Mind manifesting

Top 10 psychedelic nonfiction

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Remembering one of the greats

The Demolished Man

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Poly

Nisi Shawl recommends five books about loving everybody.

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“Gibberish sprinkled with question marks”

That’s what Kurt Vonnegut called our beloved National Anthem. H.P. Lovecraft preferred to sing the original “To Anacreon in Heav’n” rather than the unsingable, violent, pro-slavery lyrics everyone else was doing. And now quarterback Colin Kaepernick has decided to remain seated while it is being brayed. Various flag kissers have condemned Kaepernick for doing so, and the Rude Pundit replies, using language. Bonus, suggested by John Sladek:

Ofay, can you pee
thru the dong’s surly blight
that you prob’ly inhaled
at the toilet’s last cleaning?

ETA: And a veteran’s view, from Jim Wright

How the French count, and other weirdness

18 ways of looking at language