“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.”

Well, at least college is still good for something

And that would be the ability to mercilessly taunt the unwashed crybullies and bitchy ugly feminists that go to them: Don’t watch that while drinking hot liquids of any kind. Didact will not be held responsible for damages to monitors, keyboards, or stomach...

When the shoggoths took control

The Prophecy Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft is one of the finest horror stories ever written, and it is as superb as it is because the great man did such a brilliant job of evoking a Gothic, frightening atmosphere in which hope slowly...

And that’s how you handle the media

With a mixture of amusement, contempt, and outright bare-knuckled aggression: Watch the whole thing if you can. Roosh does a terrific job of owning up to what he has written. He does not apologise, does not back down, does not attempt to soften his message even in the...

“Survival cancels out programming”

(With apologies to LtCol. Tom Kratman for blatantly ripping off a, um, Kratmanism.) A little over ten years ago, a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Army who had recently turned his hand to writing science fiction released a book “written in collaboration...

How to be ready for anything

One of the many, many good things about real martial artists who study real martial arts is that their wisdom and experience translates to pretty much every possible aspect of life. Take this, for example. Joe Rogan’s advice on street fighting needs to...

Black-knighting, level: Sh*tlord

When you really really need to troll someone good and hard, you will not be able to find a finer source of inspiration (or hairstyling tips) than Emperor Butt-Pirate himself: When I announced I was going to be writing on plus-size Barbie dolls, you no doubt expected...

Snowpocalypse 3: The Emblizzarding

Anthropogenic global warming climate change has barreled into the Eastern Seaboard with a vengeance today: The East Coast is battling ‘life-threatening blizzard conditions’ today as one of the most powerful winter storms in living memory...

KILL! MAIM! BURN!

Fellow Vile Faceless Minion #6306 has raised the battle flag for us as the Hugo Awards approach: Woe to you, trufen and CHORFs, pedophiles! For you wear a tuxedo one night a year, but inside are full of greed, cruelty and self-indulgence.You blind Toad! First clean...

13 Hours

The words “A Michael Bay Film” do not generally conjure up images of white-knuckle drama and powerful, deeply emotional storytelling. When Michael Bay releases a new film, it’s generally assumed that the new movie will essentially be the result of an...

Mindset and victory

The buildup to the headlining event at UFC 194, the Mcgregor-Aldo fight to unify the featherweight belt, was unlike just about anything else that I’ve ever seen in MMA- or in just about any other sport. The only comparison point that I have is probably the 2008...