“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.”

Gym Idiots: Dumbass Spotter Edition

Uh, miss, that’s very nice and all, but not quite what I had in mind… No Numbnuts Allowed So there I was in the gym yesterday, doing my weekly long workout whereby I do my damnedest to max out my numbers on all of the big three lifts. I’d just...

A sacred cow in dire need of slaughtering

Sticking with the theme of taking a sledgehammer to some of Britain’s most beloved institutions, it would appear that one Mike Portnoy was on the receiving end of this country’s idea of “free and fair healthcare”: This is the reality of...

Bring Back Clarkson!

I’d watch it. Over, and over, and over again. Just like I already do. I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the BBC’s ideological purge of Jeremy Clarkson on what appears to be rather flimsy grounds is going to backfire in truly...

Hold them to a higher standard

Higher than, say, this AV8R/A.V. Yader/Whatshisname published a (very) long article over at Return of Kings today that had quite a lot to say about the virtues of selfishness and hedonism, in typically forthright fashion: If there’s one thing the loser has going for...

Let them get their faces punched in

What follows is even stupider than this It would appear that the Rowdy One thinks that she could take on the boys and win- or at least, she could if they are her size: UFC women’s bantamweight champion and all-around American badass Ronda Rousey said on ESPN’s...

Clint can deal

It would appear that Clint Eastwood’s latest girlfriend is, how you say, a few cards short of a full deck: Clint Eastwood showed off his new girlfriend Christina Sandera on the red carpet at the Academy Awards, and now her ex-husband is opening up about their...

She never gets old

Well, it’s far more accurate to say that Michelle Jenneke’s warm-up dancing routine never gets old: As for Ms. Jenneke herself, she’s about 21 now and… well, this: Somehow I don’t remember hurdling being quite this interesting The thing...

The sackless Thor

If this is what the new, female version of Thor has to offer, the world is better off letting Loki win: I thought the point of a comic was to entertain? “Feminist” is actually a worse four-letter word than “NAZI” This HAS to be some...

The anti-feminine package

Christy Mack Prof. of Skankology, Accidental Trollop University “Let Me Tell You a Story to Chill the Bones, ‘Bout a Thing That I Saw…” Ladies and gentlemen, if I may ask for your indulgence, let me spin you a little yarn. It’s the tale...

#Gamergate and 4GW

It just doesn’t get any more badass than this At first as an observer, and now a direct participant in #Gamergate, I’ve watched over the past 6 months or so as the pro-#Gamergate faction has used the tactics and philosophies of 4th-Generation Warfare...