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Angel Statues – Divine Protectors?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

We’re hearing more about Angels recently, perhaps as a hint that we’re ready for some heavenly intervention. “Christmas Box Angel” statues are popping up all over, a kind of somber variant of the Cancer Survivor Gauntlet franchise that was all the rage a few years back. And a new human antibody as protective angel sculpture [...]

Lord Dooley Mascot Statue No Boner

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

It’s always encouraging to see college students get their act together and permanently enshrine their oddball mascots, whether they be a bronze turtle or a lumberjack Muffler Man. But Lord Dooley, at Atlanta’s Emory University, is not your typical mascot — and neither is a statue depicting him. Dooley, “the Lord of Misrule,” is a [...]

Pasaquan Tagged As Officially Historic

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

It’s difficult to guess what St. EOM would have thought of this — perhaps he’d dance through downtown Columbus, Georgia in his wizard duds — but his Pasaquan, in Buena Vista, has just been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Pasaquan is equal parts mysticism, geometry, and snake handling — a four-acre concrete [...]

Lovers Of Hash Browns Rejoice: Waffle House Museum Opens

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Preserving the food served in America’s fast food restaurants has been easier than preserving the historic landmarks of the chains themselves. Some original restaurants have been turned into museums — sometimes even competing museums — while others have become museums that have gone out of business, and still others continue serving food to oblivious customers. [...]

Georgia Stonehenge Threatened By A Kook

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Accusations are being hurled against the usually implacable Georgia Guidestones, according to an article on the web site WorldNetDaily. Conspiracy-monger Mark Dice, whose so-called Christian organization The Resistance may consist only of himself, claims in the story that the Guidestones are “satanic” and that their inscribed text “calls for the elimination of over 90 percent [...]

Millennium Gate Finally Opens

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Rodney Mims Cook Jr had a revelation in the 1990s. He would build a huge, faux-Roman victory arch like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (and Las Vegas). But this arch wouldn’t celebrate military victory. It would celebrate peace, and it would stand in Washington, DC, and it would be unveiled on January 1, 2000. [...]

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