Monthly Archives: November 2009

The Eve of Destruction

The Eve of Destruction – of all of the pretentious crap songs from the sixties, that one was the worst of them. It was offered to The Byrds – but they rejected it. Pretentious posturing just isn’t cool – that’s … Continue reading

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The Odd Uses of Religion

Those of us who don’t find religion that compelling can still find it fascinating. People believe all sorts of things, and tell you that you should too. That’s kind of fun, in an anthropological way. For example, back in the … Continue reading

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