The Gods Are Bored

Dear readers, The Spare's campaign to raise funds for her web series has ended, and you who visit "The Gods Are Bored" contrib...

In case you're just joining us for the first time, this little piece 'o' nothing web site is The Gods Are Bored, dedicated to th...

I've been entertaining my six readers with tales of my daughter, Fair Spare. This is an amazing week for her. On Friday evening she will...

Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," where this month we are featuring vignettes about my daughter The Spare! She's rare, fair, an...

Mr. J just lost his last writing gig. There is nothing on the horizon.

I can be really cold-hearted at times, especially with animals. Perhaps that's due to my farm upbringing. But the upside to that is that...

My heart is warmed by the donations that have come in for The Spare's web series (see below). Here is how you can play a part in the s...

Oh, my dear friends. All six of you. I come to you in an hour of need. But I'm no charity case. I'm going to make you an offer you j...

Greetings from "The Gods Are Bored" on Imbolc, the festival day that honors Queen Brighid the Bright! And what do you think? I t...

On Saturday Mr. J and I went to the Camden County Courthouse in Camden, NJ, to see some of my students compete in a thing called "Mock ...

Okay, so the other day I went to town on people who post nude photos of themselves onto social media. Not a great idea. But you know what ...

This post isn't going to win me friends or influence people. Have to get it off my chest anyway. "They had it coming" is an ...

We at "The Gods Are Bored" are somewhat reluctant to put commercial breaks in the proceedings. After all, you might just hit the c...

I've said it time after time. We don't know the names and ranks of a fraction of all the deities who were ever praised and worshiped...

Just now I had to go and check New Jersey's abortion laws, because a conversation I had today made me wonder if I had just slipped into ...

It's hard out there for a pet. We Northern Hemisphere humans struggle with seasonal lack of sunlight. Couldn't our pets feel the sam...

We all make them. Right? A number changes, and everything must change with it. Never mind that the next day is just like the previous day, a...

Most people stay up on New Year's Eve to be awake at 12:00 when the next year begins. Not me. I go to bed early. I go to bed early b...

Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" Wow, a whole week and no post! Annie has been a lazy girl. Let me tell you parents out there: Y...

There's no use looking back at your life and thinking about what might have been. All you can do is move forward. On this Christmas Ev...