“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.”

“We might have been a great and free people”

That about sums up the state of the culture On this day in 1776, 56 free-born Englishmen signed a document in Philadelphia that became the rallying cry for a new nation. The text itself is a masterpiece of rhetoric. It follows a simple and well understood structure;...

Why men need to fight

If you have not yet read Jonathan Gotschall’s excellent book, The Professor in the Cage, I cannot recommend it highly enough. I finished it a few days ago, and I’m very pleased to say that I have finally found a book that clearly articulates exactly why it...

Selfie-to-English translator

Services provided by a girl, no less- a very cute one: This should put paid to any silly notions that uninformed men might have about the purposes of selfies. Women take these stupid things to draw attention to themselves. That is their entire point. I have never...

Societal Programming isn’t the whole story

The irrepressible Blackdragon put up a rather interesting post recently addressing, among other things, the question of why society is more messed up than a football bat when it comes to the differences between the way men treat men, versus the way they treat women:...

Two years and counting

Happy anniversary, Popp: Has it been two years already?! Oh well- WINNING!!! Good luck sleeping tonight with that image Once you’re done catching up on the awesomeness that is Year Two, take a look at the best of Year One to be reminded as to just why Popp is...

It’s not JUST about intelligence

“… what was your name again?” A boffin by the name of Prof. David Bainbridge caused a bit of a stir in the mainstream media when he released findings that, among other things, claim to support the view that men prize brains over breasts: Men value...

You’re not fooling anyone

My Jargon is Better Than Yours! Anyone who has dipped a toe or three into the Androsphere and its accumulated wisdom will be instantly familiar with the terms Alpha, Beta, and Omega. These words are used to define a sexual, and in certain cases a socio-sexual,...

Learn from your betters

At some point in his life, just about every man reaches a critical fork. Driven to that point by his own insecurities, mediocrity, lack of confidence, or perhaps by forces outside of his control, he finds himself staring at a reflection in a mirror that he can no...

Celebrate Earth Day properly

… by burning petrol. A LOT of it: In the spirit of being “clean” and “sensible” and all other things that Mother Gaia might approve of, let me make a hugely embarrassing confession. There was a time- waaaaaaaay back when I was in,...

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...