Discussing heaven

From a review of a new book on heaven, "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination With the Afterlife" by Lisa Miller. (via Andrew Sullivan)

Heaven is constantly shifting shape because it is a history of subconscious human longings. Show me your heaven, and I'll show you what's lacking in your life. The desert-dwellers who wrote the Bible and the Quran lived in thirst--so their heavens were forever running with rivers and fountains and springs. African-American slaves believed they were headed for a heaven where "the first would be last, and the last would be first"--so they would be the free men dominating white slaves. Today's Islamist suicide-bombers live in a society starved of sex, so their heaven is a 72-virgin gang-bang.

Mr. Plinkett Reviews Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Part One of Nine:

Dr. Horrible in 8-Bit

At the risk of posting another thing about human relationships, here's Act One of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, performed in 8-Bit, by DoctorOctoroc. (See the original here.)

EDIT: Also playing from the ShoutBox. Good work, Galspanic!

EDIT: Look, it's the soundtrack.

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What do we think about this?

A Super-Romantic Proposition

This came in the mail the other day:


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Don't really know what to think about this. Just thought I'd share.

Snarky post #2

A U.S. congressman is worried Guam may capsize.

Snarky post #1

Tea party signs.

Talking Carl Scream Fight

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Via the Curated Internet. (Thanks, @notrhoda!)