Archive for January, 2006

Anagrams of The Dreamers Guild

Friday, January 27th, 2006

The video game company I helped to found around 1990 was called The Dreamers Guild, a name my brother Michael and I came up with. The time I was there (1990–1995) was an amazing experience; the environment was fun and challenging, and the quality of the people who worked there was usually first-rate.
The other day [...]

What Would Jesus Buy?

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Sadly, most of the items listed on this page are real, and many of them are even sincere. I myself have tried Testamints™— and I’m happy to report that I was able to get rid of the scriptural aftertaste with a blast from my handy bottle of Athe-mist™ breath spray.

A Word on Magic

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

</p> I just purchased a copy of Ray Kurzweil’s book, The Singularity is Near. Kurzweil is a respected futurist who has for quite some time been promoting the idea that not only is technology rapidly changing our lives, but that the rate of change is increasing over time— to the point where in a few [...]

Copper

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Copper is an amazing, surreal, and simply fun monthly web comic by Kazu Kibuishi. I love reading it to my five year-old, but it also has plenty of elements to engage adult sensibilities. The comic for February just came out, and with it a fascinating photodocumentary on the painstaking process Kazu goes through to produce [...]

Tales of the Inexpressible

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Although I’ve never used mind-altering drugs and don’t intend to, the music of Shpongle makes the best case I’ve ever heard for doing so. Tales of the Inexpressible is their second album; an amazing aural journey through hallucination and alternate realities. Combining various electronica styles with many other influences, liquid flute lines, and found recordings, [...]

The Revolution of Undoing

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

The Revolution of Undoing by Elimar, Ghost Money, and Kundalini Flavours is a beautiful album of atmospheric electronic composition I discovered today. Moves smoothly between energetic, arpeggiated pieces with hints of various influences including celtic dulcimers, and slower spacey melodies. Not dance music, but music you’ll probably want to move your body to. Very acoustic [...]

Burning Man: Hope and Fear

Friday, January 20th, 2006

I am reminded of the time a guy with whom I used to go to church showed up from out of town and wanted to spend some time with me. I hadn’t seen him for years and he owed me money, so I invited him over. Of course, at that time my home was Rubel [...]

Doonesbury on Creationism

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

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Book of Ironwolf: The universe does not care about you.

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Ongoing commentary on The Book of Ironwolf
Let’s divide people into two camps. The first camp holds people who think this statement obvious. Congratulations, you people already have wisdom about this. The second camp holds the vast majority, who find this statement terrifying; because it reminds them that not only does the universe not center upon [...]

More Pat Robertson Buffoonery

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

CNN: Pat Robertson suggests God smote Ariel Sharon
Just… what can I say? Pat Robertson is dumber than a nose hair growing out of a camel’s ass.