“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.”

The 2,000th

That’s right, boys, this marks the two thousandth post at this ‘ere very ‘eavy, very ‘umble blog since it got started on January 1st 2013. That’s 2,077 days worth of blog life, and near-as-dammit one post per day. (For the maths nerds...

Dynamite the hugboxes

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. – The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:11, The Holy Bible (King James Version) I have only vaguely heard the name...

The time of testing

In more than five years of nearly daily writing and analysis, this post, right here, is the most difficult one that I have ever had to write, and by a long way. I had alluded a few times last week to the fact that I have been going through some rough times. And that...

Born in the wrong century

For the record, I agree with every part of this caption EXCEPT the bit about the POTUS Boys (and the one or two girls that can control their gag reflexes long enough to read what I write)- have you ever found yourself thinking that this modern world of ours has its...

… And to hear the REEEEEEEEs of their land whales!

Our beloved Supreme Dark Lord (PBUH) has been working tirelessly (and ruthlessly, of course, let’s not forget that part) to launch ALT*HERO, the new back-to-basics comic series from Castalia House Publishing. The FreeStartr campaign was launched on September...

Understanding Alpha

We in the ‘Sphere spend an awful lot of time navel-gazing about what is, and is not, an Alpha male. It is the focus of an enormous amount of time and attention, and rightly so. To be an Alpha is to lead, to command, to be granted near-automatic respect and...

A Millennial affliction

Here’s a question that I hope I never have to ask myself: what happens when you give a bunch of bearded hipster Millennial DIPSH- uh, I mean, ever-so-special snowflakes- a manual task to accomplish with power tools? Most people from GenX and above would...

WE aren’t the problem, YOU are

Early last year, our friend Aaron Clarey released his book, Curse of the High IQ. In that book, our buddy El Capitan pointed out that highly intelligent people tend to have far fewer friends, and far more difficulty with making new ones. Essentially, people with...

The Didact’s Top Ten Posts of 2016

Before anyone says anything, yes, I know, this is some serious navel-gazing, but I don’t do it very often. And it’s my blog anyway. As with past years, the idea here is to present a selection of what I think was my best writing from all of 2016. The...

“Didact, a few words of comment please?”

Julian Langness, proprietor and author of the excellent blog European Civil War, wrote a book a while back that I read and found to be really rather good. Shortly after I posted my review and comments, Julian got in touch and very graciously asked if I wouldn’t...