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Dr. Boli’s Celebrated Magazine. Edited by H. Albertus Boli, LL.D.

  • IN THE NEWS.
    by Dr. Boli on May 20, 2026 at 4:01 am

    Tragedy struck the gaming world Tuesday night when six players of a tabletop science-fiction military-strategy game were killed at the Dragon’s Den […]


Brickmuppet Blog 2.0 A Cornucopia of Incompatible Interests

  • IT. IS. HAPPENING!
    on May 20, 2026 at 6:22 am

    Tonight at 6pm EDT /10pm UTC /3pm Pacific Join us over at https://www.twitch.tv/brickmuppet for FIRWORKS! (both dramatic and actual) Space-X is […]


.clue Recent content on .clue

  • [fun] Wet hump day
    on May 20, 2026 at 4:48 am

    On the bright side, the 24 hours of thunderstorms dropped the temperature by 15°F. “Welcome to the party, pal!” An …


Mahou Meido Meganekko Japanese animé, gaming, and other silly things


Medieval Otaku A Medievalist's Perspective on Anime and Religion

  • The Basis for True Friendship
    by medievalotaku on August 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm

    The desire to watch Wolf’s Rain again has finally borne fruit. Those of you who have not seen this stunning masterpiece (I almost said flawless, […]


A Journey Through Life The world is not beautiful, therefore it is.


The Official Schoolgirl Milky Crisis Blog Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade

  • They Met on a Swing (1943)
    by ixarette on May 18, 2026 at 4:41 am

    Star-crossed lovers Aliina (the ever-radiant Irma Seikkula) and Jalmari (Olavi Reimas) are separated by Aliina’s stern father Mr Jarvela (Väinö […]


Beneath the Tangles connecting anime and christianity in genuine community


Anime Instrumentality Blog Anime Music! OP/ED and Soundtrack Reviews.

  • 7th Time Loop Soundtrack
    by zzeroparticle on April 16, 2024 at 4:47 pm

    Album Title: 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! Original Soundtrack Anime Title:


Yard Sale of the Mind The Price is Right


  • Politics as Sitcom
    by Unknown on May 14, 2026 at 2:22 pm

    We live in such interesting times in part because our politics are like a sitcom. It’s truly an endless form of entertainment, perhaps like David […]


The Port Stands At Your Elbow Standing Athwart History Yelling "Bumpers All Round, Gentlemen, And No Heel Taps!"

  • Saturday Garden and Sundries Post
    by Robbo on May 16, 2026 at 11:51 pm

    Greetings, my fellow port swillers! Another lovely day here in the neighborhood of Port Swiller Manor. The peonies and foxglove are all open, and the […]


Professor Mondo "There is a time for understanding, and a time for hate." -- Larry Harris

  • Alan Sokal Wept
    by profmondo on May 9, 2026 at 6:52 pm

    So I was minding my own business on the Book of Faces last night when I ran across an advert for an open-source academic book. I can’t top the […]


William M. Briggs Statistician to the Stars!



DarwinCatholic Where Religion, Philosophy and Demographics Meet

  • The Market for Journalism
    by Darwin on February 5, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    The Washington Post recently announced that they are laying off a significant portion of their staff, including whole departments such as the Sports […]


Edward Feser "One of the best contemporary writers on philosophy" National Review

"A terrific writer" Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph

"Feser... has the rare and enviable gift of making philosophical argument compulsively readable" Sir Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement

Selected for the First Things list of the 50 Best Blogs of 2010 (November 19, 2010)


  • Graduation in the snow
    by Amy Welborn on May 20, 2026 at 4:21 pm

    It’s May, right? In packing for a quick trip up north and over west to attend Wyoming Catholic College’s graduation, I of course checked the […]


  • More “Legal” Bullshit
    by Kim du Toit on May 20, 2026 at 5:04 am

    Here’s an interesting take: A University of Miami law professor recently offered reasons why that the public should consider extending[...]


Maureen Mullarkey: Studio Matters Art, Contemporary Culture, and the Church


Pergelator Silicon Forest
If the type is too small, Ctrl+ is your friend

  • Pena Palace
    by Chuck Pergiel on May 20, 2026 at 1:00 pm

    Pena PalaceThis castle was built in the middle of the 19th century, maybe twenty-five years before King Ludwig II built his fairytale castle in […]


Monday Evening Païens ont tort et Chrétiens ont droit.


man with black hat

the daily musings ...
of faith and culture, of life and love, of fun and games, of a song and dance man, who is keeping his day job.

  • Sumer Is Icumen In
    by David L Alexander on May 1, 2026 at 5:00 am

    Well, folks, it’s that time again. The April showers give way to the May flowers. Thus we have “May Day.” Makes sense, right? “Sumer Is […]


John C. Wright's Journal Fancies, Drollery and Fiction from honorary Houyhnhnm and antic Science Fiction Writer John C. Wright


Isegoria From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small


Aliens in This World An ordinary Catholic and a science fiction fan.

  • Please Pray for My Mother
    by Suburbanbanshee on May 10, 2026 at 8:39 pm

    She passed away yesterday, of stage 4 pancreatic cancer. She received her Anointing before passing, and she will be buried next to my father. She […]


Bayou Renaissance Man The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!

  • Third version lucky?
    by Peter on May 20, 2026 at 9:55 am

     As I write these words, SpaceX is planning to launch the 12th Starship mission today.SpaceX's Starship Version 3 is finally about to make its debut […]


Liberty's Torch (a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)

"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)

  • Does Size Matter?
    by Francis W. Porretto on May 20, 2026 at 12:09 pm

         The arguments over political systems, what makes them possible, what undermines them, and so forth are doomed to go on until Man is no more. […]


Borepatch Internet Security, music, and Dad Jokes. And pets - it's a blog, after all.



Burger's Onion Weird botany and horticulture

  • A Visit to Dark Swamp
    by Matt on October 31, 2025 at 9:26 pm

    The edge of Dark Swamp. Out east on the Putnam Pike in Glocester, Rhode Island, on the border with Connecticut, there is a neglected patch of wild […]


VolcanoCafe Because Volcanoes are Ewesome

  • Grindavik lives!
    by Albert on May 12, 2026 at 9:10 am

    The Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) is the western part of the Reykjanes Peninsula; the border is drawn to exclude Reykjavik and its suburbs. […]


  • Don’t Let The Door Hit You…
    by Dennis on May 20, 2026 at 8:15 pm

    As someone who could never stand Stephen Colbert’s overtly partisan, sanctimonious political cheerleading for more than a couple of seconds, I […]



The Silver Key "Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key


The Silicon Graybeard In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

  • Not a typical space story
    by SiGraybeard on May 20, 2026 at 1:24 am

    Not a typical space-story, but one that I find heartwarming. It's centered on Space Camp, that summer camp for kids that's near the Marshall […]


The Orthosphere Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists - Joseph de Maistre


I don't know, but . . . ''I do not know everything; still many things I understand.'' Goethe

Observations by me and others of our tribe

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  • Automated Synthesis
    by james on May 19, 2026 at 1:16 pm

    The phrase Artificial Intelligence isn't appropriate. Slapping the word "intelligence" into the name doesn't make it real, and the result is […]


  • One's own soul
    by Texan99 on May 20, 2026 at 2:23 pm

    I think I've recommended the movie "True Confessions" here before, as a moving story of repentance and forgiveness thinly disguised as a detective […]


Essays in Idleness On politics, religion, ideas, the culture, the history.

  • Eheu, silence
    by David Warren on May 20, 2026 at 8:21 pm

    Somewhat stroke-addled at the moment. Cannot use telephones, keyboards, or fountain pens with facility. But thanks for your prayers. Hope to resume […]


Clarissa's Blog Opinions, art, debate

  • Hierarchies Are Good
    by Clarissa on May 20, 2026 at 4:56 pm

    I deeply hate this entire mentality. I don’t care about reading groups in school. I hate the idea that we should ditch hierarchies because they […]


Assistant Village Idiot Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud


Althouse ... set loose on a wild, untamed continent


the miserable gardener the only reason my garden is green is because of all the weeds

  • a sudden change
    by paridevita on May 20, 2026 at 12:21 am

    Greetings and salutations, everyone; yes, once again it is I, Mani the purebred border collie, filling in for the guy I live with, and here today to […]


Prairiebreak Horticultural and botanical musings from the Rockies, Great Plains and beyond. In humble tribute to Goddess Flora.

  • Crime pays, gardens don't.
    by Panayoti Kelaidis on May 20, 2026 at 8:57 am

    I apologize for "borrowing" Joey Santore's tagline--but it seems appropriate. And I think Joey would approve. What if I were to tell you that a […]


Shoplifting in the Marketplace of Ideas Mauser's Anime/Torrent blog.

  • Is it a new Sub-Genre?
    on April 19, 2026 at 5:49 pm

    There seem to be a lot of shows recently about girls being decent to geeks. Maybe it's wishful thinking on the part of animation producers. Maybe […]


Sakuga Blog The Art of Japanese Animation



  • Mysteries of the Foot, Part Ten
    by Stephen Baldwin on May 14, 2026 at 2:13 pm

    There are toenail clippers hidden deep in the back of the bathroom closet, sunk at the bottom of my toiletries bag, abandoned on the top shelf of the […]


Serpent's Den Prove All Things; Hold Fast That Which is Good.

  • Sunday Sundry: Miscellaneous
    by DBreitenbeck on May 18, 2026 at 4:45 am

    1. The days are getting hotter and more oppressive again, with regular days of triple-digit temperatures as the desert sun leans more weight on its […]




The Prairie Ecologist Essays, photos, and discussion about prairie ecology, restoration, and management


Flora Pittsburghensis Wild Flowers of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania

  • Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
    by Father Pitt on May 19, 2026 at 1:22 pm

    A water-loving native Iris with spectacular blue to violet or purple flowers marked with white and yellow. These plants were growing by a stream in […]


Too Old for Anime An anime blog by someone old enough to know better

  • Fives and sixes, and then a week off
    by Peter S on May 16, 2026 at 10:36 am

    What will Kamiina Botan look like in episode 5? Shaft, that’s what. This is the second show this season that has been giving off Shaft vibes. Is […]


Anime Hanabi Anime that pops!

  • We Can Be Heroes!: In Anime
    by momomanamu on May 18, 2026 at 2:29 pm

    I recently had an interesting conversation with my brother. He’s recently gotten into anime (Yay! A new convert!) and noticed that there is so much […]


bluebird of bitterness The opinions expressed are those of the author. You go get your own opinions.