Magellan's
Log 125 (June 2008)
Distant Applause: Late Poems.
Magellan's
Log 124 (May 2008)
U N I T Y. The
world's longest, slowest Internet slideshow.
Magellan's
Log 123 (April 2008)
Missa Longa, Vita Brevis. Reppy Duart, D.D.
offers "a simple solution to the Christian problem."
The Flatness Fallacy. Anna-Marie Quave
on the limits of human vision.
Apposite Apothegms. Our latest
collection.
The Relentless Pursuit of Ragged Perfection.
Ceci Lumley on the lack of real genius in the present era.
No Bucks for Bad Ads. Doc Cuddy takes out after
advertising.
The Rainbow Bird. Dire decades needs strong
songs. Slideshow with midi (6:22).
Mind Meteors. Douglas Milburn on certain
puzzling ripples in the history of consciousness.
Leçons des Ordinateurs de ténèbres. Once again we make it our business to alienate readers by publishing
p----y.
What's Wrong
with the World. Marcel Snapfinger does his best.
The
Wry Above, the Mud Below: An Appreciation of Dave White's Exile in Guyville.
Temple Duciel.
Magellan's
Log 122 (March 2008)
Thanatotic
Bloopers. Elinor Hoefs vents spleen on what she calls the deathbook industry.
Unseen Resonances. Slideshow with midi
(4:45).
The One-percent Dissolution: Glenn Gould, George
W. Bush and Me. Doc Cuddy improbably links an inspired pianist and a misguided
president.
Pensées
122. Mac Nevitor's evidence of his recent neuronal activity, such as it is.
Ten Tips for Tumultuous Times. Our token
Republican, Ora Shay, offers life-guidance.
Folly Folly. Our latest collection of
images of human silliness.
Grand Obsession/Grand Possession.
Douglas Milburn. A review of Perri Knize's marvelous piano odyssey.
Home. Five lines of dangerously hopeful p----y by
Mr. Chardo Blue Plains. Warning: Some readers will be offended by the graphic.
Magellan's
Log 121 (February 2008)
The Balmorhea Prophecies.
Magellan's
Log 120 (January 2008)
MMVIII. Thirty-four
little mind-benders from our ontology editor.
Magellan's
Log 119 (December 2007)
And Now for My
Next Trick... Pedro Bofecillos on how smart we are. Or aren't.
Noir and American Truth: Lines After Reading Megan
Abbott. Elinor Hoefs reaches for the dark heart of America.
Meanwhile,
Back at the Louvre... The current state of High Art. Slideshow with midi (1:59).
M.I.Q. Maurice Fitznuggly on the multiplicity of
intelligences (yawn).
Oops! The Eternal Adolescence of the American Mind.
Our editor again goes way out on a limb (what else is new?).
Ghiberti Gawkers. Observations in the
midst of a madding crowd of impatient loiterers just outside Eden.
Magellan's
Log 118 (November 2007)
Chum. An issue for
only the most refined poetasters. Others should avoid.
Magellan's
Log 117 (October 2007)
The Adventures of Wusser
Britches, The World’s Most Independent Cat.
Wusser Britches Gets Lost.
Wusser Britches Goes Outside.
Wusser Britches Makes a Friend.
Wusser Britches Goes Shopping.
Wusser Britches Goes to Church.
Wusser Britches Visits the Vet.
Wusser Britches Takes a
Vacation.
Magellan's
Log 116 (September 2007)
Blütenstaub 2007.
An issue for only the most compulsive of introspectors. Other should avoid.
Magellan's
Log 115 (August 2007)
The Next Year-Zero. Mired in durance, we are voyeurs of permanence.
Inferences. Added to The Chiliastic Hideon.
Magellan's
Log 114 (July 2007)
In the Shallows.
Further notes on neo-speciation.
Magellan's
Log 113 (June 2007)
EXCITABILITY.
Slideshow with midi (4:51).
The Healing of America. US and wilderness.
Anthills. Where the sun's rays meet even deep
underground.
Magellan's Lesson. Anyone for the other
shore?
The Blooming Grove Bronze Tablet.
Practitioners. A few
words to the wise concerning kultural kwiksand.
D.A.D.D. Divine Attention Deficit Disorder.
Johann-come-lately. In which we trace roots
of certain German feelings of inferiority.
Praise. Words in denial thereof.
Truth. Well. Sort of. Maybe.
What They Didn't Teach You in Vacation
Bible School.
Today's Brainteaser.
Americtus: The Poison of America. Douglas
Milburn on what we've lost and what we're about to lose.
Magellan's
Log 112 (May 2007) Text Effects Issue
Toward
Gingerbread. Back to Hansel and Gretel.
Sillinesses. Revered smartpants get their
comeuppance (sort of).
Human Sexuality: The Problem. Why the
second--or the tenth--coming is never enough.
Paradises Then and Now. West of Eden, we
glance back.
Instant Guide to a Wasted Life.
Prayer Redux. Religionists will be
distraught. Others merely traught.
Beginner's Guide to Life on Earth. Ten
easy-to-follow rules.
Good Riddance? Meanwhile, back in the
nest...
1-Worders.
Zen Centerfold 112. Slideshow with midi
(3:43).
Cui bono? Applying the mechanics of genre
fiction to, well, religion.
The Triumph of the Ill. Leni Riefenstahl et al.
updated.
Spoor. Beginner's guide to walking through the
forest. Or the desert. Or wherever.
My Myth vs. Yours. Let's make a deal...
The Two Questions of the Century.
Sawyer Brown.
Going Off the Rails. America's
tragicomic probably future.
Bloviation for Fun and Profit.
Michel Foucault à la Bernaise.
Where and how the French went wrong.
Magellan's
Log 111 (April 2007) SPECIAL ISSUE
The staff revolts,
demanding really CREATIVE assignments. The editor ponders, then sets them to work. Result:
19 movie pitches.
Magellan's
Log 110 (March 2007)
The Solution.
To everything. Found on the streets of Bratislava.
On Disappearance. Reppy Duart tries to
ponder the Really Big Question.
Tasteless Jokes 110.
Millennium No. 3: Babies, Bathwaters, and
Poets. Maurice Fitznuggly. What the 21st century doesn't know it needs.
The Ossification of Dominant Beliefs.
Sylvia Thodhiss. P----y.
The Ages of Cowardice. Anna-Marie Quave
on, well, everybody.
Problems, Problems, Problems.
39 photos to induce laughter (or tears).
On Erring.
What's Going on Here? Hope for the
hopeless, thanks to Albrecht Altdorfer, with a little help from his friends at Magellan's
Log.
Permian Basin Blues. Token Republican Ora Shay
on George W. Bush's latest problems.
Wrong Thinking and the Current American Mess.
Doc Cuddy.
Magellan's
Log 109 (February 2007) SPECIAL ISSUE
Mnemonicae. 80 wee
photos to help remember that which cannot be forgotten.
Certificate of Merit. An award for our
most devoted readers. Added to The Chiliastic Hideon.
Magellan's
Log 108 (January 2007)
Polynos:
The Fragmente Issue: Petit hommage à Friedrich von Hardenberg a.k.a. Novalis
mostly writ while reading Cormac McCarthy.
Magellan's
Log 107 (December 2006)
Tip for Would-be
Paradigm Shifters.
Milburn's Law of Attention. 20 words, 1 comma,
2 periods.
North Dakota Wants to Know. Chardo Blue Plains has
a question.
Let It Scroll No. 96,412. Jason Twinhaft. A
thought for the day.
Problems in Modern Signage: Nos.
497,512-497,575. 64 pix.
Reverse-engineering
Militant Islam. Catherine Ozanic on the forgotten way of peace at the heart of Islam.
3 x 3 x 50. 450 random images from our
massive archives. NOT safe for work. Slideshow with midi (5:17).
Brave New Millennium. Edward Hothi on
the problems of living in the 20th century, and possibly the 21st as well.
Pacific Afternoon. Herbert Lehnert.
Thoughts on a beach in Southern California.
A Modest Solution. Douglas Milburn. The
Magellan's Log plan for fixing Iraq.
Psychomanteum. Sort of.
Let's just call it a meditation device and let it go at that. Slideshow with midi.
8-lane Quatrains. A nano-second epiphany
on Interstate 10 near downtown Houston.
The Invisible World of Daddies. Didio
Antis has been reading old Chinese texts again. His response this time? A BIG nineliner.
Wheel of Wheels. A bit of canonical
amusement for the winter solstice, etc.
Looking for the Answer? Have we got the
page for you! Click now for our world-famous, absolutely free slide-show called
"Watch This Space for the Answer."
Magellan's
Log 106 (November 2006)
Tasteless
Jokes 106. More low-quality time-wasters.
Promontories. Anna Marie Quave waxes poetic
re vanity, etc.
The Truth About Magellan's Log. In which an
unnamed staffer comes pretty close to spilling the beans.
Beginner's Guide to Misery. Anonymous.
The Fly-bottle and I. Douglas Milburn on words
and beyond.
21st Century Sexuality: An Informal
Update. 36
photos that show how things are hanging these days.
American Diaspora: A Brief Guide to
Fleeing. Doc Cuddy.
Palimpsest. Slideshow with midi (Corelli)
6:48 re America.
Mind-tailings. Chardo Blue Plains reports
from Leadville, Colorado.
The Persimmon Tree. Science editor Rean
Rhyne tries his hand at fiction.
John Fowles on Men, Women, and War.
Suddenly, Next Summer. Cassandra, on
the post-Bush era.
Easy Choices/Hard Choices. Harriett Lobdell
on Gregg Araki's "The Living End."
Where. Katherine Ozanic stumbles.
DO NOT Spread This Rumor. Ora Shay,
our token Republican, tries to stop the spread of a vicious rumor about George W. Bush.
Magellan's
Log 105 (October 2006) SPECIAL ISSUE
The Peaks of Otter: Notes from
a Trip to Virginia. Douglas Milburn.
1. Interstate
Trivia Question.
2. America Becomes Europe.
3. Wilderness Lost.
4. A Glimpse of The Trail of Tears.
5. Delight in Death.
6. Scars.
7. Wrinkles.
8. Toxicity.
9. Vanity etc.
10. Words Lie About
11. The Shock of the Very Old
12. How Far Is It to the Next Lascaux?
13. The Curse of Realism
14. The Forward Scout
15. Durance
16. Two Termini
17. Time Machine
18. My Invisibilities Are Bigger Than Your
Invisibilities
19. Midges Accrete
20. The Implications of Landscape as an
Object of Meditation
21. Despoiling the Earth
22. Ten Thousand Songs
23. Reportage
Magellan's
Log 104 (August-September 2006)
Life for
Dummies (On One Page). Douglas Milburn. Yup. Everything you need to know. On one page.
The Staff of Magellan's Log.
Photos of the entire staff, over the Houston skyline.
p a x v o b i s c u m. Twenty-six
land- and waterscapes. Slideshow with midi (4:16).***
Zen Centerfold 104. Schubert, "The
Wanderer." Slideshow with midi (5:47).***
Herky-jerky World: The Short Shelf-life of
Movies. Scott McComb.
The Legacy of George W. Bush.
Hot Links 104.
Rules of Human Cultural History. A
photograph. Of a wall. With words.
Further Thoughts on Thales.
Jerden Purmort.
Failure, A Brief Essay.
Ice 43. Nine lines re frozen minds and seas.
Suddenly, Next Summer. In-house
prophet Cassandra explains the coming doom-and-gloom.
Our Trip to Santa Fe. A photographic
report.
Timothy Leary--Warts and All. Astraeu Chakar
is unhappy with the blindered reviews of the first biography of Leary.
Caveat Emperor. American democracy in
extremis. Slideshow with music (1:45).
Houston Mausoleum.
Magellan's
Log 103
(June-July 2006--7th Anniversary Issue):
PS, I Love You! In Praise of Photoshop. Jason
Twinhaft.
Texas Atonement. Jerden Purmort suggests
an act of contrition for the two Bush regimes.
DADDY. H.B, Kulup laments poetically the constancy
of Father's Day.
Invitation to an Illusion. Ceci
Lumley's ten lines of non-prose re, well, everything.
Mind Poison. Our handy clip-n-save pocket
guide to what's wrong and how to fix it.
PIK-chur.com. What if in the past there'd
been a site that was for painting what Flickr is for photography...
CLARITY. Alkan's "Festival of Aesop"
plus 70 montages. Slideshow with midi (9:05).***
7 x 40. Forty photos from our archives to celebrate
our 7th anniversary.
Kulchur Kwotient No. 810. As Rome burns, yet
another of our trivia quizzes...
Rapunzel Redux. Angus Verspeeten is transformed
by the piano-playing of Valentina Lisitsa.
Mysterious Barricades. Harpsichord plus photos. Slideshow with mp3 (3:00).***
Hot Links 103. More creative time-wasters...
Homophobia in the White House. By
altering a few phrases, Doc Cuddy reveals the depth of prejudice in the president's
anti-gay-marriage speech.
WHEREZIT? 19 photos whose location you try to
figure out (he-he).
Magellan's
Log 102 (May 2006):
Ship Ahoy! An anonymous member of our
rambunctious staff indulges in p----y. Again. This time on navigation. Or something.
Ozymandias, the Sequel. Sic
transit gloria Bush (with apologies to Shelley).
We Sit for Our Self-portrait (Sort of). A
map of 1,000 pages of Magellan's Log, courtesy of WebTracer2.
What, Me Chatter? Chardo Blue Plains on
what's wrong with your/my/
everybody's internal reality. Yawn.
Do’s and Don’t’s. Understanding
the new rules of freedom of expression in 21st-century America.
Tasteless Jokes 102.
3 Life-saving Bookmarks. Free! Free!
Free! A handy version of the Hsin Hsin Ming.
Blue Book: August 21, 1988 -
March 3, 1997. "Beware of planets with no sense of humor..." and 200-odd
similar observations for the ages.
Je n'accuse pas: Us and Scapegoats. Doc Cuddy
tries to figure out whose fault IT is.
Zen Centerfold 102. Beethoven plus some
pictures. Slideshow with midi (7:07).***
Myopia and Megalomania. Lulu Dilworth offer
short-term despair and long-term hope.
Magellan's
Log 101 (April 2006):
Desire. Douglas Milburn.
Nineteen slightly provocative words.
Problems in Modern Living: Nos.
692,412-692,447. 36 photos from the Internet to help you keep up with the collapse of
civilization as we know it.
Beauty Break 101. A Chopin scherzo plus
20 images. Slideshow with midi (7:29).***
Home Sweet Home. Ora Shay, our token
Republican, on the restoration of the George W. Bush boyhood home in Midland, Texas.
Problems of Modern Sexuality.
24 photos indicating that erectile dysfunction may be the least of our sexual problems.
Satyr Alert! An anonymous reader's
photographic proof of a mysterious encounter beside a Texas Hills Country lake.
Art Smarts. Maurice Fitznuggly on art, past,
present, future, and "other."
The Dangers of Hope. Katherine Ozanic on
20th-century propaganda and the rise of American theocracy.
Generation of Cowards. Our in-house
prophet lets fly. At everybody. Bigtime.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and
Imperial Trinket Repository: Design AND location revealed!
Magellan's
Log 100 (Feb-Mar 2006):
After the Fall. Jerden Purmort's 20 modest
suggestions to help survivors of the coming apocalypse create a better world.
Collector's Editions of selected
graphics now available.
Ahimsa (Non-violence). Douglas Milburn on how to
avoid a bloodbath in the 21st century.***
Ants, etc. Yet more p----y, of interest to only
0.0001% of our readers.
Toxicity and Incompetence. Doc
Cuddy on the source of poison in American society.
Lightning Strikes 23 Times. Slideshow with
midi (2:46).***
What's Wrong with This Picture? Part II
Jerden Purmort's second little graphic "citizenship-readiness" test.
Trees. Nicholas Momurray revisits Joyce Kilmer.
Somewhat immodestly.
Separated at Birth? Our solution, with
visual proof, to the problem of the origins of the bizarre behavior of current American
leaders.
The Magellan's Log Reality-perception Test (MLRT).
20 questions to help you decide if you're in tune with the new reality.
Caveat Emperor. In-house prophet Cassandra
lets loose with a few lines of verse re what's coming.
Magellan's
Log 99 (January 30, 2006):
Lines Composed on Mount Holyoke a Few Miles Above the
Oxbow of the Connecticut River, 2006. Douglas Milburn.***
Magellan's
Log 98 (January 2006):
Clone, Sweet Clone. Architecture
then and now. Twelve old buildings and their recent clones.
The War on Errorism. Joel Fluker gives us a new
word to desribe the domestic behavior of the present American government.
Apocalypse Whenever. Rean Rhyne waxes
poetic about how near the end is and what that means.
Canaries in the American Coal Mine. In which our
editor responds to our publisher's complaint about all the poetry we've been printing
lately.
Hither, Thither, and Yon. Elinor Hoefs' 12 lines
on how spanking and string theory look from L.A.
Horological Bequest. Robert Lonoke on
single vision and Newton's sleep.
Zen Centerfold 98. Slideshow with midi
(1:35).***
Go Fish. Izora Firelands, naturist extraordinaire,
on incomplete anglers.
Tasteless Jokes 98.
Inaner and Inaner: Pick Your Favorite Dufus.
Morsels of human wisdom, then and now, for you to rate.
AUDACITIES. Cultural one-liner. Slideshow with
music (1:12).
Two Rooms in Houston. Edward Hothi re Rothko and
Twombly in 12 lines.***
The Texas Problem and What to Do About It.
The staff of Magellan's Log comes up with the answers.
The Tree Man (Revised). Douglas Milburn.
Brokeback Mountain: Notes Toward a Review.
Scott McComb's contrarian take.
Watch It! Obscurantist editor Piongo Pisgah with
a few words of advice for aspirant metaphysicians."
Magellan's
Log 97 (December 2005):
Writing
Funny About Cars. In Praise of
Tom McCahill, John Phillips, and Jeremy Clarkson (Among Others).
Pedkop Bumbera.
Duke Cute! Maybe the four funniest music
videos in the history of the world.
The Quiet Hour Revolution. Saramae Anahuac's
modest proposal to grease some of the world's squeakier wheels.
Fear and the Rise of American Fascism. Harriet
Lobdell on the danger of the accelerating rate of change.
Big George! Token Republican Ora Shay reveals
George W. Bush's hometown's plans for a monument.
So Long, Shakespeare. Five more lines of p - - - -
y, much to our publisher's disgruntlement.
Through a Doorway Darkly. Slideshow
with Bach midi 3:44).***
Closets: The Sequel. Katherine Ozanic on
liberations past, present, and future.
Watch, Out! Jason Twinhaft on the dangers of
clock-watching.
Best Bumper Sticker of 2005.
The Metaphysical Stereopticon. Pedro
Bofecillos. Five pairs of pictures for you Zen delight.***
Magellan's
Log 96 (October-November 2005):
Hot Links 96. Our latest
collection of noteworthy sites.
Super-insanities. The staff's latest pick
of crazy (and possibly offensive) photos from the Internet.
Genius Alert! (Piano Division). A hint of
excellence even in the 21st century.
Constitutional Amendments. Our
suggestions for how to get this country back to the way The Founders intended it to be.
The 10 11
12 13 14 15 Best Things to Do in
America (and the 10 Worst Also). Ceci Lumley's guide to America for the
discriminating traveller.
Blue Red. Three wee sentences to help with
today's synamptic re-wiring. You're welcome.
American Tragedy: The Hubris of King George.
What the ancient Greeks can tell us about the present mess.
What, Me Wise??? The fatal flaw of capitalism (as
now practiced).
Zen Centerfold 96. Slideshow with midi
(3:59).***
Headlights in the Darkness. Pedkop Bumbera
finds two reasons for hope in current car design.
Languages & Landscapes. Izora
Firelands waxes, um, poetic.
Hollow Homeland: The New Orleans Speech
That Was Never Given.
The Other F-word. A little test to help you be
sure our leaders aren't drifting toward f - scism.
How Dysfunctional Is Your Country? A
quickie checklist.
Karl Rove, Machiavelli, and Me. Doc Cuddy
predicts Karl Rove's next move to get his boss out of all these messes.
Magellan's
Log 95 (August-September 2005):
How Soon?
Staff prophet Cassandra foresees major doom and gloom, but with a distant tiny light at
the end of a long tunnel.
Our Leaders Speak: The Wit and Wisdom of
the Bush Administration Faced with the Largest Natural Disaster in American History.
Megalomaniacs Anonymous. The tell-all
confession of a recovering megalomaniac.
It Really Is the Economy, Stupid. Katherine
Ozanic on the reflections in the recently formed Lake George, Louisiana, and, well,
compassion.
The Madness of King George:
Folie à deux cents millions. Doc Cuddy does a
psychiatric work-up on a certain prominent individual.
Ship
of Fools. 1) The funniest, and 2) the most offensive religious jokes as voted by the
readers of "The Magazine of Christian Unrest."
Smitings: A Divine Checklist. Ever wondered how
the deity decides where (and whom) to strike next?
Tranquillity Base 2? Doc Cuddy on hope
during Vietnam and the lack of hope during Iraq.
The Magellan's Log Visual Argument for
Unintelligent Design.
What Price Empire?
Lulu Dilworth on why now is like the summer of 1914.
Thinkers Anonymous. Free membership
card in our new organization for those who think too much (or at all).
Hot Links 95. Our latest collection of
time-wasters.
Smart Mouths 95. Our latest collection of
noteworthy quotes.
Fixing the Pax Americana. Doc Cuddy has a
few suggestions for world peace under American hegemony.
Magellan's
Log 94 (June-July 2005):
IYOOB.
Our proposed new, patriotic calendar for dating world history.
Timothy Leary's Last Laugh. Edward Hothi on
how American wound up being run by nitwits.
Two Cultural Icons Reconsidered. Sylvia
Sikeston on Austen and, um, Mahler.
Paranoid's Delight: Interview with the Alien. Rean
Rhyne.
Ten Things We Wish We'd Thought of First.
The Ugliest, Meanest, Most Vicious*
Crossword Puzzle Ever Made About George W. Bush. *And Also the Truest.
Mirror Image. Cheki Boggus on the problem
with theists.
Hot Links 94.
Problems in Modern Living: The Non-utopian Evidence.
42 photos that suggest things are not going swimmingly, life-wise.
Herds & Stories. Sylvia Thodhiss on conformity
and non-conformity.
The Dangers of Creeping Liberalism, Tolerance, and
Rationality. A powerful warning to today's youth.
Marijuana Use in the United States. The
official map, and our corrected map.
Movies You Might've Missed.
Zen Centerfold 94. Another titillating
photograph for the metaphysically prurient. Slideshow with midi (1:33).***
Fraught: Faux Sonnet on the Analogies of Human
Emergences. Chardo Blue Plains. More metaphysical blather from our itinerent mystic.
Magellan's
Log 93 (April-May 2005):
Rove
v. Rave. Pedro Bofecillos takes out after the anti-fun people presently running
America (and the world).
Revolution No. 2? Anna-Marie Quave
tries to see a peaceful, positive way out of the present political mess.
The Magellan's Log All-time Feel-good Fun-o-matic
Rapture Quiz.
Big D and the Texas Syndrome. Doc Cuddy on the
danger of denial, in Texas in 1980 and in America now.
My 30-minute Trip to Las Vegas at 6:30 a.m.
Slideshow with midi (2:05).
A Brief Visit to Death Valley. Cultural
one-liner cum photo.
Texanization. A quiz to help you find your
place in the modern Texo-centric world.
What We Be. Bach + WS = Slideshow with midi
(1:45).***
Why Bother? Jason Twinhaft on how to be a good
citizen in triumphalist America.
Zen Centerfold 93. Slideshow with midi
(1:45).***
Bluebonnets: A Wildflower Speaks.
Izora Firelands on the true source of American strength and creativity.
Magellan's Log 92
(April 2005):
10,000
Jesuses. Reppy Duart, D.D., on Jesus 1,000 years from now.
The Graspable Truths of Kindergarten.
Stickum No. 291, 480.
Sensing. Stickum No. 291,478. Bemused by bemazed
micelets.
Readings for Possible Futures. A recently
unearthed 1960s artifact.
Feeding Frenzy. Elinor Hoefs on the bizarre
and dangerous behavior of an unrestrained American government.
Dear Leader. Our proposed constitutional
amendment to honor President Bush.
Coming Soon in a Dream Near You. Brief
oneiric commentary.
Stickums Nos. 16252-16253. Wee words to
live by at your own risk.
Parrots. Slideshow with midi (0:34).
Stickums. Nos. 16252 and 16253 in a
long-running series of words that you live by at your own risk.
A Real Slow Drag. Scott Joplin's five-minute
cure for the blues (with midi).***
Humans R Us. Chardo Blue Plains at his
beatitudinous best.
On Reading Burgess's Shakespeare. In The Chiliastic Hideon.
Magellan's
Log 91 (January-March 2005):
Hot
Links 91. Our latest collection of sites more or less worthy of your attention.
Tasteless Jokes 91.
Mocking America. Douglas Milburn crafts a
reply to American tyranny.
The Next Big Thing: The Tragic Irony Behind
the Present American Administration. Doc Cuddy.
Home, Sweet Home. Harriet Lobdell's words
of wisdom re religion, politics, science, etc.
Peace Profits and War Wounds. Douglas
Milburn. The real cost of war at home.
The American House of Mirrors. Editor Doc
Cuddy on the dangers of hubris.
Unscientific Questions. Rean Rhyne
on the limits (and limitations) of "science."
The Human Comedy: Chapters 184,532-184,551. 20 photos, some possibly offensive.
American Landscape
Engravings. Sixteen engravings ca. 1840 by W.H. Bartlett.***
The Water or the Wave? A
question from John Fowles's The Magus. Image with midi.***
Dualities. Images that are the opposite of
Tylenol. Slideshow with midi (4:00).
Target. Another of our modest tributes to the
glories of Late Capitalism. Image with music (3:00).
Magellan's
Log 90 Special Issue (February 2005):
The New
Musics: Celebratory Field Notes Toward a Better World. Douglas Milburn.***
Magellan's
Log 89 (January 2005):
The Gentle Tree.
Handel's "Ombra ma fui" (a.k.a. the "Largo"). Slideshow with midi
(2:49).***
Bowser Barks. Pedro Bofecillos on the poet's
position vis-a-vis stuff.
Rashomonian Irregularites.
Bloce Kaibab.
tomseyes. Still images captured by
cinematographer Tom Richmond.
Which Future Is in Our Car(d)s? Pedkop Bumbera's
hopeful take on the 2005 Detroit Auto Show.
Headscratcher's Delight. Two wee sentences from
the Hsin Hsin Ming. Slideshow with midi (0:57).***
The Office of Linguistic Purity. The
administration's proposal to purify The American Language.
Distaff Notes. Horticulture editor Izora
Firelands's latest observations from her gardens.
What's Wrong with This Picture? An exercize to
test your "imperial citizenship readiness."
Last Things. A little quiz to help you get
through these difficult "End Times."
Summing It Up. Chardo Blue Plains on what it all
means, Alfie.
Penises on Parade, Part the Second.
20 more photos of phallic humor.
Naughty But Nice. Musings on good and evil by
Reppy Duart.
One up (slideshow with midi).
Dasein feiern! Graphic with midi
(2:59).***
Magellan's
Log 88 (November-December 2004)
Neo-Edwardians:
Us the Unknowing. Cassandra predicts. Again.
Nursery Tales. Saramae Anahuac has a
question about the cultural sacred cow of your choice.
An Urban Image for Jaded Eyes.
On Being Ramona Holland: An Encounter with a Remarkable
Voice. Angus Verspeeten.***
Taughtology. Katherine Ozanic. Nine words to
live by.
Poetaster's Delight. A list of the poems we've published.
Rubaiyat Redux. Edward FitzGerald's
effective, if highly ambiguous, antidote to the madness of whatever era you happen to find
yourself in.***
Is It Fascism Yet? A checklist to help you keep
up with how things are going, Bush-wise.
Breathless in Midland. Ora Shay, token Republican,
celebrates the 2004 election results. Bigtime.
Magellan's
Log 87 (October 2004)
Caravaggio or
Bust. Doc Cuddy struggles to track down two 400-year-old pictures and then tries to
explain why.***
Catskill Byway. One photo, one old hymn
tune, and one informational sign.***
The Big Pictures. Nine panoramic photos from our wandering staff.
Here There Be Dinosaurs: Hubris and the
American Future. Joel Fluker.
Gehry's Tattered Titanium.
Carl Yadkin. Slideshow with music (1:34).
Zen Centerfold 87.
A Day in Pennsylvania: Fallingwater/Shanksville.
Nicholas Momurray's Frank Lloyd Wright pilgrimage has an unexpected ending. Commentary
with 2 slide shows.
Me and the U.P. Izora Firelands explores the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Replacing Religion. Lines Written in a Stalled Rental Car at a BP Gas Station/
Convenience Store on the Marion- Mount Gilead Road in Marion, Ohio, While Waiting for Avis
to Send a Replacement Vehicle (Which They Did with Admirable Alacrity), by Katherine
Ozanic.
Vikings in Oklahoma? Come with us to the
Runestone State Park in Heavener, OK. (Yes, you read that right.)
Magellan's
Log 86 (September 2004)
Hot Links 86.
Campaign Center, Govern Far Right. Doc
Cuddy on the hazards of the 2004 election. A clip 'n' save feature.
Chaos and Comity: Toward a meteorology of
consciousness. Douglas Milburn.
George W. Bush: the First Four Years. 56
photos to help you remember.
The United States: R.I.P. If worse comes to
worst, we have our front page ready for November 3, 2004.
Behold and See! Thirteen drawings from the
"comically illustrated" Bible of 19th-century freethinker Watson Heston.
It's the Stupidity, Stupid. Douglas Milburn
tries to understand voter behavior in the red states.
Ora Does New York! Ora Shay, our token Republican,
on her experiences at the 2004 Republican Convention.
Zen Centerfold 86 (Slideshow with midi (3:52).***
HUSH! Horticulturalist Izora Firelands's bit of
admonitory free-verse.
Cosmography Is Destiny. Temple Duciel
speculates on the origins of human violence.
Daseinschock! Freud's last, greatest insight
into human behavior, with check-up quiz.
Alphanumerics for Fun and Profit. Some of us continue to fiddle while Rome burns. Slideshow with
midi (8:35).
SEX MADE SIMPLE: The Magellan's Log Guide
to Guilt-free Polymorphous Virtuosity by Maurice Fitznuggly.
Vive l'afference / Vive l'efference. Go figure.
Slideshow with midi.
At Work, One Writer. Sylvia Sikeston on Jamie
O'Neill's masterpiece, At Swim, Two Boys.***
Magellan's
Log 85 (August 14 2004)
Special Issue:
Texas vs. China.
Magellan's
Log 84 (August 2004)
Problems in
Modern Transportation: The Sequel. Photos.
Hot Links 84.
Smart Mouths 84.
Tasteless Jokes 84.
The Zen Writer's Progress. Ten tortuous steps
on the brambly path of the wholly word-addled.
The Eyes Have It. Douglas Milburn. Thinking beyond
the box.
tom's world. A small portfolio of recent
still pictures by cinematographer Tom Richmond.
What, Me Repressed? The Magellan's Log
Test of Reality-denial.
Singing Lessons. Pedro Bofecillos on
violence, fathers, sons, and hope.
The Poison of Power. Joel Fluker on how we got
into this mess, and how we may get out.
Imperialists! Tyrants! Dictators! Theocrats! U
Rate 'Em. Jason Twinhaft.
Stained Pixels. Buxtehude organ music plus
animated gifs (6:03).***
It's the Education, Stupid! Why 0.2951 is the
Magic American Number, by Elinor Hoefs.
American Dementia. Jack Xamis on Dr.
Strangelove then and the US government now.
A Fairy Tale for Our Times. Doc Cuddy.
Family Matters. Ora Shay, token Republican, on
Bush-family values.
The Hustling Vanities of Sentient Dust.
Elisabeth Ney.
The Ugliest Building in the World?
Woodrow Stockdick does architecture. Bigtime.
Magellan's
Log 83 (July 2004)
Les
Heures du Mal. A Book of Hours for Eras in Distress.***
Magellan's
Log 82 (June 2004)
Hot Links 82.
Smart Mouths 82.
Tasteless Jokes 82.
The Magellan's Log Really Short Reading
List & Brief Guide to Worldly Wisdom.
Askew. Rean Rhyne's obscure little bit of doggerel about the perils of Zen.
Bush's Folie à Deux. Doc Cuddy on
Bush, one more time.
Intellectual Life in America. Maurice
Fitznuggly on those who sit and think.
Survival of the Niftiest. Astraeu Chakar on the
"psychic origin of species."
Silver Linings for America. Ora Shay, token
Republican, looks on the bright side.
The Reader's Prayer. Sylvia Sikeston goes
dyspeptic about a 40-year-old winner of the National Book Award.
Dwarfs, Giants, and the 21st Century. Jason
Twinhaft on the dangers of predicting the world of 2100.
Koi Paraga? Chardo Blue Plains has
suggestions for your metaphysical travel plans.***
Tidying Up America: The Secret Republican Budget
Plan for the Next 4 Years.
The Birth of Venus. Sylvia Sikeston
reviews Sarah Dunant's Florentine novel.
La comédie humaine, Chap. 108,732.
25 images. C'est à rire.
Mi Elección Es Su Elección. Doc Cuddy
on fixing American miseducation.
Rule, America! Our modest suggestion for the
new international American anthem. (Page with music.)
Magellan's
Log 81 (May 2004)
The Magellan's Log Ego Altar.***
Prisoners.
The Naked Boy.
Yinyang.
Earth.
Pascal.
Metaphysical Jokes.
M104.
The Treeman.
Sparrows of Guangzhou.
Beliefs.
Reality Check.
Space.
Vetruvian Man.
Zen Lite.
Ruts.
Dance of Death.
Radio Flyer.
Ahimsa.
Corporeality.
One Way.
Earth, Air, Water, Fire.
