Monthly Archives: March 2009
Tuesday Filler: Why Must I Cry?
Pax Arcana As the warm spring breezes begin to blow and the evergreens shake off their winter coats, I think it’s important that we don’t get too high on our good fortune. Let’s remember that there are good people out … Continue reading
Someone’s been a bad girl
Pax Arcana The foundation of a long and happy relationship is built from equal parts honesty and compassion. Oh, and spanking. Turns out those weirdos who lurk in chat rooms in dark corners of the Internet trading fantasies about Catholic … Continue reading
Filed under science
Watch out for Russian junk
Pax Arcana Late on Sunday evening, people from Maryland to North Carolina reported a fiery streak overhead that illuminated the sky, then disappeared, followed by at least one large explosion. But don’t worry, everybody — it wasn’t a meteor or … Continue reading
Filed under astronomy
British people giving us fewer reasons to love them
Pax Arcana While their empire disappeared faster than a plate of bubble and squeak at an RAF reunion, the British have always provided the world with a surfeit of awesomely giggletastic surnames for us to mock. Who hasn’t chortled at … Continue reading
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Breaking News: People Argue Over Shit
Pax Arcana Living the life of an reclusive eccentric billionaire has its advantages, to be sure. But spending my days secure in a (extradition-free) mountain redoubt also leaves me regrettably isolated from the rest of society. That’s why I turn … Continue reading
Filed under journalism
The New York Dolls will bring us together
Pax Arcana The New York Dolls are one of the most influential bands of the rock and roll era — arguably the earliest progenitors of both punk and glam rock. They are also the bridge that brings far flung enemies … Continue reading
Filed under food
Saturday filler: A combination of two of my favorite things
Father Scott I love The Dugout. I love Wilco. Go here.
Filed under Uncategorized
Friday Random 10: My Own Personal Hell Edition
Pax Arcana The subject of this week’s random 10 is appropriate, since my absence from posting lately is the direct result of one of the key indicators that I am, at the workplace anyway, inside of my own personal hell … Continue reading
Filed under music
Icelandic elves may just be the thing we need
Pax Arcana A few weeks ago I linked to a Vanity Fair article about the collapse of the Icelandic economy. There was so much awesome in that article that I apparently read right past the most important section. It turns … Continue reading
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I will deposit my twits in your eye-holes
Pax Arcana Last month I asked my Hungarian manservant to explain why the entire world was aflutter over something called “Twitter.” Unfortunately the English lessons I am paying so dearly for have not yet taken purchase, because his answer was … Continue reading
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