Remember, remember, the Fifth of NovemberThe Gunpowder Treason and plotI know of no reason why the Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.--Popular verse, seventeenth century England.By now you've all know that poem, and you've all heard of Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who staged his own Gunpowder Treason yesterday at the Ft. Hood, Texas, Soldier Readiness Center, killing thirteen and wounding thirty, including the police office who eventually stopped him, Sgt. Kimberly Munley. All but two of the... Read Full Story
(Back by popular demand, it's) Episode 10: Bird of Paradise Inside the sweaty jungles of what the title card tells us is the Yucatan, a red-headed backpacker finds himself face to face with an Aztec pyramid, built into the side of a volcano. “There you are,” he says, as if greeting an old friend. Inside the pyramid, our Dollar Store Indiana Jones discovers a secret passage into the volcano's crater, complete with sacrificial alter and emerald-eyed bird statue. Because pre-Columbian Aztec eng... Read Full Story
Via Democracy Now: "It has now been eight years since 9/11. The United States is still engaged in Iraq and is escalating its wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan with no end in site. Speaking at the Bluestockings Bookstore on the Lower East Side in New York, Arun Gupta, a founding Editor of The Indypendent, takes a critical look at the failures and future of the once massive anti-war movement." Read Full Story
You are The HermitPrudence, Caution, Deliberation.Via the MySpace distraction What Tarot Card are You?):"The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The illumination is from within, and retirement from participation in current events.The Hermit is a card of introspection, analysis and, well, virginity. You do not desire to socialize; the card indicates, instead, a desire for peace and solitude. You prefer to take the time to think, organize, rumin... Read Full Story
Via ABC: Muthafuckin' snakes!Now if only those giant, man-eating cormorants would get off their fucking asses and put the fear of God back into the "great" state of South Carolina. Read Full Story
Hulk Vs. (2009) - Marvel and Lions Gate attempt to tide us over between blockbusters by throwing us two animated bones for the price of one. Read Full Story
Special Announcement: I'm proud to contribute my 2005 Evil Time Traveler story The Final Voyage of Carl Denning, 1609 to issue #2 of the ezine Death's Head Grin. Read, browse, and lend your support to any- and everyone who's made it their business to publish stories. Read Full Story
The author of School Shootings took the time to answer a few of questions today. Details to follow. In the meantime, I'd just like to say we met at SE Portland's premier hole-in-the-wall, wi-fi/coffee bar, The Funky Door. (Give them money.)But sheer coincidence, August 1, 2009 is the 43rd anniversary of Charles Joseph Whitman's attack on the University of Texas, Austin...a fact (believe it or not) I didn't even realize until just this moment.Things went off without a hitch thanks to the vast ... Read Full Story
