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Quran So Far Away

I’ve now read through the Quran, mostly using this translation. I know it’s really only considered authentic in Arabic, but I can’t read that language. Discussing Islam can be kind of awkward, especially because the amount of Islamophobia in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Book Reviews, Christianity, Gnosticism, History, Islam, Judaism, Language, Magic, Middle East, Mythology, Religion | Tagged abraham, adam and eve, angels, antisemitism, bible, demons, elephants, ezra, heaven, hell, homosexuality, iblis, islamophobia, jesus, jihad, jinn, jorge luis borges, joseph, king solomon, mecca, muhammad, paradise, quran, sabbath, satan, satanic verses, the book of imaginary beings, virgin mary, war |

Bake Love, Not War

The Great Troll War, by Jasper Fforde – It’s been eight years since the previous book in the Chronicles of Kazam, but we finally have the conclusion to this series. Set in a version of Britain that’s made up of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chronicles of Kazam, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged a wizard's guide to defensive baking, achilles, briseis, centaurs, chiron, circe, homer, iliad, jennifer strange, madeline miller, paris, patroclus, quarkbeast, t. kingfisher, the eye of zoltar, the great troll war, the song of achilles, thetis, trojan war, trolls, ursula vernon, war, wizards |

Talking Time

I can’t say I’m really that keen on the song “Do You Hear What I Hear?”, but I’m not entirely sure why. I think it might just be how the versions they play on the radio tend to take it really seriously, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Christianity, Christmas, Holidays, Judaism, Magic, Music, Mythology, New Year's Day, Religion, Songs I Don't Care For | Tagged bees, bob geldof, cuban missile crisis, gloria shayne, jesus, john lennon, nativity, noel regney, peace on earth, sheep, stevie wonder, war |

The Riddle of the Individdle

I’ve heard a few times now that part of the problem in the United States regarding COVID-19 is that American individualism leads to people not caring about the collective good, leading to people refusing to take basic safety precautions like … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Economics, Health, History, Introspection, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Technology | Tagged bible, collectivism, cooperation, coronavirus, golden rule, individualism, nationalism, president herbert hoover, rugged individualism, selfishness, society, tribalism, war |

Iran to the Ends of the Earth

I’m still not entirely sure why Republicans are so anxious for a war with Iran. I mean, I think war should generally be a last resort anyway, but here I’m not even sure what the benefit would be. That’s not to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Fundamentalism, History, Iran, Judaism, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Roman Empire | Tagged apocalypse, asia minor, beth-togarmah, bible, british mandate for palestine, cyrus of persia, cyrus scofield, dispensationalism, donald trump, esther, ethiopia, ezekiel, gog, gomer, hal lindsey, iran nuclear deal, isolationism, israel, jesus, magog, meshech, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, pacifism, parthian empire, persia, president ronald reagan, prophecy, put, qasem soleimani, revelation, scofield reference bible, tubal, war, zionism |

Superheroes and Dinosaurs (But Not in the Same Movie)

X2: X-Men United – Beth and I saw the first X-Men movie in the theater back when we first started dating; I think it might have been the first time we went to the movies together. We both knew the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, History, Humor, Music, Revisiting Disney, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged apatosaurus, dinosaurs, ernest borgnine, jean grey, john ratzenberger, magneto, marvel comics, mystique, nightcrawler, paths of glory, pixar, professor charles xavier, rogue, sam elliott, stanley kubrick, super fuzz, superheroes, terence hill, the good dinosaur, tyrannosaurus, velociraptors, war, william stryker, wolverine, world war i, x-men, x2: x-men united |

When Humanity Grows Up

One idea I’ve come across is that the whole of humanity is maturing over time, much as individuals do. It seems to be particularly prominent as a teaching in the Baha’i faith, but I’ve seen it other places as well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baha'i Faith, Christianity, Evolution, History, Judaism, Philosophy, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Science, Technology | Tagged abdu'l-baha, apes, bible, capital punishment, civil rights, collectivism, communication, corporal punishment, foundations of world unity, genesis, genocide, individualism, intelligence, knowledge, maturity, morality, progress, slavery, society, totalitarianism, war |

Gotta Nuke Something

It seems that the Trump administration is determined to bring back the Cold War and its arms race, only this time they’re on the same side as Russia. Or are they? I’ve been trying to get through my old e-mail, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Cold War, Current Events, History, Japan, Politics, Popeye, Prejudice | Tagged adolf hitler, atomic bombs, donald trump, Iran, kim jong-un, north korea, nuclear weapons, president barack obama, surrender, vladimir putin, war, world war ii, you're a sap mr. jap |

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Start Bitching

I wanted to say something about Bill O’Reilly losing his show at Fox News, because my wife used to hate-watch him fairly often, so I’ve been exposed to way too much of his angry old man shtick. He was an … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Fox News, Health, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Snobbery, Television | Tagged al franken, andrea mackris, bill o'reilly, donald trump, emotions, fear, feelings, generations, morality, old school, sean hannity, snowflakes, stoicism, the o'reilly factor, vengeance, war |

Foreign Relations in Fairyland

Since Oz is a country entirely surrounded by a desert that turns any living flesh that touches it into dust and sends up poisonous fumes, its foreign policy is largely at its own discretion. Jack Snow’s The Magical Mimics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Jack Snow, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged adrienne martinez, billina, boboland, captain salt, captain salt in oz, colonialism, deconstruction, dorothy gale, ev, everett avila, foreign policy, fred meyer, glinda, henry blossom, imperialism, invasion, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jeremy steadman, joe bongiorno, kaliko, kenneth shepherd, king skamperoo, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, menankypoo, mr. thinman in oz, nome king, ozamaland, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, rinkitink in oz, stratovania, the baum bugle, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the road to oz, the royal explorers of oz, the tail of the pink goat, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok and the nome king, tin woodman, war, wizard of oz |