“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.”

Friday T&A: Lemons to Melons Edition

Friday T&A: Lemons to Melons Edition

Boys, there are times when, no matter how hard you work, now matter how good you are at your job, nothing will ever be good enough for the people judging your work. And finding this out can be a crushing disappointment. This is especially true if you are young and...
Friday T&A: Sergeant Schmidt Edition

Friday T&A: Sergeant Schmidt Edition

If you’re paying any attention whatsoever to the news these days, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that a not-particularly-competent, yet extraordinarily evil, cult of lunatics is running the entire world straight into a planet-sized woodchipper. Our...
Friday T&A: Ginger Spice Edition

Friday T&A: Ginger Spice Edition

Yet another absolutely exhausting week down. They’re all starting to blend together at this point. It is difficult to keep track when you are constantly running from pillar to post, managing this and starting up that, trying to coax people to do what you know...
Friday T&A: Tapas Al-Fresco Edition

Friday T&A: Tapas Al-Fresco Edition

Y’know, there aren’t many things that really, really, really, SEVERELY piss me off – though admittedly those who have been reading my work for some time might be forgiven for snorting derisively upon reading those words. However, one sure-fire way to...
Friday T&A: City of Brides Edition

Friday T&A: City of Brides Edition

Bloody hell, what a week. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this busy. Various projects have kept me running at basically full speed for the better part of the past 2 months. Truth be told, I’m pretty happy with that situation – I am...
Friday T&A: Walkback Edition

Friday T&A: Walkback Edition

Boys, I dunno about you, but I am EXHAUSTED. It’s been a damned long week, and for me, at least, it still isn’t over. I’ve got a HUGE pile of work to do over the next three days or so, and next week still looks pretty brutal. But I can’t really...
Friday T&A: Calling the Rain Edition

Friday T&A: Calling the Rain Edition

It’s been another long week, but a highly productive one, for me, at least. That also explains why posting has, once again, fallen straight off a cliff, but that should change soon enough – by mid-June I imagine things will even out. Unfortunately, one...
Friday T&A: Stagflation Edition

Friday T&A: Stagflation Edition

Damn, I’m glad this week is finally over. I’ve spent the last several days up to my eyeballs in financial data, ratio analysis, and industry reports, and I don’t mind admitting that I’m quite exhausted. It will be good to relax for a little...
Friday T&A: Half-Century Edition

Friday T&A: Half-Century Edition

Well, thank God it’s Friday – been a long week, for sure. And I’ve got plenty of reason to be thankful, in fact. For as it happens, I hit 58 subscribers on my mailing list. And that deserves its own special mention. All of this happened because Our...
Friday T&A: Over the Hill Edition

Friday T&A: Over the Hill Edition

There are days when I feel OLD. Especially days like today. And, objectively speaking, I AM old – though many of my readers in their fifties and sixties will no doubt be either amused or annoyed that someone considerably younger than them is bitching about a few...