Morning Yoga Routine + Bonus Workout
Your humble editor recently got sober and decided it was well past time to get back to a regular yoga practice. In order to re-establish the habit, I decided to do my teacher training over again from start to finish. I am currently in week four and feeling major benefits. Given the success of my […]
Pirated movies of Christmas past: The Adventures of Mark Twain
It was the 1980s and every holiday season, school would get out on the Friday before Christmas, which meant I’d spend the next 2 weeks with my grandparents while my mom was at work. My grandfather, a computer engineer (read as: middle class hacker), would pirate movies with his coworkers in their downtime. As soon […]
Mushroom or Musician??
The description on this latest YouTube find states: “Through the magic, or rather, science of bio-data sonification, this flush of oyster mushrooms get a shot at playing a eurorack modular synthesizer before they become dinner.” Sigh … I think I just found my new favorite channel. This guy’s hooking friggin’ cordyceps mushrooms and giant amethysts […]
The Psychic Capitol of the World
On the latest episode of ‘Excuse me,what?’, they visit the people of the “psychic capitol of the world.” Cassadaga, Florida, USA … a tiny, 57 acre, unincorporated community, built by a leader in the American Spiritualism movement, which peaked in popularity in the latter half of 19th century. This town has more psychic mediums per […]
AfterSkool with Randall Carlson
I noticed the other day that the YouTube channel AfterSkool had created a condensed version of Randall Carlson’s work, and thought you’d appreciate it. Watch that new video featuring Randall Carlson and his work here. I had the opportunity to see Randall Carlson in Minneapolis, back in 2014, at the (now defunct) Paradigm Symposium . […]
The Astrology of Cults, UFOs, and Alien Abductions
Acyuta Bhava (Adam Elenbaas of Nightlight Astrology) has a brand new video out about the astrological significances shared with famous cults, UFO sightings, and even alien abductions that all made the headlines. He covers Heaven’s Gate, Stalinism, the famous Betty and Barney Hill case, Carl Sagan’s orginal Cosmos series, even Nike’s Air Jordan logo. This […]
Ouija Sessions with Mary
I discovered a guy in a hidden subreddit who’s been keeping written notes and videotaping his Ouija board sessions with an entity calling itself “Mary”. Mary details the ins and outs of the universe, covering quite a lot of surprising ground. Not gonna lie … sometimes it reads like a transcript of an irritated 10 […]