Monthly Archives: June 2009
Oh yeah, I’m gone
Pax Arcana Don’t expect much in this space, as the sunny and composed Mrs. Pax Arcana and I are tending to our Western properties in California this week. Not to worry — the capable Perry Ellis will attend to our … Continue reading
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Friday Random 10: Michael Jackson Edition
Pax Arcana As is so often the case at times of great upheaval, the world now looks to me to make sense of the death of Michael Jackson. Very well. Michael Jackson was the capstone of a line of cultural … Continue reading
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The wallabies are stoned
Pax Arcana A few days ago we brought you the not-really latest on Australia’s adorable political scandal, and quoted a pundit wallaby on the matter. Several readers wrote in to complain that wallaby pundit’s language was more gibberish than the … Continue reading
Wednesday filler: George Brett has a story for you (it’s about dookie)
Pax Arcana Baseball hall of famers are really just like us. They put their pants on one leg at a time, then they take them off in the nearest restroom at the Bellagio. Via The Wright Stache
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This sandwich makes me think of penises
Pax Arcana I consider myself a virile man of the American heartland. I stand astride large boulders and wipe the sweat from my brow with palms dirty from the long day’s labor. I squint my eyes in the noonday sun … Continue reading
The 12-step program for home ownership
Pax Arcana The color-savvy and well-appointed Mrs. Pax Arcana and I are officially homeowners this morning, after closing on our new condo yesterday afternoon. We’re like this, only better-looking and less denim-y Now that we’re finally the stewards of our … Continue reading
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Australian political scandals are cute as koala bears
Pax Arcana You can tell how important a country is by the type and size of scandal required to upset the sitting government. Here in America, we just had a president who started a war by lying about what the … Continue reading
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You don’t need a brain to donate a kidney
Pax Arcana Last year we pointed to a study that showed that motorcycle-related fatalities went up dramatically in Pennsylvania after the state repealed its helmet law. At the time I thought that was a bad thing. Now I realize how … Continue reading
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Friday Random 10: Agency Edition
Pax Arcana During a baseball game my senior year in high school, I made peanut butter on the bench by crushing up a bunch of peanuts under the head of my bat. Later in the game I hit a home … Continue reading
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Chopped carrots give you cancer
Pax Arcana As you are aware by now, I am considered one of the foremost scientific minds on the planet. My grasp of disciplines from zoology to pharmacology to pharmacozoology has bedazzled my collegues in the Grand Council of the … Continue reading
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