The Seven Weirdest Depictions of Heaven
For all that the Bible is meant to be a manual on how to get to heaven, the book is a little scant on details of what that hallowed place…
Six Fire Depictions of Hell
Although the Bible provides scant details on what heaven is like, it’s ready to dish about hell. Hell is a furnace that never goes out, where the worm never dies….
Nine Depictions of Persephone in Popular Culture to Sproing Your Spring
Persephone is a goddess from ancient Greek myth who has taken on meaning as she moves through modern culture the way our ears have become the place to hang jewelry,…
Answering Your Questions about Dead Boy Detectives
You’ve got questions about the Neil Gaiman Netflix show Dead Boy Detectives. We’ve got answers!
Everything We Know So Far About Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Say it once, say it twice, say it three times and death beats life. This September, it is finally time for the sequel Beetlejuice: a wildly popular zany goth comedy…
From Beyond the Grave
The ancients mourned in ways we simply cannot imagine. Their dead passed out of life leaving little to nothing behind. Grieving people make jewelry out of hair or ashes and…
Don’t be a TOOL
“TOOL is just Radiohead for Juggalos.” This is, to date, still the most devastating thing anyone has ever said to my face about my tastes. But it wasn’t the first…
Murder-Suicide Blues
Of all the people I might have predicted would go out in a murder-suicide, my husband’s grandparents who were a happily married LDS couple in their nineties with (not exaggerating)…
Death of the Druid
Niagara Falls is still a perfect place to commune with nature. Yes, it’s kitschy. Yes, everything smells wet. Yes, it’s overrun with tourists (I was there during a national cheer…