The Gods Are Bored

  Masks became optional at my school on Monday, March 7. I figured I would walk in and finally see all the dewy young faces that have been p...

  I know I'm a bad person. I know I have a wicked side. I know I have the capacity to take others' suffering lightly, if I feel the ...

  Ah, summer is almost over, and a new school year beckons. Even though COVID-19 is almost worse than ever, we are back to full enrollment i...

  Howdy again, and welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where patience is a virtue and the small business rules! I'm Anne Johnson,...

  What a wacky week! September behavior in April! And I'm not talking about the weather. This past week marks the first time I have had ...

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," looking back on a year of living minimally! I'm the inmate, Anne Johnson, number 031159. To...

  In end stage capitalism, the only lives that are important are the owners. The workers matter not. Someone keel over? Replace the slave an...

  Welcome aboard, "Gods Are Bored" mateys! All hands on deck! It's another installment in this vast online diary of mine. Marc...

Welcome to the blog that was summarily dismissed by the Smithsonian Institute for who knows why? I'm Anne Johnson (really), and today I...

My goodness, have we ever strayed from our Mission Statement here at The Gods Are Bored! How long has it been since a deity sat for an inter...

  Oh, Wretched New Year! This would have been my 10th year marching in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. Alas, quite sensibly, the 2021 parad...

  We stubborn hillbillies never forget a slight. When the Smithsonian said this page wasn't worthy of inclusion in its ranks, it rankled...

  We all know that Rudy Giuliani is in the hospital (or was), having been infected -- who knows how -- with COVID-19. I say "who knows ...

  Hear the words of the Grand Wazoo of Johnsonia, Anne Johnson: Effective immediately, the borders of the Independent Republic of Johnsonia ...

  I've interviewed quite a number of bored deities over the 15 year span of "The Gods Are Bored." I've had chats with my g...

  Dear Pandemic Diary, Today is Labor Day, and on every other Labor Day since 2008 I have marched in the Philadelphia AFL-CIO Labor Day para...

 My gut told me not to do it, but it's so hard to leave good money on the table when you're a teacher in the summertime. So I went t...

Well, here we are again at "The Gods Are Bored," on May 72nd or some such. The only upside to teaching from home is that I get eno...

So it was round about April 21, and I was sitting in my barca-lounger feeling sorry for myself. I thought, "Oh yeah, and no festivals t...

I got my hopes up again. It was looking really good. The prospects were, as they say, ripe. The television started reporting on a Thunderb...