What's up, guys? I haven't posted in a while, and today's my 30th birthday, so...obligatory birthday post? Frankly, I don't like nor care for these "omg my 20s are over" porn blogs. One solar cycle passed between August 2 and 3rd. Nothing magical happened in this random spot in the Milky Way that made me … Continue reading Well, I’m 30 Now (8/3/2021)
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"Break on through to the other side!" snarled Jim Morrison on the first track of The Doors' 1967 debut album. The Doors. 1967. Elektra Records. Morrison's musical existence revolved around spirituality and enlightenment. The band's name came from Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, a memoir detailing psychedelic experiences. Morrison was often drunk and stoned … Continue reading Jim Morrison: Breaking Free from the Greatest Generation
James Cameron had a fever-induced dream one night in 1982. Nay, a nightmare. It could've been a lack of sleep over his involvement in Piranhas II, who knows? But James Cameron had something of a Biblical revelation one night. He was struck with a vision of a robot traveling through time to assassinate him. This … Continue reading The Terminator: A Sci-Fi Story’s Beautiful Execution
You guys know about the DeLorean, right? I mean, you know about the DeLorean outside the context of Back to the Future, right? There was a guy who actually designed that thing. You knew about that ... right? Back to the Future. Universal. 1985 Wait, you didn't? You thought it was some obscure gull-wing car … Continue reading John DeLorean: Ayn Rand, Howard Roark, and False Objectivist Idols
The COVID-19 pandemic claimed Anna Young's life on March 31, 2021. Not even four prison walls could keep her safe from the virus. Anna Young. Alachua County Jail. If you're a person of faith, you'll say this was God's judgment. If you adhere to science, you'll say it was pure happenstance. After all, over a … Continue reading House of Prayer: Anna Young’s Desecration of Motherhood