“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.”

Domain Query: Girl Game

Stephanie from Time of Calamity read through my recent post on having to deal with a mildly annoying co-worker and had some worthy things to say: I have found that as I have cross the threshold into my late twenties that most women don’t evolve. They never...

On Striking Women

Vox’s recent post, included in my linkage for the week, regarding the rather thorny question of whether it is permissible to strike women who attack you, makes for some thought-provoking reading: First of all, there is nothing more intrinsically wrong about...

Studies in Sigma: Jack Reacher

“Tom Cruise” and “deep characterisation” are not phrases that sit easily in the same sentence. Truth be told, I’ve always had a tough time shaking that mental image of Tom Cruise as the cocky, brash, extroverted ace fighter pilot that he...

“We Can’t Fix You”

At a Krav Maga class a few weeks back, the Master Instructor seemed to be having a rather bad day and got a bit snappish at several of us for making the same mistake over and over again. He stopped us all and proceeded to give us a short lecture, and I’ll never...

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...

Book Review: Men on Strike by Dr. Helen Smith

Vox’s review of Dr. Helen’s new, rather short, book was enough to get me interested in reading the same; after all, anyone worthy of Vox’s respect is generally someone worth reading. So I downloaded it and got to reading it, and immediately thought...

Two Years of Powerlifting

I had intended to spend some time writing this weekend and putting thoughts to paper (so to speak), but as usual, I got lazy and decided to enjoy the summer sunshine and sleeping on my couch instead. I’m rather hoping to change that trend this week, now that...

Misdiagnosing the Problem

In which a woman who plainly thinks far too highly of herself completely misses the point: Men of my father’s generation would never have dreamed of telling their wives they could not have another child because they wanted more time to themselves. They just got...

Single Blokes Are Better Off Staying Single

Vox Day’s recent review of Dr. Helen Smith’s new book, Men on Strike, was the only push I needed to start reading the book myself. I’m barely through the first chapter right now, but all I can say is that if you thought marriage was probably not a...