It would be named Oy Toys, wouldn’t it? Lest anyone think we seek out only Christian tastelessness here at Icons and Curiosities, behold, I bring you:The Basketball Menorah Wood Craft! Sports fans will love will love it, Oy Toys tells us. “Watch as the children transform nine raw wood . . . . Continue Reading »
A science story perfect with that morning cup of joe: A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with the way gravity magnifies and distorts light from distant . . . . Continue Reading »
8GB USB Flash Drive Cross NecklaceIn elegant antique brass. Thanks to my friend A.B. for alerting me to this useful curiosity. {Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
I think I’ve seen it in my house. I mean, I have one of those little pinky girls who would own something like this, and if it had Hello Kitty on it, she would have two of them. Praise Ponies! Yay! Pictured: “Faith” Praise Pony. Ten cool accessories and Bible verse included! . . . . Continue Reading »
Let me tell you something, Esteemed Colleague. You would not think my driving was so bad if you’d ever seen me try to cast a fishing line. Trees cringe. All my companions run away. But maybe that’s because I don’t have me none of these things. This here is the Genesis 9:2 . . . . Continue Reading »
How many times are the media going to act as Charlie Brown to would-be cloners’ Lucy Van Pelt promising to hold the football? First it was the Raelians making utter and complete fools out of media all over the world by claiming that the first cloned baby named “Eve” had been born. . . . . Continue Reading »
Sometimes, all writers can do is bow their heads in recognition that a description can’t be bettered. Want a flag for your car? Over at this flag store, they say, reasonably enough:Our Christian Car flags are made of durable, knitted polyester and are double sided for longer life. The staff . . . . Continue Reading »
What would Pride and Prejudice and Zombies be like? You probably saw the book mentioned somewhere (in the recent Public Square , perhaps) and found yourself intrigued by the title. It turns out that taking the abridged text of Pride and Prejudice and adding “unmentionables,” vomit, . . . . Continue Reading »
For now, go read Philip Zelikow at Foreign Policy ‘s Shadow Government blog , and Conor at The American Scene . For later, further comment from me. I suppose I can mention here that since I’m on record as saying that one dunk at the waterboard is not torture, whereas three dunks is, I . . . . Continue Reading »
Let it be known, first of all, that my esteemed colleague’s commentary on my driving is based on the experience of one evening’s wandering around in the dark looking for a barbecue restaurant which had closed two hours earlier. I don’t drive all that furiously, as it happens, but I . . . . Continue Reading »
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