Unimaginative CHORFs

Unimaginative CHORFs

The 2018 Hugo Award winners were announced on Sunday night at World Con in San Jose. Frequent readers will recall that I made a prediction regarding the Best Novel Award. Let's see how my prediction of a Jemisin triple crown panned out. Those are the Best Novel Hugo Award results…
August 21, 201814 Comments
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Combat Frame Data: CF-014

  CF-014 Ein Dolph    Technical Data Model number: CF-014 Code name: Ein Dolph Nickname: Dolph Classification: mass production, energy weapon optimized combat frame Manufacturer: Seed Corporation Operator: Systems Overterrestrial Coalition First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19.2 meters Weight: 35 metric tons Armor type: titanium alloy/aeorgraphene/ceramic…
August 20, 201812 Comments
Star Fox Style

Star Fox Style

A reader left a trenchant comment on my Sky King post that deserves to be showcased here. My dad and I talked about this guy for about 3 hours yesterday. I don't think there's anything more emblematic of the plight of the western man in the 21st century than what…
August 18, 201817 Comments
Finding God

Finding God

A commenter on yesterday's post writes: I've lately felt something of a pull towards Christianity, Catholicism, in particular. (I've generally believed in the existence of a God but haven't gotten serious about it, in part due to my religious upbringing). However, seeing things like this, as well as the general…
August 17, 201825 Comments
To Purify the Church, Build the Wall

To Purify the Church, Build the Wall

Another round of damning revelations has been brought to light in the perpetual gay priest child sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. In sum, the State of Pennsylvania investigated 70 years of clergy sex abuse claims and found that 300 priests had abused at least 1000 minors. The height…
August 16, 201822 Comments
Sky King

Sky King

By now many of you will have heard the strange and tragic tale of Rich Russell, the Horizon Air baggage handler who perished after taking a stolen Bombardier Q400 for a joyride on Friday. He's gone now, leaving behind a bewildered wife and family, but the internet has dubbed him…
August 15, 201823 Comments
#GamerGate Hoax?

#GamerGate Hoax?

A major bombshell was recently dropped on The Ralph Retort's Killstream, where YouTuber Mundane Matt was caught red-handed falsely flagging the channels of other YouTubers who'd criticized him. The sordid affair was duly chronicled by internet auriga Mister Metokur. His video serves as a dire warning against eCelebrity hubris. Executive…
August 14, 201814 Comments
Secrets of #AGundam4Us

Secrets of #AGundam4Us

Voice actor and author JimFear138 recently had authors Bradford Walker, Rawle Nyanzi, and myself on his show to talk about #AGundam4Us. If you're curious as to what the hashtag is all about, you get a detailed summary in this episode. In addition, all three of us lay out our plans…
August 13, 20188 Comments
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Combat Frame Data: CFM-07

CFM-07 Mablung   Technical Data Model number: CFM-07 Code name: Mablung Nickname: Mab Classification: mass production aquatic combat frame Manufacturer: Seed Corporation Operator: Systems Overterrestrial Coalition First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 17.5 meters, 18 meters with fin Weight: dry weight 48.1 metric tons,…
August 11, 20182 Comments
Gab Is Next

Gab Is Next

We knew that Infowars wouldn't be the last dissident operation to run afoul of the big tech censors. Mere days after Facebook, Apple, Google, and Soundcloud banned Alex Jones, Microsoft has threatened to shut down free speech absolutist network Gab. Here's the announcement from Gab co-founder Andrew Torba. Building our…
August 10, 201817 Comments