March 9th, 2011

The Æon card, from Crowley’s Thoth deck, symbolizes renewal, transformation, and the liberation of hidden abilities–and plays a role in the sequel to Salt and Silver!

Read more about the Æon card and the rest of the Thoth deck at Raven’s Tarot Site, or Wikipedia, or in books: Aleister Crowley’s The Book of Thoth or Lon Milo Duquette’s Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot.

The Æon card from the Thoth deck
March 8th, 2011

Dan Shive's take on vampire romance novels

I’ve never understood the appeal of vampire romances. The traditional Dracula scenario is to be mesmerized by a vampire who sucks your blood for sustenance. The real life equivalent would be a handsome man seducing you while you’re drunk and stealing your wallet to buy a sandwich.

(–Dan Shive, http://egscomics.com/)

March 7th, 2011

On Paradise Island where we play many binding games, this is considered the safest method of tying a girl's arms!

On Paradise Island where we play many binding games, this is considered the safest method of tying a girl’s arms!

March 6th, 2011

Butterflies are evil. Here is proof from mrlovenstein.com.

March 5th, 2011

Hieronymous Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights triptych

“Thus roving on
In confused march forlorn, the adventurous bands
With shuddering horrour pale, and eyes aghast,
Viewed first their lamentable lot, and found
No rest: through many a dark and dreary vale
They passed, and many a region dolorous,
O’er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp,
Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death,
A universe of death; which God by curse
Created evil, for evil only good,
Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds,
Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things,
Abominable, inutterable, and worse
Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived,
Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.”

–John Milton, Paradise Lost