Tag Archives: SSH

A Gamma’s Midlife Crisis

Posted on March 23, 2024 by JC

Sideways by Rex Pickett, St Martin’s Griffin, October 1st, 2004 I first learned of the film Sideways through this post on what was (it is now hard to believe), one of the more entertaining websites on the Internet. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Film, Society | Tagged Film, Gamma, Paul Giamatti, Rex Pickett, Sideways, SSH, Thomas Haden Church | Comments Off

The Name of the Gamma

Posted on December 2, 2023 by JC

I have been curious about this book for quite a while. Not because of the praise it has received but quite the opposite. Vox Day has stated he was unable to finish it and has singled out Kvothe as the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Ramblings | Tagged Fantasy, Gamma, Patrick Rothfuss, SSH | Comments Off

There and Back Again: A Female SSH Tale

Posted on August 23, 2023 by JC

This originally began as an attempt to make a female version of the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy (SSH), that was originally developed by Vox Day. If you’re unfamiliar with the SSH then this video is the best basic overview of the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Ramblings, Society | Tagged Pride and Prejudice, Socio-Sexual Hierarchy, SSH, Women | Comments Off

A Tale of Two Conans

Posted on May 7, 2023 by JC

Conan – Blood of the Serpent by S. M. Stirling, Titan Books, December 6th, 2022 Last month I reviewed The Siege of the Black Citadel by “The Legend” Chuck Dixon. I mentioned in the review that it was the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Literature | Tagged Blood of the Serpent, Conan, Gamma, Robert E. Howard, S.M. Stirling, SSH | Comments Off

Adventures in the Gamma Quadrant

Posted on June 28, 2022 by JC

Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw Dark Horse Books, February 14th, 2017 A few years ago, I reviewed Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw. It was set within an online multiplayer game or a MMORPG and consciously referencing World … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Video Games | Tagged Gamma, Mogworld, SSH, Will Save the Galaxy for Food, Yahtzee Croshaw, Zero Punctuation | Comments Off

The Gamma According to Trollope

Posted on February 22, 2022 by JC

Having just finished reading The Warden and Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, I wanted to write something about them as I loved them and Trollope is now on my ever growing list of authors I regret not reading earlier. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Society | Tagged Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Gamma, SSH, The Warden | Comments Off

The Last Years of America

Posted on October 30, 2021 by JC

Top Gun was a a staple movie of my household growing up. It was one of the first VHS tapes I remember my father buying and he used to play it over and over again — but I don’t remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Society | Tagged Jerry Bruckheimer, SSH, Tom Cruise, Tony Scott, Top Gun | Comments Off

Ranking Australia’s Prime Ministers in the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy

Posted on April 25, 2020 by JC

This is my attempt to rank the last seven male Prime Ministers of Australia according to the Socio-Sexual Hierarchy (SSH). I have briefly referred to the SSH before here but an excellent overview can be found in the video I … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Politics, Ramblings, Society | Tagged Australia, Bob Hawke, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, Paul Keating, Scott Morrison, Socio-Sexual Hierarchy, SSH, Tony Abbott | Comments Off

A Gamma’s Journey

Posted on April 28, 2019 by JC

Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw Dark Horse Books, April 22nd, 2008 Yahtzee Croshaw is best known as the creator of Zero Punctuation, an irreverent video game review series that has been published at Escapist Magazine since 2007. I stopped regularly watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Video Games | Tagged Books, Gamma, Mogworld, Socio-Sexual Hierarchy, SSH, Yahtzee Croshaw, Zero Punctuation | Comments Off