“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.”

Good work if you can get it

Well this certainly gives a whole new meaning to jerking around at work…: The Environmental Protection Agency has not been firing employees for watching pornography and falsifying federal documents, according to California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. ...

Islam and slavery

Apparently the talking heads in the media and the “fashionable” political circles of this country are very surprised and deeply outraged at the threats that a group of Islamic “terrorists” have made regarding selling over 200 kidnapped girls...

Starboard guns ready to fire, Cap’n

Vox tells his critics to put up or shut up in spectacular fashion: Back when I first responded to NK Jemisin’s various attacks and lies in my inimitably calm and factual manner, the SFWA writers reacted with much the same combination of outrage and vitriol...

Sliding rapidly down that slippery slope

I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy. Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to… recede… We squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our triumphs for their own… Think of my acts as you will, but do...

Humility and humiliation

I am hardly the world’s foremost theological scholar. I have no doubt that older and wiser men like Vox and Carey could make me look like seven different degrees of idiot when it comes to understanding what the Bible (and the Talmud, for that matter) has to say...

Taking school rules a bit far

Now this is just stupid. A guy in high-school almost by definition has more balls than brains, but if you’re going to get suspended for asking a girl to the prom, you might as well ask out Miss America: If Miss America visits your high school, and if it’s...

Death and taxes

In honour of the single most hated day of the year: 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 Share on Telegram...

Gettin’ rid of the varmints

This is how you resist unwarranted aggression and overbearing intrusions from the Federal government: Citing safety concerns, federal agents are withdrawing from the Nevada cattle ranch where they had engaged in a week-long showdown with Cliven Bundy, a...

“Programming is hard…”

“… so we’ll make it easier specifically to attract more women to it! What a brain wave!” Yes, we know there aren’t enough women in tech. [Didact: According to what metric, exactly? Other than the author’s ridiculous view that men and...