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"Giving well is the best revenge."
  --Douglas Milburn.

Life for Dummies (On One Page)
Ever-sensitive to the short attention span so popular these days, we've got it all down to one page (with no plans for a book or a mini-series). Click now while this offer lasts.

p a x  v o b i s c u m
Twenty-six land- and waterscapes + a bit of simple music = (maybe) a few moments of peace. Slideshow with midi (4:16).

Herky-jerky World
Scott McComb unburdens himself of some fairly odd thoughts about how the distant future will see movies--or not.

The Legacy of George W. Bush
Thoughts on 2001, 2003, 2005, and--God help us--2007.

Further Thoughts on Thales
Jerden Purmort ventures into the treacherous waters of pre-Socratic philosophy.

Suddenly, Next Summer
Cassandra, Ms. Doom- and-gloom her own self (and our very own in-house prophet) is back, casting a seer's glance at the recent past-- and the rapidly approaching future. You may want to pop an extra Xanax or two (or six).

Caveat Emperor
A little music, a little slideshow, and one minute and 45 seconds' worth of commentary on American democracy in extremis.

Timothy Leary--Warts and All
Here goes our ontologist-in-residence, Astraeu Chakar, getting after the blindered reviews of the first biography of the so-called Pied Piper of the drug culture.

Publisher's Note:
Against my best money-making advice, staff members persist in occasional outbursts of what they refer to as "p----y" (even they can't call it by name). I keep telling them: The path to penury is paved with p----y. Do they listen? No. All I can do is alert the unwary reader with the little death's head, which in this context means: Warning! P----y Ahead!

The Staff of Magellan's Log. By reader request, we've created a nifty little (actually not so little) graphic with photos of the entire staff. Suitable for framing or use as desktop wallpaper.

Zen Centerfold 104.
Yet more gentle metaphysical fun and games with a photograph and a bit of Schubert ("The Wanderer"). Slideshow with midi (5:47).

Hot Links 104
Our overworked staff continues to come up with lists of (guaranteed) the most interesting sites. We waste time, you save time. Enjoy.

Rules of Human Cultural History
Our busy little photographers are everywhere. One of them recently stumbled across this brief reduction of all (yes, all) human wisdom.

Failure: A Brief Essay
A guest writer makes a rare appearance in the pages of Magellan's Log with a few succinct words on a difficult subject.

Ice 43
The oddest things come flying over our electronic transom. Such as these few lines by the ever-popular "Anon.".

"Travel!" the editor yelled. So travel four staffers did, to the land of adobe, Spanish architecture, etc. Herewith, their photographic report.

Houston Mausoleum
One of our wandering staff members stumbled across this undated, unidentified burial structure in a remote corner of an old Houston cemetery. Make of it what you will.

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