes, this one is late again, and this time it is due to the stupidity of your host. You see, I was feeling grouchier than usual yesterday – due in no small part to somehow tweaking my back again while doing squats the day before – and, after going out for...
Gents, have you ever had one of those days where you had grand plans to do all sorts of useful and impressive things, and it all came down to taking a 2hr nap on the couch? Well, that was pretty much my day today. The fact is, we all need days to just sit and vegetate...
Let’s start by doing that most British of all things – talking about the weather. Here in Moscow, we are currently experiencing gale-force winds and unseasonably cold weather. In Dubai, they just got through some really bizarre heavy flooding. And in...
Apologies for the late poast, again, but being on vacation (for certain definitions of the term, admittedly – what I’ve been doing for the past 5-6 days probably isn’t in line with what most men would regard as “relaxing”) has of course...
As y’all may have noticed, things have been rather slower than usual around here. This past week has been insanely busy, which is why poasting has dropped to zero, and why yesterday’s usual edition was not even so much as started, never mind published. I...
For those of you who were paying attention to the NOOSE today, things went from what we might consider “regular crazy” to “batshit insane” in the space of a few hours. First came the news of MASSIVE, and I mean truly off-the-charts, Russian...
As I mentioned yesterday, this particular stretch of the year is great for oddball made-up holidays. Today is, of course, Caesar Stabbification Day, in which the legendary Roman general and dictator failed to heed the words of the soothsayer, and went to the Senate to...
Today is, of course, International Women’s Day, which is almost a complete non-event in the Western world, but is a REALLY BIG FRACKIN’ DEAL in Eastern Europe. The interesting thing about that lot is, they don’t really care all that much about...
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