Pan's Garden

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being." —James Joyce Been a Joyce fan for year...

Got a link to this from Debbie today. Sweet ritual. Sweet thing to send. Thanks, Debbie. Choice cut: When you recognize your own song, y...

Been thinking about Job tonight. The whole Old Testament, actually. It dawned on me that crazy as most of those stories were, they helped il...

Finally, from Wired, some back story to the biggest-selling, most popular (and, frankly best) app in history. Choice cut: First they h...

One reason horoscopes don't matter. And another .

An amazing advertising time capsule .

This is rich. In response to the recent batch of gay marriage victories, some silly anti-gay marriage group (National Organization for Marri...

The ground continues to shift .

Now for some happier news… The coming evangelical collapse ONEIDA, KY. - We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evan...

Time to start a new series, this one chronicling the nascent depression. Here is the link and video I've already posted on Facebook: Vi...

The whole Kellogg's/Phelps fiasco has spawned new slang . 

Kelloggs is feeling some pain from their inane, venal punishment of Michael Phelps. Kelloggs Suffers Good news, everyone! In an admittedly a...

I knew this was coming, but still, now that it's here...damn! 1.5 million books in your pocket One of the great things about an iPhone o...

Despite his better judgement, some jackass writing in The Daily Beast accedes to circumsizing his newborn son…because his wife is grossed ou...

It's nearly impossible to be unmoved by this almost unbearably eloquent speech. A sampling of the lesser known passages: Let us not seek...

Contra the spirit of unity which is pulsing through the country in anticipation of tomorrow's swearing in, I offer this little vignette ...

We're two days away from the big day—the finest transfer of power in our lifetimes. In all likelihood, it's an event on the magnitud...

This is rich:  Disney accused by Catholic cleric of corrupting children's minds Ahem.

A funny and serious encomium to our First Lady-to-be's booty. First Lady Got Back But what really thrills me, what really feels liberati...

Google has archived Life magazine pics from the 1860s onward. Enjoy .  h/t: Daily Dish