So I do believe in some intelligent design, despite my knowing fully that such things are ridiculous. When my life seems twisted by so much irony-laden circumstance, and strange patterns inexplicably repeat themselves in my life, I explain them to myself by attributing them to the work of some Divine Prankster pulling the strings, artfully teasing ( Read more... )

I'm adding my first second user icon today--it was made by R. Stevens, maker of Diesel Sweeties, thus the intentional pixelization. It depicts the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the god of Pastafarianism, the latest goofy fake religion in a long and glorious line of past goofy fake religions (see religion of the Invisible Pink Unicorn) that has been ( Read more... )