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The New Normal

With the second inauguration of Donald Trump looming, because apparently Americans didn’t get enough of his hateful and exhausting behavior the first time, things definitely look bleak. And it’s worse because it seems like a lot of what I hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Capitalism, Christianity, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Fundamentalism, Language, Magic, Music, Politics, Prejudice, Religion | Tagged antichrist, bible, coca-cola, donald trump, elon musk, eugenics, evil, facebook, homophobia, isaiah, jeff bezos, jesus, mark zuckerberg, president george w. bush, racism, talia lavin, transphobia, twitter, wild faith |

Smiting and Smoting

The Great Book of Amber, by Roger Zelazny – I had wanted to read Nine Princes in Amber after seeing it on a list, and since the library had this complete volume of ten novels, I went ahead and read … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Economics, Families, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, William Shakespeare | Tagged amber series, bible, cyrus the great, demons, donald trump, fairies, god knows, homophobia, joseph heller, king david, king saul, king solomon, michal, nine princes in amber, ogres, religious right, robert jordan, roger zelazny, satanic panic, sphinx, talia lavin, the dragon reborn, the great book of amber, the wheel of time, transphobia, trolls, wild faith |

Medea vs. Jason

Kirby Manga Mania Volume 2, by Hirokazu Hikawa, translated by Amanda Haley – More gag-based adventures of the round pink hero, each with a theme of sorts but not much of a plot, instead mostly just consisting of Kirby goofing … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Comics, Games, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, jules verne, Kirby, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Plays, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged amanda haley, atalanta, captain nemo, circe, coo the owl, dream land, euripides, gooey, hirokazu hikawa, jason and the argonauts, john m. ford, kine the ocean sunfish, king aeetes of colchis, king dedede, kirby manga mania, kracko, medea, meta knight, mr. tick-tock, rabbits, rick the hamster, the dragon waiting, the mysterious island, the witch of colchis, uncle wiggily longears, uncle wiggily's story book, vampires, witches, wizards |

This Ain’t Over

New year, new movies! Okay, two of these are pretty old movies, but they were new to us. SPOILERS for all three. The Lodge – When a man with two children falls in love with a new woman, his ex-wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Cults, Current Events, elvis presley, Holidays, Music, New Year's Day, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Television, The Simpsons, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged charles bronson, death wish, jeff goldblum, made in japan, mental illness, misognyny, new year's evil, riley keough, shadow, sonia manzano, suicide, the lodge |

Easy Camelot, Easy Ganelon

Yeah, I’m writing about books again. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur, by Lev Grossman – I wasn’t sure what to expect of this modern take on the Arthurian legend, but I ended up quite liking it, despite … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Arthurian Legend, Book Reviews, British, Christianity, England, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, Islam, Judaism, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Slavic, Technology, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged avalon, bazonga bird, camelot, chernobog, demons, eleggua, fairies, ganelon, geoffrey of monmouth, gondwane, king arthur, king constantine of britain, knights of the round table, lev grossman, lin carter, lord of shadows, maya and the return of the godlings, merlin, morgan le fay, naomi novik, nimue, orishas, paganism, roger zelazny, round table, rumplestiltskin, sir bedivere, sir dagonet, sir dinadan, sir mordred, sir palomides, sky island, spinning silver, staryk, terra magica, the bright sword, the wand of gamelon, the warrior of world's end, yama yama land |

23 and Me

When I wrote about recurring numbers in the works of certain authors eleven years ago, I received a comment about how twenty-three was significant in The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. I hadn’t yet read the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Games, History, Humor, Judaism, Language, Magic, Mathematics, Music, Plays, Poetry, Religion, Roman Empire, Sports | Tagged 23, 23 skidoo, a tale of two cities, aleister crowley, bishop james ussher, charles dickens, creation, dear 23, discordianism, george m. cohan, jon auer, julius caesar, ken stringfellow, knights templar, little johnny jones, michael jordan, numbers, numerology, posies, principia discordia, psalms, psalsm, robert anton wilson, robert shea, the big lebowski, the illuminatus trilogy, the only way |

The Power of Many

SPOILERS for a TV show and a fairly new movie. Star Wars: The Acolyte – Set about a century before the events of the prequel trilogy, this eight-episode series stars Amandla Stenberg as twin sisters who were artificially created by … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Board Games, Christianity, Egyptian, Games, Magic, Monopoly, Mormonism, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Star Wars, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amandla stenberg, brendok, heretic, hollies, horus, hugh grant, jedi, jesus, jigsaw, lana del rey, landlord's game, radiohead, the acolyte, yoda |

For the Benefit of Mankind

Something I came across recently that seemed interesting in a terrifying way was this article about religion and technology, by Kelly Hayes. It discusses the popularity in the technology industry of transhumanism, a philosophy that technological advances will lead to … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, Current Events, Economics, Global Warming, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Science, Technology | Tagged apocalypse, artificial intelligence, bible, computers, elon musk, fascism, friedrich nietzsche, galatians, j.d. vance, kelly hayes, mars, nationalism, peter thiel, robots, transhumanism, ubermensch |

Winning the Battle, Losing the Warlock

I’ve finished a few fairly short books within the last week or so, and here are some reviews. The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett – This is a pretty quick read that kind of mixes genres, although I suppose … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Celtic, Christianity, edgar rice burroughs, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, incryptid, Magic, Mythology, Names, Norse, Plays, Religion, seanan mcguire, Star Wars, Technology, William Shakespeare | Tagged afterlife, banshees, bluebeard, dogs, gardner fox, ghost roads, ghosts, hedgehogs, john bellairs, kyrik warlock warrior, leigh brackett, lust-stone, mars, mary dunlavy, michael scot, moddey dhoo, prospero, rhiannon, roger bacon, sparrow hill road, swords, t. kingfisher, the empire strikes back, the face in the frost, the seventh bride, the sword of rhiannon, the tempest, time travel, ursula vernon, valkyries, weapons, wizards |

Advertising Darwin’s Dreams of Blake

The Black Company, by Glen Cook – This is a story of an elite mercenary unit in a fantasy land ruled by an evil wizard and his enigmatic wife. It’s told from the point of view of the group’s historian, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, Humor, Islam, Magic, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Technology | Tagged albion, basilisk, bible, bowlahoola, brownies, charlie holmberg, demiurge, demons, dragons, elementals, giants, glen cook, golgonooza, industrial revolution, nikolai ivanovich lobachevsky, operation chaos, philosopher's stone, Poul Anderson, salamanders, satan, still the sun, the black company, the complete illuminated books, tom lehrer, urizen, werewolves, william blake, witches, wizards |