by Didact | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of my all-time favourite goofball metal bands is releasing a new album later this year, and I have to say, the album artwork alone looks amazing: DAAAAAAAAMN… Reminds me a lot of the truly amazing artwork from IRON MAIDEN’s The Number of the Beast,...
by Didact | Mar 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Leo covers DIRE STRAITS, and… well, this: Actually, I find it better than the original in most respects – except for the solo, which still sounds better the way Mark Knopfler played it in the original, no matter what: And of course the ending, in...
by Didact | Mar 6, 2018 | fitness, Uncategorized
Halfthor Bjornsson, who used to play a rather nasty character named Gregor Clegane on HBO’s adaptation of George Rape Rape Martin’s never-ending and extremely sadistic exercise in nihilistic epic fantasy, also happens to be one of the strongest men...
by Didact | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yep. POWERWOLF. Enough said, really: I really do love these guys. Yes, they are incredibly goofy and silly, and yes, the corpse paint shtick is a bit weird in what is, effectively, a power metal band. But it is undeniably effective. Share this: Share on X (Opens...
by Didact | Feb 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
This golden retriever could teach us all a thing or two about getting them straight: I have to say, I’m impressed. And it’s not just because I have a great personal fondness for big fluffy dogs in general, and golden retrievers in particular. That dog is...
by Didact | Jan 28, 2018 | fitness, Uncategorized
Just when you thought that Roger Federer’s impossibly long list of records and achievements could not get any more impressive, he went and won Grand Slam singles title number twenty earlier this morning (by our reckoning): Being the rabid Federer fan that I...
by Didact | Jan 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Especially when your theme music goes something like this: Speaking of awesome evil villain theme music- I do not think that we will ever find a finer example of this than The Imperial March. Remember when Darth Vader strode onto the screen in STAR WARS IV: A New...
by Didact | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yet again, the blokiest blokes who ever bloked across a stage remind us why they have the greatest jobs in the world: That poor Samuel ChuffFart chap must have the worst life. The only time that I have come across a name more ridiculous than that one dates back...
by Didact | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
That is the total number of minutes that it took for the latest FreeStartr campaign created by our Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) to meet its initial goal of $7,500. Two hours, twenty-nine minutes. If the Almighty doesn’t mind pardoning my French here: Holy shit. And...
by Didact | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Doff your hats, gentlemen: And in a similar vein: It goes without saying that I am, quite obviously, not a country boy. Never was and probably never will be. I was born and brought up in cities all over the world. The big difference between me and most people...
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