“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.”

CrossFit: Not Even Once

by | Jun 5, 2016 | gym idiots, Uncategorized

Your local CrossFit box: where common sense, good form, and GAINS all go to die. I was out yesterday with some buddies from my martial arts school for a few beers, and the CrossFit Question came up. One of the guys is a pharmacist, and he told us that a lot of people...

Apology accepted, Captain Needa

by | Jun 1, 2016 | Uncategorized

How Lord Vader reacted when J. J. Abrams told him what a crybaby his grandson had turned into Apparently the latest blatant shameless useless naked Disney cash grab STAR WARS spin-off is not turning out to be quite as brilliant as the Mousketeers had...

HALO became “safe”, that’s what

by | May 29, 2016 | HALO, Uncategorized

A fellow HALO maniac asks the question that is on the minds of a great many fans of the series these days: The full video raises a number of interesting points about what I consider, still, to be simply the greatest franchise in the history of gaming. Yes, I know,...

RIP Nick Menza

by | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized

Damn. I did NOT expect to wake up yesterday and read this headline: Menza was performing with the band OHM at the Baked Potato in Studio City, CA when he reportedly collapsed from a heart attack. […] Mustaine wrote on Twitter: “TELL ME THIS ISN’T TRUE! I...

In the words of the Prophet Ringo…

by | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

Back in 2009, a certain madcap genius wrote and published a certain book which, if you read it today, makes it seem like the author had one hell of a powerful crystal ball sitting in his living room. The funny thing is, when I first read the book, I have to admit...

The MAGA anthem

by | May 17, 2016 | Uncategorized

Courtesy of some bloke called @BakedAlaska: Well, he’s sure as hell baked on something. And the excessive use of autotune is, to a purist like me, highly irritating; as far as I’m concerned, if I want to listen to some one using autotune to disguise her...

Quite.

by | Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized

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Opportunities, not passions

by | Apr 20, 2016 | Uncategorized

Of late, I have been fielding a bunch of requests from current and former students of my Master’s programme to share with them whatever pearls of wisdom I have picked up over my career. Most of this is of course opportunistic; the professional cynic in me knows...