I remember when I went to CalTech for PreFrosh weekend (I was put up in Blacker House, though I ended up being a Lloydie, for those to whom that means anything at all), and being so excited to go into […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It’s the Second Anniversary of The Vocate today!! Swing on by for all the jokes about 15th century theology that you can stand!! And as to other things that are rad and ought to be stood, on Saturday we celebrated […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, with Geoff out last week and part of this to celebrate the nuptials of his brother, I have the chance to just talk about the labor theories of different monarchs for a week!! And by talk about, I mean, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Granted, slave labor was a pretty standard practice in the ancient world, but somehow Moses, if he existed, strikes me as among the most vociferous of its adherents. I talked about the fate of the Midianites at the hands of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all, if you haven’t picked up a copy of Fred van Lente’s Archer and Armstrong yet, go do so – it is over-the-top historico-religious storytelling of the raddest type. I’ve done a bit of a writeup of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, Goldingsheim. – Count Dolby von Luckner
Oh man, I totally know what Feynman is about to throw down, but I have to hold off saying anything about it for two days – two long, hard days… In the meantime, let me tell you about one of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you haven’t read Feynman’s QED yet, you simply have to. It’s one of those landmark experiences that a human must go through to say to himself, on his deathbed, that he made his best shot at understanding the world. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ah, plan A. It has a storied history amongst The Scholars. Back in the days when Geoff, Art, and I used to play WoW every week, Plan A was Art’s signal to us to just go in and whack on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those of you who have never taken in the murals of Coit Tower, here is the one from today’s episode! Five days to go until APE! Do you have your tickets yet?? – Count Dolby von Luckner