Monday, March 27, 2006 Hell As I mentioned in another post, we were planning on joining a tour sponsored by Sky and Telescope Magazine, which would include not just the eclipse but nine or ten days of sightseeing. The tour was organized by TravelQuest, which specializes in astronomical destinations. I’d never taken a tour before, […]

I am struck with admiration for the Post-Rapture Post. After you’re raptured up to heaven, you will of course want to communicate with the damned souls stuck on Earth, perhaps urging them to last-minute repentance, perhaps just to send a little “nyah-nyah-nyah” to the friend or neighbor who scoffed at your faith. The Post-Rapture Post […]

These guys are having way too much fun.

A log of our recent journey, compiled from hasty notes scrawled at the time: “For the most banal event to become an adventure, you must . . . begin to recount it.” –Sartre, Nausea On our journey to Turkey, we were at the mercy of American Airlines. We were using frequent-flyer miles (American lets you […]