Been unplugged - well, not unplugged unplugged, just not doing the whole obsessive-web-browsing thing - for a little while, and? AWESOME. Example: That thing? With the dude, and the gun, that I’m not actually describing because I don’t want those search hits? Totally didn’t know about that until Thag mentioned […]

Good stuff from Sage:

Myths are not just silly escapism for the rich, but insights into the human psyche. Read beneath the superficial layers to find each part of who we are personified and acting out its full potential be it good or evil. Zeus is our sense of entitlement. Hera’s our jealousy. Athena’s our clever […]

Stayed home sick today. Generic sinus/throat infection, nothing big, but enough to put me down for a day or two. So today I read this, and most of this.
One book to go, and I’m kind of dreading it. That sense of… I’m not sure if i can actually describe it, but […]

Friday Random Flash!
(or maybe a vignette, I dunno.)

Gently Down the Stream
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Alex got sent to Hell today.
We all knew it was coming sooner or later. It’s not hard to see the signs, at least when you’re also a lifetime swimmer - start with Ultraviolence paths, move into the Sex lines after a couple years, […]

I read a lot, but like 99% of those words are taken in via burning phosphors. Since my entrance to Le Interweb - 96 or thereabouts - I rarely buy non-comic fiction, and almost never new authors, until I borrow one from somebody and stick to it like glue. So for the past […]

Apple Launches iFaith
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc. Ex-Chief Executive and newly minted Bishop-in-Extraordinary Steve Jobs on Tuesday introduced an eagerly-anticipated Apple-branded technology “poised to revolutionize divinity as we know it”.
“Worship the way you want to. We at Apple believe that your faith should be just that - yours. With incredible new advances […]

From Dr. B:
What Gay Childhood Icon Are You?
I argue with folks about Pooh a lot. I agree that Pooh is a gay childhood icon, but SHE’S definitely not a boy! Not only is there the obviously gendered name, but there is also textual proof. Let us turn to the literature.
When I first heard his name, […]

Saturday, if you want to be all pedantic an’ shit. But it’s Friday night over here.
See, here’s the problem: you don’t know what fucking room he’s in.
Okay, that’s the primary problem. The secondary problem lies in the basic design of your lair. Look, getting quality henchmen is a serious problem these […]

Sensory deprivation is just the first step.
You can try it out for yourself, sort of. Lock the doors. Unplug everything. Cover the windows. Lie down on the floor.
Wait.
The low rush comes in first, usually; a faint whispering susurrus of unknown voices. Eyetraces next. Faint lines of color, ambling across […]

All week little Junior has been excited about Collection Day. He’s been working on it really really hard, it’s not gonna be something stupid like leaves or bugs or Yu-Gi-Oh cards, oh no, Junior’s gonna swagger on in and open the box and bask in the awe of his classmates and that girl with […]