The Gods Are Bored

  Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," an old-school communication on an old-school platform! I'm your has-been host, 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 ...

Hi there, Gods Are Bored fans! Did you miss me? I missed y'all, but I don't want to bore you with more missives about quarantine. I...

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

  I'm old. I can remember a time and place where the vast majority of women stayed home to care for their families. The women who worked...

  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...

  Welcome to the latest installment in "The Gods Are Bored!" Today, more helpful advice from someone who has been around the block...

  Hello and welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," natural disaster edition! I'm your host, Anne Johnson, and today (for once) I...

I heard about  Rush Limbaugh before I heard him on the radio. And the first thing I heard about  him is that he said that the vast majority ...

  It's not easy running a nation, even if that nation is a quarter acre. We've had some trouble here in the Independent Republic of ...

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...

Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored," broadcasting from the Independent Republic of Johnsonia! Did you watch that fluffy inaugural cele...

  Who else feels like they can finally breathe again? Is it too soon to be hopeful? Here in Johnsonia, we're absolutely delighted.

  Well, proving positively that she is a product of my genomic sequence plus someone else's, my daughter The Fair has written a funny li...

  January 7, 2021 The leaders of the Independent Republic of Johnsonia hereby express our dismay at the unsuccessful but nevertheless alarmi...

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

  In the grand scheme of things, losing your favorite soft drink for all time is a small disappointment. But this is 2020, Year of Horrors, ...

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