Ruminations

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This poster, issued in 1972 by Saladin Productions, is by the prolific Joe Petagno, famous for not only a zillion Recreational Botany endorsements in blacklight but a legendary body of rock artwork, including Motörhead’s Snaggletooth mascot and Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song falling angel (the latter a homage to William Rimmer’s Evening AKA The Fall of Day.)

JAM Project is a Japanese supergroup teaming the likes of Kageyama Hironobu, Endoh Masaaki, and Okui Masami--think of it as J-Rock's equivalent of the Avengers: an elite task force of the poets laureate of HOT-BLOODED ANIME HEROISM!!!

YouTuber PuppetChaos puts the proposition that JAM Project can make anything awesome to the test: here's the 1976 educational short, "Congruent Triangles" by Bruce Cornwell, set to "The Guardian" (the second Shin Mazinger opening theme):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xqskiIehfk

(As one commenter puts it: "CIRCUMCENTER CANNOOON!!! CENROID BEEEAAAM!! ORTHOCENTER BLAAAAAAAADE!!!")

...or so implies Google: their flying saucer logo-of-the-day leads to a search on that phrase. That this occurrence is itself unexplained is presumably part of the point, although Illuminati buffs will no doubt be eager to point out the significance of the number 5* in their mythos.

Today is also kosaginolegion 's birthday. I do not regard this combination of facts as a non sequitur.

*And, having checked my tag list, I note that I happen to have 17 entries (although this will be my 18th) and 23 tags--still other significant Illuminati numbers.  Damn.

In keeping with her fundamentalist Christian beliefs, GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has received a blessing against witchcraft from the Kenyan minister Thomas Muthee (the specific reference occurs at about 1:45):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwkb9_zB2Pg

A possibility that neither Governor Palin nor the Reverend Muthee seems to have anticipated: would this spiritual protection also nullify supportive witchcraft by Palin sympathizers?  (See "The Pagan Temple"'s comment in the thread below.)

http://www.neopagan.net/blog/?p=218#comments

(My long-held suspicion is that the "Go figure" demographic, whether it be on the Red, Blue, Green, or Tie-Dye sides of the Force, is persistently underestimated.)