“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.”

Give Your Inner Misanthrope a Hug

Turns out that he is right, and that one of the biggest management fads in recent years is, unsurprisingly, completely idiotic: Large open-plan offices do not improve staff communication, morale or productivity, a study has found.  Such offices have become common...

Apparently This is REALLY RACISS

Courtesy of Vox Day, here’s a downright hilarious video called “Asian Girlz” by some otherwise completely forgettable teenybopper group called DAY ABOVE GROUND (apparently). (BTW this is somewhat NSFW so for heaven’s sake, exercise some...

How the Game Changes Your Thinking

Captain Capitalism’s recent post on not having to game really hot women who happen to be friends jived very well with an interesting experience I had one night this week, out drinking with a few co-workers to see off a fellow co-worker who had left the firm...

Game Lesson: Lead or Follow, There Is No Middle Ground

Leadership skills are generally not associated with deep introverts, and rightly so. However, the special subset of introverts known as INTJs, or Sigmas, or whatever you want to call them, have the ability to become very good leaders- the odd thing is, though, that...

Choose Your Major Carefully

My sister and I are very close, but in many ways we are as different as chalk and cheese. In no respect is this more true than in our choices of colleges and majors, and in our post-college careers. Speaking with her earlier today, I came to realise that Aaron Clarey-...

When One Door Closes, Another One Opens

Every one of us has taken a severe kick in the teeth at one point or another in our lives. Some of us get kicked several times, in a row, without reprieve. What defines you as a man of worth is how you deal with the abuse that life dishes out to you. A man who finds...