“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.”

The real point of deadlifting

Yeah, I know, it’s baby weight. And no doubt she bought those gloves because they match her purse… I love deadlifting. It is my single favourite exercise, and I genuinely look forward to my long Sunday workout sessions in the gym where I always try to...

Why it’s good to be English

Aside from the rather grating grammatical error that Hiddles makes somewhere in the middle (“obsessed by power”??? Where did the idiot who wrote that line of dialogue learn to speak English?), this is without question one of the funniest and best ads...

“Doing the laundry is tiring”

There are many good reasons to listen to NIGHTWISH: Floor Jansen Marco Hietala Floor Jansen The instrumental skill Floor Jansen The songwriting (when Tuomas Huolopainen doesn’t have his head stuck too far up his own ass, that is- see “Song of Myself”...

I’ll see you one Van Damme…

… and raise you a Norris: Honestly, I thought JCVD’s Volvo truck ad was amazing. This, however, is simply too awesome for words. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens...

The story that just keeps on giving

Oh this just gets better by the day: The sign language “interpreter,” Thamsanqa Jantjie stunned millions of deaf people with his gibberish hand gestures at the Nelson Mandela memorial on Tuesday. But new developments about Jantjie’s violent past raise even more...

Truly Effective Government

Courtesy of Ron Swanson: There is much, much more where that came from: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp...

Well, That Was… Unexpected

It’s rare that I get to watch tennis anymore, now that I’ve given up my subscriptions to traditional media via cable and television. But, there is a big-screen television at work that is normally tuned to the sort of mindless rubbish that passes for...

Words Cannot Describe the Awesomeness

The next HALO game is due out in 2014. On the Xbox One. And here is some footage from the new game. To which I can only say- WHY THE F*** IS IT GOING TO TAKE SO LONG?!?!?!? Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook...

Book Review: Reagan’s War by Peter Schweizer

As I mentioned previously in this post, one of the books that I’ve been reading through is highly relevant to the state of near-terminal decline and decay that Western civilisation finds itself in today. That book is Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His...