The longer I live, the more I like this guy:
In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among men, a greater sincerity. We must …
When your daughter makes you a treat. Clever girl!
I love the novel The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury.
It was one of the early young adult novels I read in my life, and possibly my first exposure to Ray Bradbury as a youth. As a boy it was the first …
My love affair with Danse Macabre began in elementary school. Mrs. Otten played Halloween songs on the piano and we sang from mimeographed lyric sheets.
I was introduced to parts of the melody via a …
I’m a long-time fan of Randall Carlson which I owe to the Joe Rogan podcast. Anyway, outside of liking and subscribing to YouTube channels and videos, here is another way I can start to support his work.
So, yay! The iridescent Gnosis sticker is cooler than I hoped it would be!
“The Greeks had no original sin and no eschatology because they saw nothing inherently wrong with the world in the first place.”
Things you find reading papers from Academia for the joy of it
Please allow me to quote heavily from The Bard Terence McKenna—this selection comes from a discussion about language:
We use rapidly modulated small mouth noises. As primates we have incredible …
Jónsi with Elizabeth Fraser - Cannibal
Aiwa AD-F350U
Used a tape deck very much like the one pictured here. It was the first audio equipment I purchased. It played through a little amplifier I purchased in kit form and assembled in a …