Gods, being out of school for a month is awesome. In the past 24 hours I've finished three different tasks that have been on my plate for varying lengths of time, but longest about five months and the shortest about one month ( Read more... )

College students who hit campus after 2000 have empathy levels that are 40% lower than those who came before them, according to a stunning new meta-analysis presented to at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science by University of Michigan researchers. It includes data from over 14,000 students. Leave a comment

Those with their ear inclined to the Spirits of Darkness have heard tell of much activity in Danzig's shadowy realm recently.

First was the release of Eerie Von's photo-documentary of The Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig called Misery Obscura. The book is a really nice hardcover published by Dark Horse publishing, better known for their comic book ( Read more... )

2009 horror movie, set in the 1980's. An 1/2 hours of my life I'll never get back.

Ever wonder if our forebears had their Paris Hiltons? Check out "My Lord Tomnoddy ( Read more... )

I've been reading Ithell Colquhoun's Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn. I have really enjoyed it, much more so than Howe's Magicians of the Golden Dawn. I think this is largely because I find Colquhoun herself quite charming (I was saddened to read that she met her end in a house fire in 1988). I have a few quibbles with ( Read more... )

Gods, everything is a pain in the ass. I have been a Premium Pass holder for the Trinity Railway Express for the previous two years. It's a train that runs between downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth that drops me off practically at the door to my school. I went in to renew my pass this year and the cost had increased from $160 to $450 -- ( Read more... )

Is MTV promoting Satanism & Freemasonry? Watch and be the judge. Master Magicians might find a different significance in the final tableau of the twins and the girl.

Rob Halford doing Christmas carols? I'm dreaming of a metal Christmas!

http://www.amazon.com/Halford-III-Winter-Songs/dp/B002OVED6K/ref=pd_sim_m_2

A little more than ten years ago, I remember standing in front of a judge, wearing shackles, trying to explain why he shouldn't send me to county jail. Today, I sat with a judge at my law school who decided to share the secret to his chili recipe with me.

It's a goddamn trip.