http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:50:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I came across this in Wikipedia whilst reviewing Atlas Shrugged at By The Book. Another source of controversy is Rand's view of homosexuality. Asked at the Ford Hall Forum at Northeastern University in 1971 about her position, Rand stated that homosexuality is "immoral" and "disgusting."[44] Specifically, she stated that "there ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/12/22/ayn-rand-homosexuals-immoral-and-dispicable/ http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/11/20/jerry-garcia-king-of-the-dead/ High-Tech Search for Legendary Warlord By LEE DYE Oct. 29, 2008 Somewhere beneath the wind-swept deserts of Mongolia lies the body of one of the most enigmatic warlords in history, a ruthless but brilliant leader who united his people and built the largest empire in the world. Nearly 800 ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/10/29/could-tech-tools-help-find-long-lost-tomb-of-genghis-khan/ [caption id="attachment_101" align="alignnone" width="209" caption="Creator Alan Moore"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_99" align="aligncenter" width="202" caption="Dr. Manhattan"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_100" align="alignright" width="55" caption="rorschach"][/caption] I'd love to enter that Sphere. http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/10/19/can-i-fuck-you-doctor-who-watches-alan-moore-stalkers-at-least-shoot-to-kill-but-try-to-miss-a-time-or-two/ Spaziani Dirty-Blond Monsignor and Cup Holder for Holy Father Benedict, often noted by Italian Catholics and derided as Gorgeous George with much howling and laughter in Catholic Italian Homes. PS: When he was a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger wanted to retire, stating he was exhausted. MG: With his election as Pope something happened ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/10/06/spaziani-a-scene-stealer-in-our-holy-midsts/ The day has begun as usual, poorly. Still although there is absolutely no life on Earth any longer I wonder how much longer it will take until Death lays its hands on the Humanity that is in the way. What more must be done for the final answer ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/09/03/the-fall-of-humanity-%e2%80%93-september-3-44-08-cc/ The more I live the more I realize that I have a very serious life. There is no such thing as a human survivor. There is carnage. There is surely DEATH but I have yet to encounter anyone on Earth who is as strict as I am about life ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/07/21/death-an-answer/ Although Buddhism has come to evolve as a religion with a characteristic body of scriptures and rituals, strictly speaking, in Buddhism scriptural authority cannot outweigh an understanding based on reason and experience.  In fact the Buddha himself, in a famous statement, undermines the scriptural authority of his own words when ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/07/12/discussion-with-mr-tenzin-gyatso-the-dalai-lama-upon-his-book-the-universe-in-a-single-atom-posted-by-armageddon-under-armageddonxmas/ Hello, I haven't commented here for some time. As you know I've been keeping the days from month to month, and keeping is a good way to put it. I'm 'pleased' at what is occurring. With this new month (July 44) I've used my book The Tarot ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/07/03/pagan/ http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/06/17/chiharu-shiota/   The year 1968 is being remembered, memorialized and celebrated for many reasons in 2008. Valerie Solanas, failed assassin and crackpot writer, is not one of them. That's because Solanas represents the opposite of anything society wants to celebrate any year. On June 3, 1968, two days before the assassination of Robert ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/06/08/andy-hatershooter-valerie-solanas-gets-more-than-15/ CSI Rubik's Cube http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/06/04/time-enough-to-last/ this lampshade appears as a hovering mass of ornaments, opulent and bombastic. when viewed more closely it dissolves into single bodies, which are twisted in fear and seem to be frozen in mid-fall. their rhythmic order becomes slightly perplexing and finally renders the bodies an ornament. softly, the fleshy parts ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/05/28/materialise-damned-lamp-by-luc-merx-for-the-mgx-private-collection/ http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/05/26/59/   Now we turn to The Road by Cormac McCarthy. A writer that I've never encountered before. I assumed he was the one who wrote Lonesome Dove but that was by Larry McMurtry. I didn't expect anything with The Road it had already been demolished, psychically by america's ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/05/22/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy/ Darkroom Gallery presents Colin Remas Brown's haunting photographs of what happened to our park after last year's fire.   A moonscape that had previously been green. “The last day I was there,” says Brown, “there were green sprouts pushing through the blackened soil everywhere.” A deer whose antlers got caught in a ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/05/07/haunting-photos-of-griffith-park-aftermath/   50 best cult books Our critics present a selection of history's most notable cult writing. Some is classic. Some is catastrophic. All of it had the power to inspire What is a cult book? We tried and failed to arrive at a definition: books often found in the pockets of murderers; books ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/05/01/50-best-cult-books/   Talking to ourselves     Americans are increasingly close-minded and unwilling to listen to opposing views. By Susan Jacoby April 20, 2008 As dumbness has been defined downward in American public life during the last two decades, one of the most important and frequently overlooked culprits is the public's increasing reluctance to give a fair hearing ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/04/20/susan-jacoby-talking-to-ourselves/   When I met Harrer, who was much better with things mechanical than anyone I knew in Lhasa, I presumed his expertise in science was as profound as his command over the few mechanical objects we had in the Potala.  It is funny that years later I discovered he had no ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/04/16/chapter-two-encounter-with-science-the-universe-in-a-single-atom-by-the-dalai-lama/ Did Anais Nin Cultivate Carlos Castaneda?     "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin     As mentioned some time ago in this blog, Anais Nin introduced Carlos Castaneda via ... http://thearcanist.net/armageddonxmas/2008/04/12/carlos-casteneda-and-anais-nin-relationship/