My friends do cool things

Father Scott
One of the nice things about being the age I am in 2008 is the way I can follow what my friends are up to without having to actually, you know, talk to them. (A close second: not receiving copious AARP mailings like Pax.)
The whole social networking thing is obvious, but one thing that [...]

Peruvians give crappy gifts

Pax Arcana
I’m not going to lie — I’ve dished out some garbage presents in my lifetime. In my early 20’s, I gave my brother a used book for Christmas because I had totally forgotten to buy him something. Not only was it a used book, but a paperback that I had taken it to the [...]

Last one, I promise

Pax Arcana
As globe-hopping dilettante Father Scott (I’ve sent him on the Grand Tour to mingle with the upper crust of the Europe — and hopefully touch a boobie or two) points out in the comments to this post, Pax Arcana has veered far from its anti-political mission statement of late. Obviously that’s my fault, as [...]

It could be worse

Pax Arcana
I once heard Garrison Keillor — famous public radio personality and writer of mostly-boring things for the hummus and pita set — riff on the central philosophical underpinning of the even-keeled Scandinavians of the upper midwest. The theory is that these lumbering squareheads maintain a certain equilibrium by greeting all news, good or bad, [...]

You’re all a bunch of fucking racists

Pax Arcana
I’m writing this Tuesday night at 6 p.m., an hour before the first polls close on the east coast. And while I don’t know the “official” results of the presidential election yet, my intimate knowledge of district-level politics and the “Bradley effect” means I know the results beforehand. Here is my assessment of this [...]

Get ready for the Barack Roll

Pax Arcana

These guys are not the mothereffing truth

Father Scott
Pax Arcana and its members famously do not endorse political candidates; our eleventy gazillion readers are well aware of this.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t post entertaining juxtapositions of politicians’ basketball skillz, right?
Check out this AOL FanHouse piece showing first President Bush attending a youth basketball practice, then second showing an extremely well-done fake [...]

“Black is the new president, bitch”

Pax Arcana
As if I could love Tracy Morgan any more.

Don’t sleep on Derrick Ashong

Pax Arcana
I haven’t seen my friend Derrick since he moved to L.A. a few years back, so it was kind of a trip stumbling across him on this YouTube video dropping some knowledge on behalf of Barack Obama:

If he looks familiar, you may have seen him in the film Amistad. He’s [...]

The pirates like Obama

Pax Arcana does not plan on endorsing a presidential candidate publicly (at least until the reanimated corpse of Vice Admiral James Stockdale decides to run).
We do, however, support Lucy the Blog’s goosefacing campaign, and we’re happy to pass along any relevant endorsements we come across. Today we learn that The US Pirate Party has declared [...]