“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 it should have ended

Back in the days when I actually did bother to watch network “TellAVision”, as our friend Keoni Galt likes to say, there was a show on ABCNNBCBS called How I Met Your Mother. I am somewhat ashamed to admit- now- that I actually liked some of it. The story...

Girls, kayaks, and rapids galore

If you are looking for an entertaining “coming-of-age” story with plenty of crazy adventures, implausible characters, hot bitchy women, and gripping stories of what it means to take a flimsy little raft straight into the teeth of some of the scariest...

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...

The Didact’s Top 10 Posts of 2015

Not surprisingly, this assclown’s face is among the top image search results for “narcissism” Yes, I know, this is navel-gazing of the worst kind. Fortunately I only get one chance a year to do it. The list below is in descending order, and is...

The princess and the shiv

Somewhere in Washington, D.C., or wherever the hell it is that Chateau Heartiste is based, He-Whose-Name-Keeps-Changing must be positively crapping himself with delight to see that SCIENCE has once again confirmed he’s been preaching for years: Whether they...

Don’t be “nice”

The other day, Didact Sr. and I were having a conversation in which my father uttered perhaps the most unusual words I’ve ever heard him say. We were discussing my sister and her rather irritating self-centred tendencies. It was at about the point where I was...

Nerd game tips- from Dilbert

It would appear that, ever since Scott Adams got divorced, his understanding of what makes women tick went up a few notches: 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)...

You don’t DESERVE to get married

What most men and women THINK marriage should be like There has been some good commentary floating around over the last couple of weeks on the subject of why marriages don’t work. Now, guys like me tend to do a lot of complaining about why women aren’t...