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Tig Notaro: Crying Till You Laugh 25 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Last year, Tig Notaro had quite an interesting four months. To begin with, she contracted pneumonia. The cure almost killer her though. A flesh-eating bacteria invaded her gut and she had to go to hos...
The Resurrection of a King 24 Aug 2013 | 04:08 am
The Death of Arthur by John Carrick (1852). Mallory's Le Morte D'Arthur (the main source for all King Arthur legends) was published a few weeks after Richard III's death “And thus I clothe my naked v...
Bradley Manning and the Fire of Prometheus 22 Aug 2013 | 04:31 am
Prometheus, Nicolas-Sebastien Adam. Prometheus, the rebel god, stole fire from heaven and brought it to the human race. This made Zeus, king of the gods, cross, because fire was one of the gods' secr...
We're All Crazy; We're All Sane 19 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
Beatles fans in the 1960s. Uranus conjunct Pluto. Neptune in Scorpio. "Madness," wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, "is the exception in individuals, but the rule in groups." That would explain why psychopa...
A Reader's Question: Could Turkey Need a New Chart? 14 Aug 2013 | 04:22 pm
This is an 11th century map by Mahmud al Kashgari showing the lands of the Kurds, the Syrians and the Iraqis. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Here is what someone wrote to me. It's an interesting question...
Al Qa'ida 11 Aug 2013 | 06:34 pm
On 11 August 1988, three men met in the dusty city of Peshawar on Pakistan's northwest frontier. On that day, Osama bin Ladin, Ayman Zawahiri, and "Dr Fadl" decided it was time to set up an internatio...
A Poem 11 Aug 2013 | 04:08 pm
Elders At night the moon shakes the bright dice of the water; And the elders, their flower light as broken snow upon the bush, Repeat the circle of the moon. Within the month Black fruit breaks fr.....
Where the Freakin' Freak Is My Freakin' iPad? or How This Horary Worked 9 Aug 2013 | 04:18 am
Father Time, Edmund Dulac Horary astrology is not something in which I have much expertise. It's never really appealed to me, since I've always though of it as not so much about psychology and storie...
It's Not Rocket Science 6 Aug 2013 | 08:07 pm
No. Really. Astrology is not a science. I know this won't come as a surprise to you, because, well, obviously it's not a science. Astrologers use some scientific data, like the position of the planet...
Leo Rising: Hats, Manes, A Turban... 4 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
You know about Leo and hair. Big and fluffy, long and flowing: remarkable. The state of the tresses can be a big clue to Leo Rising. But it turns out that hats are good too. And failing that, maybe a ...
