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"Giving well is the best revenge."

The King of the Earth
Political commentator Lulu Dilworth has as usual been reading the New York Times (always a challenging undertaking) and decides that without really noticing the world has reverted to monarchy... bigtime. Anyone for a coronation?

The Land of Eleven Seasons
Fractal landscapes (with midi). Depending on your connection, may take 30 to 60 seconds to load.

Fear & Loathing
in the 21st Century
Four short self-tests to help you be sure 1) you know what you're afraid of, and 2) you're afraid of the right things. Both your scoutmaster and your grandmother were right about the value of being prepared.

Africa Calling
Our long-lost reporter from N'djamena, Republic of Chad, resurfaces with a puzzling dispatch.

Fleurs de lea
Flowers from the Magellan's Log garden. Slideshow with midi.

Thales Updated:
On Hearing Lang Lang
Thales said, "All is water." Angus Verspeeten listens to the young Mongolian pianist play Prokoviev and Schumann and says, "All is reminder." (With midi.)

The Fifteenth Line
What do you call a sonnet that goes one line over the limit? Whatever, Robert Lonoke's been having visions again...

What we're finding is that there can't be economic globalization without human and spritual globalization. We have to look for the causes of things. If you assume that human beings are not bad in themselves, then something must have gone totally wrong.
          --Christoph von Dohnanyi.

D  U  A  L  I  T  I  E  S
Kai Sonderling's been at the old easel again. We dug out some old words and some old music to go with his latest work.

Magellan's Log Books & CDs
"Giving well is the best revenge."
Gifts for yourself, and for any of your friends who are still awake and thinking. All drawn from the sometimes boistrous, sometimes beautiful pages of Magellan's Log. Click here for more info about, among other things, the funniest book of the 21st century (so far).

Hsin Hsin Ming
Two Translations
Once again, fearlessly into the wilds of metaphysics, as we post two translations side by side of one of our favorite Zen documents, creating a page which, we modestly suggest, is a seeker's delight.

SCOOP! Capitalism
DOES Have a Heart!
One of our intrepid reporters discovers that hope for the American way of life is NOT lost and finds a silver lining in the Enron collapse. It seems an anonymous Enron exec is about to make an incredibly generous offer to aid his laid-off underlings who through no fault of their have lost their life savings and can't even make the next house payment.

The Land of Eleven Seasons
Fractal landscapes (with midi). Depending on your connection, may take 30 to 60 seconds to load.

Much of the strngth of a creative artist who can continue his work, despite all frustrations, may come from a belief with very low chances of becoming true.
        --Eduardo Giannetti da Fonseca.

Skiatatuk Speaks... Again!
Oh no. Skiatatuk is back. New readers should be warned. Skiatatuk is the world's only foul-mouthed spirit guide. He occasionally deigns to respond to reader queries concerning life problems. Read at your own risk.

The Buddha at Kamakura
From his 19th-century wanderings with Henry Adams, John La Farge brought back this watercolor image of the famous statue in Japan. We've added a bit of minimalist midi.

pH for the Value-free New Millennium
In our first breakthrough article of 2002, we present a radical re-thinking of the concept behind litmus paper (yes, we said "litmus paper") as applied to all (yes, we said "all") human behavior. Included is a free, easy-to-take self-test.

Tasteless Jokes 49.
Brainteasers 49.
Kulchur Kwotient No. 803
Tie-Dyed. A colorful crossword.
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Daily Quotation. Words to more or less live by.

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