Recent Effluvia:

  • Now you can send me pictures!

    I get a lot of email from you readers. A lot a lot. Most of it is really entertaining and I’d say 50% of it is too naughty for this site to publish. That said, many of you want to send me pictures and links, but don’t have my email address, and to minimize spam, I don’t publish it.

    I’ve made a new contact form that lets you add pictures and links, leave me messages and even tell me if you love or hate the site. Because I care.

    And ’cause I really like the weird things you all send me. 👿

  • Friday Question #11

    So if you’ve followed my Twiiter, Flickr or Facebook posts, you’ve by now heard that Lizz and I are the proud owners of a 30′ sailboat. So one thing that everyone keeps asking us is what we will name the boat?

    On Tuesday night I had this conversation:
    HIM: “You gonna name your boat something cool like Sea Fag?”
    ME: [cough]
    HIM: “Well I would.”

    What Should We Name Our New Boat?

     

  • Patience

    Saw this at the boat yard this weekend.

    Patience

  • Friday Question #10

     

    Have you ever talked to someone whose gender you could not identify, even after a lengthy conversation?

     

  • Physical Benefits of Jobs I’ve Held

    Also known as “Why I hate 4AM”

    1. Paperboy: Over-developed left shoulder, crooked spine, ink-stained fingers, anxiety from waking up at 4AM to deliver papers
    2. Tropical Fish Store Clerk: Over-developed shoulders from carrying water buckets, wrinkled fingertips, permanently soaked Adidas, anxiety from staying up till 4AM checking pH levels of marine tanks
    3. Waiter: Over-developed left shoulder and strong wrists (from carrying trays), sore feet, grimace from holding back laughter when Midwesterners mispronounced common European dishes, anxiety from staying up till 4AM with side-work
    4. Punk Band Roadie: Ability to yell “Check, two, two” into mics at earsplitting levels, smokey hair, inhuman Guinness consumption, lungs caked with AquaNet, Djarum fixation, scalp burns from Clorox + Manic Panic home hair job, tolerance for occasional electrocution-by-beer-spill, anxiety from staying up till 4AM packing sticker-encrusted Anvil cases
    5. Industrial Band Keyboardist: See Punk Band Roadie, multiply X2, anxiety from waiting till 4AM to get paid by bar owner
    6. Cemetery Notary: Rigid posture, moderated voice level, anxiety from waking up at 4AM from Hellish nightmares
    7. Illustrator: Arthritic right hand, perma-hunch from drafting table, caffeine addiction, anxiety from staying up till 4AM re-working comps
    8. Sr. Information Architect: Hatred of small type, perma-squint, claw-like hand frozen in the shape of an Apple mouse, anxiety from staying up till 4AM correcting wireframes, ability to use words like “findability” with a straight face
    9. Social Media Director: Hatred of press releases, psychic ability to find WiFi hotspots, anxiety from staying up till 4AM reading Twitter feeds and defriending Facebook peeps

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Tarot of the Unexplained

USD $22.95

  • The first tarot deck to include cryptids, the paranormal, portals, and Forteana.
  • Silver, gilded-edge 30 gsm cards
  • Includes a 96-page full-color book

Magical AI Grimoire

USD $22.95

  • 288 page grimoire chronicling the magical community’s adoption of tech and AI
  • Learn how to use AI for spells from multiple magical systems point of view
  • Forward by Peter J. Carroll