Russell D. Gravelle (1916-2008)

Last night, talking with Uncle David about the various snacks that were available. Whole bunches of cookies and chocolates. I joked, "It's almost like you knew we were coming." David corrected me, "It's more like Grandpa knew you were coming ( Read more... )

My dad called me just as I got back from lunch. I missed his call, and he asked me to call him back, no other content in his message. I knew what that meant ( Read more... )

Robert Anton Wilson died today at the age of 74. The acclaimed author and godfather of Discordianism is survived by mills of fans.

His Illuminatus! Trilogy was a profound influence on me and it's what drew me to Discordianism in the first place. Without it, I'd have never met malual, who brightened my Rochester experience so much, and if I had never met ( Read more... )

For some reason I feel we need to start making jokes about this day. That way we can begin to turn it away from something that was done to us and turn it to something we own. Just to clarify: I do not wish to suggest that I want all our decisions as a nation to be filtered through this day - quite the opposite - but instead I want for it to become ( Read more... )

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