Monthly Archives: April 2009
What the F is Rolling Stone doing?
Pax Arcana Mike Masnick of Techdirt points our attention to a week-old story in the New York Times that says some magazines are considering raising their prices. This makes sense to me. I just paid $10 for a year’s worth … Continue reading
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Things I did over Patriots Day weekend
Father Scott The Padre has been noticeably absent in these parts for a while, and here’s why. For one thing, when I started writing here I focused mostly on music, and I only get music from a couple of sources, … Continue reading
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Teller will blind you with science
Pax Arcana True story: Teller of Penn & Teller fame was once a teacher at my high school — The Central New Jersey Academy of IROC and Invective. Also true — he will literally blind you with science. This month’s … Continue reading
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Hobbit zombie will gnaw on your ankles
Pax Arcana The traditional zombie arsenal is pretty rudimentary. They shuffle. They swarm. They bite. But lately the groaning hordes of the undead have expanded their repetoire and developed a cunning that should strike fear into us all. They have … Continue reading
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Monday Filler: Awesome Bad Luck
Pax Arcana I was going to save this for the Friday Random 10, but it’s just too fun not to post immediately. The Boss + Social Distortion = Rock n Roll baby.
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Mark Antony will have his revenge
Pax Arcana Zahi Hawass, the flamboyant spokesman for Egypt’s archaelogical treasures and star of 8.1 million History Channel specials, told the press last week that a team of researchers from the Dominican Republic may have found the final resting place … Continue reading
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Comic Sans isn’t evil, maybe
Pax Arcana Comic Sans is at once the most overused and despised font in the, um, fontosphere. Originally developed to mimic comic book lettering, Comic Sans has become the go-to typeface for the typographically tone deaf for more than a … Continue reading
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Friday Random 10: Put a Cork In It Edition
Pax Arcana Back when I was studying for a knighthood in the Ordre Universel des Chevaliers du Cep, there were only two acceptable methods for corking wine bottles. One was the familiar Quercus suber, or cork tree tissue. The other … Continue reading
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Now that’s the way to do it
Pax Arcana The death of Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart — and his friends Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson (this is a must-read if you haven’t seen it) — was both a tragedy and a senseless crime. It was also another … Continue reading
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George Will is fashionable
Pax Arcana Not only is George Will the world’s preeminent scholar on arctic sea ice levels, he is also a foremost authority on fashion. “But wait,” you say. “Aren’t you talking about the guy with the awkwardly parted hair and … Continue reading
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