My kid is happily sifting through the merch too. This is going to be a family affair. Said kid is trying to decide between the pseudo varsity Satanic logo tshirts, the rainbow temple logo tshirt or the Hail Satan black hoodie.

These are amazing! Thank you for the link. I feel the need to show my support of all their initiatives with my dollars.

I really dig the asymmetric gold dress in the middle. The embroidery is exquisite and the dress would totally be wearable as-is. As in, I would wear it and feel like a character from a fairy tale. I would, however, replace the ankle breakers disguised as footwear with something else. No idea what though.

That model and dress blended together to look like a Gustav Klimt painting. I swear, I thought it was an illustration and not a photo till I looked more closely. SO FUCKING GORGEOUS!

Yep. It’s another art form. These collections exist to inspire, show skill and just be glorious to look at. Some of the looks, techniques and silhouettes will then be translated into actual wearable clothing.

While not in the exact same vein, there is an excellent speculative fiction series (first book called “Dies the Fire”, S M Stirling) that initially takes place in a variety of different communities surrounding Portland Or. It examines how things would work out if technology simply died one day and people had to go…

Aw man, you ruined the surprise! Now they won’t want to go...

We actually drove through Yellowstone a few years ago and stayed two nights in a cabin there. It was never far from my mind that we were sitting in a massive caldera created by an eruption so powerful the entire mass of the volcano disappeared and left a deep crater instead.

I admit, I love that stuff too. I think it was the acting (though it can be hard to make it work when the dialogue is weird and stilted in the first place) that got me. I really enjoyed the information, the procession of disastrous events and all the odd things you wouldn’t think about when a volcano goes. The thing…

I valued its practical, “crunchy” approach to raising kids, and the eagerness to create conversation around a variety of issues. Loved it.

Right? See it as an opportunity to explore new places with your family!

I loved Brain Child. It was excellent. Thank you for reminding me it existed. Man, I miss those specialty magazines.

I am hoping I’m not the only person who has a family tradition of singing this during or shortly after any meal that is even mildly spicy.

We live in Vancouver and we keep waiting too. For added frisson, Mt Baker crouches in the distance, quietly dominating the eastern horizon.

My husband worked on the show “Supervolcano” that dramatized an eruption of Yellowstone. While the end result was a pretty bad show, the science advisers they had on set put the fear of god in my husband. Basically, hope you go quickly when the eruption happens, because it’s going to be terrible and deadly in a whole…

Pretty sure it’s not an indictment of Jesus, so much as a commentary on how modern Evangelism has corrupted the actual nature of Jesus’ teachings.

I would totally have signed my kid up for this. I just love their approach to the whole thing. If you don’t follow their Twitter, I highly recommend. Expert trolling and surprisingly gentle and patient (and usually humorous) correction when people accuse them of terrible things.

Candles. It’s for the hexing candles. The brooms run on evil magic gifted them by Satan after the orgy around the bonfire. Honestly, the misinformation out there is tragic.

I really do recommend the new programme. The host, Tom Powers, is an accomplished musician himself. He is the stereotypical east coaster-music runs in his veins and he’s humble, self deprecating, an excellent story teller, great listener and really savvy and subtle questioner- people open up to the dude because he…

Yep. We Canadians got that from the Jian Gomeshi fiasco. His radio programme was excellent. I will never be able to enjoy any of his interviews again because he’s a total piece of shit. However, his programme (Q) was rejigged and another entirely excellent person is doing an outstanding job of making it his own.