Steveawiggins

LATEST ARTICLES ( 4116 )

• Upon Further Occlusion

  

  Admittedly the source is GBN, but the headline is irresistible: “Nasa ‘quietly funding’ theological conferences amid ‘demonic’ UFO fears. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creeping Religion

  

  In a disappointing email, Amazon Prime has announced that its free movie streaming of select titles for members will now be subject to commercials. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Fear of Spiders

  

  To anticipate, “mygale” is French for “tarantula.” I learned about Mygale, also published under its English translation, or else Serpent’s Tail, from a Goodread... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Work for Good

  

  You learn a lot as a primary caregiver.  Since dealing with a family cancer diagnosis last year I joined a local support network for caregivers. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Troubled Water

  

  There’s nothing like a good monster movie. Of course, your local streaming service will have some considerable say over what you might watch. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Castle Dreams

  

  It’s a real problem.  If you’re a passionate collector you eventually run up against the space issue.  A New York Times piece tells how a couple that collects... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Clergy Problems

  

  I believe Revival is the most recently written Stephen King novel I’ve read. It was pretty good—it certainly scores high on the religion and horror scale,... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sticky Thoughts

  

  It’s a common problem.  You need to stick two things together.  Perhaps you don’t have welding or soldering equipment lying around the house so you buy some... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not The Sting

  

  Why do we make the decisions we do? Watch the movies we do? I have to confess that for me a number of strange factors combine to make for some weird choices. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Footnote

  

  I was recently compelled to use footnotes.  I don’t mean the clever asides that capable writers sometimes utilize to spice up subjects by making points off... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Demonic Night

  

  I only discovered after watching Night of the Demons (2009) that it was a remake. Eventually curiosity got the best of me and I had a spare moment to watch the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Love Life

  

  Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on UnsplashI suppose that it’s good to keep Valentine’s Day mostly private, but there was some wisdom to how it... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Scholarly Publishing

  

  So here’s the thing about innocuous names—they don’t work well with the internet.  Search engines throw a rod trying to find something so insipid that it might... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Out of Season

  

  Culture fascinates me. And one of my favorite aspects of culture is holidays. I realize that’s a privileged thing to say but were we living among the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not Bram

  

  I guess I wasn’t sure if Stoker was horror or not. It’s similar to Hitchcock in many ways, and some suggest it’s a “thriller” rather than horror proper. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Drac Ops

  

  Just don’t ask, okay? Like most things in my life, I discovered Dr. McNinja way past when it was popular. Who knows? Maybe it’s still popular. I’m not the best... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Using Brains

  

  I’m old enough to know better.  Here’s a thought.  I recently saw a headline that suggested human brains filter out things like ESP because brains evolved to... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Seeing in Darko

  

  Having seen it I have to wonder why I waited so long. Part of it was timing, of course. I was still teaching at Nashotah House when Donnie Darko came out, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• One Another

  

  Like much of the other information that I’ve managed to pick up in these six decades of wandering the planet, my knowledge of horror is self-taught. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Strangers

  

  Okay, so I like to think that I’m a reasonably intelligent person.  I can drive a car.  I’ve read over two thousand books.  I have been blogging for nearly a... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2024 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY