by Didact | Mar 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
A tiny wee little kid hears the epic RUSH classic “2112” for the first time. His expression says it all: Yes, my friends, RUSH really is that awesome. Get ’em hooked when they’re young and they’ll stay RUSH fanatics for the rest of...
by Didact | Feb 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
I grew up on a steady diet of great Saturday morning cartoons- G.I Joe, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Transformers, Dragonball Z, and of course Thundercats. They were all great fun to watch, they all told awesome stories, and they all were the heady stuff of...
by Didact | Feb 26, 2015 | fat girl jihad, Uncategorized
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...
by Didact | Feb 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I never watched any of the various Power Rangers series growing up. I never understood the appeal of watching a bunch of overgrown Skittles-coloured teenagers waving their arms around, uttering lines that could only have been written by people tripping on acid, and...
by Didact | Feb 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
What happens when you put the following ingredients in a blender? One Airbus A-320, courtesy of SwissAir Six F-5E Tiger jets from the Swiss Air Force’s aerobatics team One skier One slalom course A few good cameramen And a really good digital editor Well, you...
by Didact | Feb 14, 2015 | Kipling, Uncategorized
I just finished reading John Ringo’s outstanding first novel in the Legacy of the Aldenata series, A Hymn Before Battle. Aside from being a terrific writer and a clearly highly literate man, Mr. Ringo is a HUGE Kipling fan. As I’ve stated before, I...
by Didact | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
What happens when you put a Taylor Swift single into an atom-smasher along with polka music and a metal shredfest? Well… this: (Kindly sent to me by Carey) I think I might have ruptured something laughing so hard. There is a particularly priceless moment right...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2015 | HALO, Uncategorized
Now THAT is how HALO should be played Looks like we’ll have an all-new way to play HALO battles- right on our tabletops: Spartan Games has entered into a License Agreement with Microsoft Corporation to design and produce tabletop miniatures games for...
by Didact | Feb 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, actually, just 9. All Batman-style, though, so that helps. Click to enlarge And as for the man eating ice cream- if you had to constantly save a society from itself every day, especially a society that considers mommy porn to be high art, wouldn’t you...
by Didact | Feb 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Question: What happens when you get a ridiculously tall musical genius in the same room as one of his greatest idols, Dave Brock from psychedelic sci-fi rock band HAWKWIND? Answer: A medley of the greatest songs HAWKWIND ever made over something like 40 years, given...
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