Morbid Safetyism
by Catherine Ruth PakalukA morbid obsession with safety jettisons life in order to preserve life. Continue Reading »
A Regime of Machines
by Peter J. LeithartIn a regime of automation, the spirited man comes to seem dangerous, “maladaptive,” “a bug in the system.” Continue Reading »
eBaywatch: Jedi Friday
by Sally ThomasYoda you seek? Jedi knight you think you are? Icthus on car you want not? In luck you are today.May the Force be with your wedding reception. Still looking for a lightsaber to cut the cake with . . . Meanwhile, Cake Wrecks has your number, O Jedi bride. Alternatively, make the cake yourself. And . . . . Continue Reading »
eBaywatch, The Anchoress, and More Church Items ISO . . . You, Maybe?
by Sally ThomasThe Anchoress writes that she has bought, by hook, crook, and little miracle, this beautiful crucifix which I’d featured last week in another eBaywatch. I am beyond delighted that something so beautiful has found such a good home. She’s promised to send me a photograph of it in her . . . . Continue Reading »
Truckin . . . On a One-Way Street . . .
by Sally ThomasOur reader Titus has corrected my erroneous impressions regarding the presence of a sign along I-40, somewhere at the western end of Tennessee, featuring an image of Saint Michael the Archangel. A fanciful traveler at the best of times, I had assumed that there was a truck stop at the bottom of . . . . Continue Reading »
Flagging Attention
by Joseph BottumSometimes, all writers can do is bow their heads in recognition that a description can’t be bettered. Want a flag for your car? Over at this flag store, they say, reasonably enough:Our Christian Car flags are made of durable, knitted polyester and are double sided for longer life. The staff . . . . Continue Reading »
All We Like Sheep
by Sally ThomasLet it be known, first of all, that my esteemed colleague’s commentary on my driving is based on the experience of one evening’s wandering around in the dark looking for a barbecue restaurant which had closed two hours earlier. I don’t drive all that furiously, as it happens, but I . . . . Continue Reading »
She Drives Expeditiously
by Joseph BottumI’ve never had a car statue—for that matter, here in New York, I don’t have a car, which pretty much moots the issue of how much inverted irony my life can stand. But my co-blogger Sally Thomas spends hours and hours in the car, and I’ve finally found the one she needs: St. . . . . Continue Reading »
Instant Church Mobile
by Joseph BottumCar door magnets—get ’em here. I was going to mock these, but, in truth, for a small congregation, where somebody’s personal car has to double as the church car, these could be useful. Slap it on the side, and the transformation is complete: Church Mobile
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