Last night I watched Cloud Atlas for the first time. As with any great story, there were lines of dialog that stood out and resonated with me. I just wasn’t aware how prophetic one of those lines would be- which in hindsight is fitting when one considers the central...
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Banned Books Awareness: “Thirteen Reasons Why”
When Clay Jensen- a quiet, shy high school student- returns home from school one day to find a package from an anonymous person sitting on his doorstep, he opens it to discover a cassette tape recorded by a girl at his high school who had committed suicide and learns...
A Morning Murder
We awoke to yet another gruesome murder scene today. The suspect, whom the media has dubbed “Squeaky” because of her trademark sadistic removal of the plastic noise makers from inside the victims, has struck several times in the last month; but we can report that the serial stuffed animal...
Those rare moments when one joke unexpectedly leads to another
Some of you might remember the photos I shared last month on Twitter and Facebook when my wonderful girlfriend, Racheal, thought it would be hilarious to put wacky eyes on everything? Well, forward to tonight. We had fish for dinner and I wanted cocktail sauce with mine. She couldn’t...
Banned Books Awareness: Censorship at Guantánamo Bay (Part 2)
Aside from the complete lack of due process and blatant disregard for religious liberty, human rights and amnesty groups continue to be baffled by the random and apparently arbitrary reasoning behind what publications are and are not allowed to be read by detainees within the walls of the United...
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas was amazing; and a talent whose creative spark left this world way too early. In this video from 1984, actor Sir Anthony Hopkins recites Thomas’ acclaimed poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” in class and with an emotional depth that sends chills.
Across the Great Divide: “Where, Oh Where, Has the Science Gone?”
Due to some issues at the Pagan Pages headquarters, The December 2013 edition of the magazine was not published. Thankfully, those issues have been resolved and we start 2014 with a breath of fresh air. Many of us also began this year with a lot of snow and bitter...