QAnon is looking more and more like a destructive cult.

Okay, so I’m in the middle of one of my infamous multi-part series, this time on my new found hobby of making really wretched candles.

Here's an experiment: me reading Shakespeare's brilliant Sonnet 29,with a bit of animation so you don't have to look at me while I do it :-)

Today is either Columbus Day, or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or just old Monday, depending on which calendar you read, and which politics...

Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake at least partly because he questioned power. Today powers are no more reasonable.

It is once again time for the lowest form of Xcargo...Depth Charges!

Giordano Bruno (1568-1600) was murdered for being rational. Alas, we may see more of that coming.

In which we get to the "curse reversing" candles...which so far haven't done much reversin'

We could be finished with Covid, except for the idiots who won't get their shots.

In which we have pictures of sexy people who, alas, have nothing to do with the story.

India, and Covid, prove there is no such thing as a purely local problem.

On my bizarre adventures with hot wax and fire. Great stuff, if you're into that sort of thing.

image by Misu, Stock.Adobe.com

Why is it rational when the rich exploit their advantages, but a disgrace when the middle- and working-classes do the same?

A certain state is refusing to reach out to teens about vaccinations. That is terrifying.

I'm going be moving towards more light-hearted stuff, and less political. Because people need it right now.

Even in Afghanistan, there may be some glimmers of light in the gloom.

The Taliban could discover that, alas, God isn't always on your side.

Eventually, the Taliban's luck will run out.

Is the Trump insurrection the first revolution in history to wage biowar against itself?