“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.”

One for the Mac lusers

Anyone remember this classic fake Mac ad from the late 1990s, or whenever it was? Using an Apple computer is not quite the exercise in slit-your-wrists levels of retardation and user-unfriendly asshattery that is WinDOZE 8 and 10 – largely because the latest...

Pictures from Byzantium

The Hagia Sophia at night As I mentioned a few times recently, I spent most of last week in Istanbul, Turkey. It was an… instructive trip, in several different ways. Here are my thoughts about what I observed of the city, the people, the architecture, and...

The last best hope

Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, “We don’t know how lucky we are.” And the Cuban stopped...

Digital Graphics

Friend, reader, fellow extreme introvert, and badass guitar player Carey got in touch the other day and mentioned that he and a friend had started up a graphic design side business. I figured that, since some of my readers undoubtedly are always looking out for good...

Get woke, go broke

For those of you who like good coffee… you don’t go to Starbuck’s anyway, so you probably will not feel much sympathy for the fact that one of Seattle’s biggest success stories is now discovering just how stupid it is to give in to the howling...

Driving tip

Spotted along the I-40 in the great and wonderful state of Texas. Having visited said state several times in the last ten years, all I can say is… AMEN, REVEREND! See, here is the problem. Whether we like it or not, Texas is inexorably turning blue. And that is...

The hardest job there is

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of...

Mr. Bean’s guide to dating

Posting has been light this week as I have been traveling in Russia. I was in Moscow on Saturday, then took a fast train to St. Petersburg yesterday, and spent the entire day just walking around the city. Pictures shall of course follow in due time, once I’m...

Yep

Whoever came up with this perfectly explained metaphor for the fundamental difference between male and female sex drives, I want to buy him (and it is certainly a dude) a beer: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...

Funny racist bastards

I am not from Africa, so I am not sure just how “clued-in” the following clip is to the sense of humour that is prevalent in South Africa itself, but I have to say, the accents are not too shabby: And, yes, the actresses in that clip are not in fact South...