“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.”

RIP Nick Menza

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…

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

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.

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Opportunities, not passions

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...

What does a raped culture look like?

Actually, while we’re at it asking questions that no one wants to see answered, what does a culture that has been literally raped out of its senses look like? Assuming you can get past your gag reflex, the answer to that rather ugly question can probably be...

Guest post: “I Hate the Masses” by The Observer

This here is a classic post that my Singaporean counterpart wrote up about three years back. It’s every bit as relevant today as it was back then, given what all has happened since the day that he wrote it. Since I do not have permission to reprint it in its...

The Gift of Men

I do not often think upon death. Neither do most young men; after all, as our elders are so fond of reminding us, we think we are invincible. Yet, as a recent and rather good article over at RoK points out, the only absolute certainty in life is that we are all going...

Even nerds can’t defend STAR WARS VII

The latest Honest Trailer is all about STAR WARS: The Force Awakens- and aside from being very, very funny, simply proves that I was correct in every single way when I ripped that movie to shreds for being a colossal waste of time and celluloid. No two ways about it-...