Categories
Biblical History Books Faith Featured History Pop Culture

The Skeletons in God’s Closet by Joshua Ryan Butler

What aspects of Christianity make it hard for you to really, fully follow Jesus? Maybe it’s how the Church treats LGBT people. Or a congregation’s attitude toward women in ministry. Maybe it’s Bible’s complicated, complex history of transmission, and the way texts are handled by some denominations. Or maybe there are some foundational doctrines that […]

Categories
Featured Movies Pop Culture

The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls is an excellent film that’s sure to land in my Top 10 of 2014. Beautiful, rich, funny and weird, you won’t see anything else like it this year.

Categories
Coolsville Faith Featured Pop Culture StoryMen TV

An interview with Dan Merchant, Z Nation writer of “Home Sweet Zombies.”

It’s raining zombies. Hallelujah.

Categories
Books Featured History

An Autumn Conversation about Christopher Moore & Other Great Books

This week Clay and JButt get all literary and were going to discuss their favorite books, but mostly Clay just listened to JButt talk about hers. And they probably should’ve talked about Christopher Moore more given the title of this post. Clay: We never really talk about books. I’m trying to decide if you’re a […]

Categories
Coolsville Featured

Halloween Costumes for your pets

Clay’s dog needs a Halloween costume and we’re taking your suggestions!

Categories
Coolsville Featured

Paper Airplane Machine Gun

This guy has created a gun which folds paper into an airplane then shoots it out at you. This is the sort of technology that we only dreamed of when I was a child. Via Neatorama.

Categories
Books Coolsville Featured Pop Culture TV

The Nicest Guy in the Whole Gosh-Darned Apocalypse

Trapped inside a giant walk-in freezer. Of course it had stopped freezing things a few years ago when the comet knocked out all electrical systems, but it still worked great as a temporary jail. “They are ingenious people, you have to give them that,” Nick said. Margie stopped sucking face with her boyfriend, Len, long […]

Categories
Featured Movies Pop Culture

Gone Girl and the Anti-Sacrament of Marriage

GONE GIRL, the latest film by David Fincher, stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. It’s an outstanding film on every level, and raises fantastic questions about the nature of marriage.

Categories
Coolsville Featured Pop Culture

J Butting In: Readers’ Choice

We asked readers to pick the topic of debate. We probably won’t do that again.

Categories
Books Coolsville Featured Pop Culture

Gardinel’s Real Estate: A new, limited edition zine from M.S. Corley and Orrin Grey

A charming real estate guide to haunted houses in your neighborhood, just in time for Halloween.