Dave Neiwert has the scoop on a hate crime in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, a town I’ve been to many times:
BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho human rights groups are decrying a 20-day sentence given to a man who picked up and then dropped a 17-year-old girl too close to a bonfire and whose words, […]

Go give Wulfgar nominations for the 2006 MT Weblog awards. I’ve already submitted my nominations, but I’d like to point out that my final votes are very much for sale. And I think my prices are quite reasonable, too. For a little bit extra I’ll even switch out Wulfgar’s PC with a Diebold machine and […]

In light of recent events, I’ve compiled a list of Christmas carols to avoid in that neighborhood:
Do You Hear What I Hear
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
One would be advised to avoid Silent Night as well, seeing as it talks […]

Did you know it’s an affront to American culture that a Muslim member of Congress will be sworn in using a copy of the Koran instead of the Bible? Me neither. Apparently a meaningless and insignificant tradition is the very thing holding our society together. Who knew? I like this part of that article:
Devotees of […]

I thought it was some combination of roller-blading and golfing, but what do I know? Anyway, I came across it at work and wondered what exactly it was. I sort of knew it was related to New Age-y alternative medicine, but didn’t really know much about it. A brief synopsis:
Rolfing® seems to be a kind […]

Pure dedication, man:
Bangkok - A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday.
(via Dispatches)

There, isn’t that better?

The “I’ve really not done this in a while” edition.
Kayo Dot - [Choirs of the Eye #02] A Pitcher of Summer
King Crimson - [Larks’ Tongues In Aspic #03] Exiles
Audioslave - [Audioslave #14] The Last Remaining Light
Porcupine Tree - [Up The Downstair #02] Synesthesia
System of a Down - [System of a Down #01] Suite-pee
Radiohead - [Kid […]

Dinesh D’Souza is claiming that atheism is the real source of the mass violence in the world. Of course, he does a pretty poor job of it.
Let’s start with the nature of the claimed religious conflicts in the world:
Moreover, many of the conflicts that are counted as “religious wars” were not fought over religion. They […]

So, it appears Thanksgiving is this week. Not one of my favorite holidays, really. You know what? There aren’t really that many holidays I actually look forward to, outside of looking forward to a day off. Easter? Candy and rabbits aren’t enough for me to stomach the most religious of our holidays. Fourth of July? […]