The Dicionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy is a must-have for those of us intent on keeping our demonology knowledge ship shape. The full text is available for PDF download. One may also view all of the illustrations by Louis Breton (engraved by M. Jarrault) separately at Wikipedia Commons. A fantastic key (in English no less!) with notes from additional …
We’d just shared the last beer and slung the empty can out the window at a stop sign and were just waiting back to get the feel of the day, swimming in that kind of tasty drowsiness that comes over you after a day of going hard at something you enjoy doing — half sunburned and half drunk and keeping awake only because you wanted to savor the taste as long as you could.
― Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Expedition – Oneonta Gorge
Lower Oneonta Falls, The Gorge, Oregon 45.5896° N, 122.0754° W Team: JS, VK, JK, SLx2 Expedition Notes: VK & JK waylaid JS narrowly avoids injury in log jam crash Team notes depths of 50+ feet and extremely low water temperature Force of waterfall is incredible Team members scale rocks and explore behind the falls Full Expedition Log…
The Willing Destruction of Self Belief in Materialism
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The Willing Destruction of Self Belief in the Part Time Economy
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Expedition – The Dougan Dunk
The Dougan Dunk Dougan Falls, Washougal River, WA Latitude 45.67263 N Longitude -122.15262 W Team: JS, VK, CV, KK , AP, MP, MB Expedition Notes: Team traveled by caravan to the incredible natural area. Locals require $11.50 cash offering to swim, calling it a “discovery pass” Water temperature very low. Two team members injured by Dagoth’s tentacles. Many of Dagoth’s…
On Not Returning Home
I often speak ill of the Atlantic Ocean. I mock its weak tide. I disparage its small waves. I burden those within earshot with my comments because I grew up next to the vastly superior ocean, the Pacific Ocean. My remarks about the obviously inferior Atlantic Ocean are part of a greater collection of observations I have about life on the East…