“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 beast within

Bought the album. Went to the concert. Got THIS EXACT SHIRT DESIGN. A friend and reader got in touch recently asking whether I’d seen Logan, the latest movie in Marvel’s Wolverine franchise. I haven’t, yet, but intend to… eventually....

The talkative introvert

Lately I’ve been getting some interesting feedback from someone that I spend a fair amount of time talking to, for various reasons. Typically what will happen is that she will ask me about something related to politics, history, travel, economics, current...

A Millennial affliction

Here’s a question that I hope I never have to ask myself: what happens when you give a bunch of bearded hipster Millennial DIPSH- uh, I mean, ever-so-special snowflakes- a manual task to accomplish with power tools? Most people from GenX and above would...

Ghost Rider (Updated)

Back in early January 2014, after just over a little over a year of writing, I penned a post called “Ghost Rider”, which talked about what life can be like for deep introverts. It was a reflective post penned in the aftermath of a difficult trip back to...

WE aren’t the problem, YOU are

Early last year, our friend Aaron Clarey released his book, Curse of the High IQ. In that book, our buddy El Capitan pointed out that highly intelligent people tend to have far fewer friends, and far more difficulty with making new ones. Essentially, people with...

A mastermind’s limits

(Note- don’t watch that with the sound on. The soundtrack is awful.) Kathy Shaidle, a fellow “mastermind” type, has some rather interesting things to say about the INTJ who gives the the rest of us a really bad name: I assure you it pained...

The INTJ thought process

Following his recent debate with Dr. Miller on the subject of free trade, Vox Day wrote up a post in which he made a very interesting note about how his thought process works: It’s as if the more clearly I am able to think through these complicated issues, the...

The care and feeding of deep introverts (udpated)

This is a slightly revised version of what I consider to be one of my best posts, written back in autumn 2013. I’ve tweaked it somewhat, as I’ve grown a little older and (hopefully) wiser- and definitely grouchier- in the intervening years. It’s...

Book Review: Curse of the High IQ by Aaron Clarey

I don’t do many reviews anymore, mostly because they take a lot of time to write but rarely result in very much interest. However, once in a very great while, a book or album or film comes along that is actually worth reviewing in some detail. Our friend Aaron...

INTJ manual

A simple but very important user’s guide to dealing with people like me, and my dad, and probably quite a few of the readers of this blog: Expect debate. INTJs enjoy tearing things apart to understand them and to prove (or disprove) their worthiness. They will...