I'm a heterosexual white male, so I know I should already know this, but could someone tell me how get in touch with The Patriarchy? I pay my corporate guilt dues, but I haven't been receiving my member benefits.

On another topic, I really love the ship names in halo. "Pillar of Autumn" sounds like something you'd call the last Elf-King in middle earth. Like "Elendil, Pillar of Autumn".
There's a melancholy to the world of the Halo games that sometimes seeps in around the edges, even when you're being master chief. I mean,…

"Thousands of years on, do we remember Leonidas, or the guy who eventually defeated the Persians?"

"If we are mark'd to die, we are enow 
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; 
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my…

"If we are mark'd to die, we are enow 
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; 
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my…