The Strategic Retreat

Throwdown: Scientologists v. Mormons

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Scientlogy v. LDS

There’s been a lot of hubbub surrounding Scientology lately, it seems that the average Digg user has finally caught on that it’s a bit of a scam. I’m sure some other people have caught on as well but Digg has really been milking it. Of course there’s nothing new to Scientology being a sleazy cult (in my opinion, Suey McSuepants) but for some reason people have all of a sudden decided to protest against it. That’s fine with me, I like protests. They don’t accomplish anything but they do give hippies a good excuse to dress up in… Read the rest

The Shoe Conundrum

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xkcd.com

Douglas Adams felt it was important to know where your towel is, being that a towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. That’s all well and good, but I’m not an interstellar hitch hiker. Hell, I’m not even an intracity hitch hiker, I take the bus. Yes, I need a towel to dry myself but not for much else. In the real world you really only need one thing; a pair of shoes. Believe me when I tell you this, you better know damn good and well where your shoes are at.… Read the rest

Parody Site

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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of somebody having too much time on their hands. That’s probably true. I ran across a site parodying The Strategic Retreat the other day and I thought I’d share. It’s funny to me and possibly to my dozens of loyal readers, maybe not so much to the bulk of my traffic but that’s not really my problem.

This Haircut Is Going To Pay For Itself

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hairRecently I decided to grow up. Despite being 28 I have been, up until very recently, a child. That’s not to say I haven’t been supporting myself, voting, being rad, etc. What I haven’t been doing is planning for the future, developing my career, saving money, buying property that kind of thing. That’s all changing, and it all started at Bishops.
Bishops is where I get the ol hairs cut. It’s close to my house, seems to only employ hot tattooed ladies and they give you a High Life or three while you wait. I enjoy Bishops.
I… Read the rest