“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.”

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...

Poor kid

To steal a quote from our good friend the Captain, “we don’t need to stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiking fathers!”: Spurred on by the profound regret of an older friend who’d searched high and low for the perfect father only to run out of time, I decided to...

The man he could have been

In my New Year’s Day message, I said that we can and should be happy about the coming year. Despite everything that our enemies have tried to do, despite their repeated attempts to silence us, we remain, we are strong, and we are growing in numbers. Yet, as I...

You can’t cure stupid

Infinite Elgintensity does his usual bang-up job of mocking CrossSh*t’s unforgivably cavalier attitude toward sanity and safety: Injuries from the Washed Up Loser Olympics (2015) by InfiniteElgintensity Wow. Just… wow. If you’ve ever wondered why I...

Whoops

Curie-Hultgreen Syndrome comes to the Dakar rally: Four children and a pregnant woman are among 10 people left seriously injured after a Dakar Rally competitor careened off the race track and crashed into a group of spectators.  Guo Meiling, the first Chinese...